BC GOP demands Scott reinstatement

Bonner County’s Republican Central Committee adopted a resolution Tuesday demanding the reinstatement of state Rep. Heather Scott’s legislative committee assignments.

Scott was stripped of her assignments by House Speaker Scott Bedke last week, after stating that the only way female lawmakers can earn committee posts is by providing sexual favors.

“In retrospect, I should have chosen my words more carefully,” Scott, R-Blanchard, said in a written statement distributed on Wednesday. “I apologize, to every member of the House, again, for not being more careful. I commit to be more diligent in speaking in the voice and words of a statesman in all my conversations.”

But the local GOP central committee argues that Scott has no reason to be apologetic/ Keith Kinnaird , Bonner County Daily Bee. More here.