[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 93, Issue 133

[Sunil]

Wayne,

Is it the will of the people that the governor and other elected state officials give themselves a raise?

You're describing the way things should be. That's not what's happening in Idaho. 

With campus carry, the enormous weight of the testimony at the Capitol was against the legislation. I am not saying polling on the issue does not exist, but I didn't see any. The legislature's vote did not represent the testimony they heard. That's typical. As with education reform a few years ago, they ignored what people journeyed to tell them.

They know there is little chance of being voted out, no matter what they do.
 
Sunil

From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:34:38 -0700
To: suehovey at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
CC: rhayes at frontier.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 93, Issue 133

Sue,
For the most part, I agree with you, but who gets to decide what is either right or wrong? In a representative democracy, it is the will of the people that is translated intolegislation by the elected representatives.  If any legislature, not just Idaho's, does not carry out the will of the people, then those people will vote them out of office becausethey no longer represent the people. But until they are voted out of office, they are the representatives of the people and act accordingly. Rightness or wrongness has nothing to do with it.

Wayne







On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:22 PM, Sue Hovey wrote:



And if they get re-elected, it doesn’t mean they did the right thing; it 
only means those who voted agreed with them.  Rightness and wrongness are 
not necessarily a function of elections, as those who get penalized through 
Idaho legislative activity know only too well. 
 
Sue H


 

From: W.Price 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:43 AM
To: rhayes at frontier.com 
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 93, Issue 
133
 

 
And the next election, considering that we live in a representative 
democracy, will decide IF the legislature and the governor did the right thing 
or not, or if the people collectively think they are on the right track.
IF you don't like what the elected officials of the State of Idaho do, vote 
them out of office. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:28 PM, rhayes at frontier.com wrote:
As 
  I said, Otter felt he had no choice but to sign the bill. Now though, he is 
  attempting (pretending) to "man up" to his responsibilities. But this is not a 
  true man's courageous stand. It is the stand of a wimp who is, after the fact, 
  trying to play both sides. What a looser. 
Outside of a few gun toting 
  hare-brains who think an appropriate environment to be carrying their popguns 
  are institutions of higher learning, I would hazard that most Idahoans are 
  looking at this development with a critical eye. 


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