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• Big Sky Farms won appeal after Jerome County denied them a permit for a megadairy near the Minidoka Internment National Monument. Court says county did not base its decision on existing zoning laws, just on a general plan. No further public hearing necessary. Decision could come in August. Poppino in the Times-News. | Comments (0)
• District 23 GOP will meet to pick three possible successors to Sen. Tom Gannon, who died Tuesday. Possible appointees include: Stephen Hartgen, Twin Falls business consultant and national GOP convention delegate; District 23 state Reps. Bert Brackett and Jim Patrick; Jeanne Gannon, wife of Tom Gannon; and Doran Parkins, who lost to Gannon in the primary. Nominations go to governor, who does not always pick the local party’s first choice. Gannon had been sick for some time and died of liver cancer. Hopkins in the Times-News. | Comments (0)
• The Idaho State Capitol Renovation Project will cost $2.5 million more than planned. Stegner: “We have always been much more concerned about the renovation phase than the wings phase because of the unknowns that are typically attributed to renovation projects.” Project leader Jacobson-Hunt committed to the max price of $122.5 million. Building should be open for 2010 session. Out of state labor has helped the contractor after 2008 Legislature repealed the Idaho First law for the project. Russell in the Spokesman Review. | Comments (0)
• New Idaho Food Bank guidelines allow visual inspection to trump expiration dates. Idaho Community Action Network complains that out-of-date food is being delivered to state’s hungry poeple. ICAN foodie: “I wonder if they would serve it to their own family.” Means more food is available though. David Cole in the LMT [subscrip]. | Comments (0)
• Montana numbers don’t show dramatic success for Meth Project. Meth use could be up since MT started airing graphic ads in 2005. Debbie Field, Idaho Meth Project does not just sit in her office: “When you have to convince a generation what (meth) does, you can’t go away for at least 10 years.” Breslin in the Times-News. | Comments (0)
• Ada County Ron Paul supporters will unite with Rod Beck at state GOP convention. Rep. Labrador supports deposing Sullivan: “There is some dissatisfaction with the chairman. And I think the dissatisfaction breeds some weird marriages.” Miller, AP in the Press Tribune. Also, Ron Paul Supporters in CDA and TF are in as delegates to state convention, but not in charge of the county parties. Kootenai Paulie Wisniewski: “What I am seeing at the county level is what they talked about in terms of Soviet-style elections.” In CDA they tried to get a do-over election. Greene in the CDA Press. Hopkins in the Times-News. | Comments (0)
• Boise lawyer David Nevin says Bush pushing for Guantanamo Bay convictions before he leaves office. Nevin had five hour meeting with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who rejected his counsel. Nevin: “This is not a fair proceeding. This is a show trial, and it’s a secret trial. The United States of America is not going to look good at the end of this.” Popkey in the Statesman. | Comments (0)
• The final 7 containers of contaminated Kuwaiti sand will arrive in Grandview shortly. 153 giant boxes of depleted uranium leaden sand already here. No harmful lead levels detected, according to sand host American Ecology. Erik Olson in The Daily News. | Comments (0)
• Gay Pride float in Twin Falls Western Days parade can’t be too gay. The Southern Idaho Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has to call itself the Community Center, nix rainbows, no AIDS education pamphlets. Parade chairwoman Lisa Cuellar: “No rainbows, no gay pride, not anything like that.” Wells Fargo can still have their little “Conestoga Wagon”, though. And the churches can have their thick, hairy crosses and happy faces. Hopkins in the Times-News. | Comments (0)
• Day-after challenge to Rep. Bill Sali already on the Google Calendar. Dem Challenger Walt Minnick asks Sali to join him at series of open forums with voters across the First Cong Dist. Sali had not seen the proposal, but has his own series going. Dvorak, AP in the Times-News. Russell on Eye on Boise. | Comments (0)