Vito gets nod over Heather as worse

But the worst and wackiest of the week goes to Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, who introduced a bill to exempt communications, including emails, between Idaho legislators from public disclosure. Why? So they can more “freely” discuss legislation.

That’s right. The legislation they’re writing because they are elected to represent the public is apparently too full of secrets for public view.

Makes no sense to us either.

House Speaker Scott Bedke told reporters, “Don’t panic.” He felt the bill was “borne out of frustration” from those lawmakers who can’t afford to pay staff and must process public records requests themselves. But the part that makes us a little panicky, frankly, is that the bill passed out of the House State Affairs committee without a hearing, without debate and without discussion. More here.

Question: Which legislator do you consider to be worse — Vito Barbieri or Heather Scott?