Labrador also gets Tribune JEERS

In a second item in his Cheers & Jeers column today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune targets Congressman Raul Labrador:

Nobody — except for a few partisans such as Idaho House Democratic Leader Mat Erpelding of Boise — thinks Labrador ought to give up his $174,000-a-year day job to run for governor.

But that doesn’t give Labrador the right to subsidize his gubernatorial ambitions with the resources taxpayers provide to his congressional office.

Technically, he hasn’t crossed that line.

But he’s clearly inching toward it.

Exhibit A: Labrador’s June 2 Memorial Day constituent message, replete with his picture and the seal of the U. S. House of Representatives.

After nominally honoring the contributions of America’s veterans, the 1st District congressman’s letter reminds the reader how “my staff” or “my office” or “our help” rescued not only veterans from the snarls of the federal bureaucracy, but also a northern Idaho couple in their dispute with the IRS.

Some of it almost reads like a script from a campaign commercial. Full Cheers & Jeers column today (second item).