Tales from Bedke’s legislative crypt

In a recent editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments:

Welcome to the legislative crypt, where good ideas go to die — that is, of course, if those good ideas originate with Idaho Democrats.

The sign at the gate reads: House Ways and Means Committee. That’s where House Speaker Scott Bedke assigns bills he means to ignore. No way does the Ways and Means Committee even convene without Bedke’s say-so.