A warm summer hello from Rep. Heather Scott.
I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful Idaho summer. Sometimes our busy schedules make us forget how precious the gift of life is every day. We are blessed to live in a free country and a beautiful state. It’s this blessing that fuels the passion of Freedom Caucus members, myself included, as we tirelessly fight to protect the individual freedoms and rights that preserve our American way of life.
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We have been given such a gift with the birth of this nation and our declaration of independence from tyranny. Through its 240+ year history, good has battled evil and won in order to maintain this great nation. Today is no different. New evils, new hurdles, new challenges face America.
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The Christmas season is upon us! My wish and prayer for you and your family is one of peace, contentment and true appreciation for our freedom. We know we face a future of uncertainty and hardship but can be comforted in knowing American generations before us faced the same evil predicaments and overcame them by faith, persistence, and courage. This world is so temporary, but while we are here, we must do our part to be salt and light and share the truth of the best gift of all.
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As we get ready for a much-anticipated summer season, I wanted to briefly update you on a few important legislative activities. Remember while you are off enjoying the Idaho outdoors, government is always active and rarely sleeps.
The 2017 session is now in the books and most of the new legislation will take effect on July 1st. With 339 bills and an additional 1,416 pages of rules and regulations becoming law, you can bet every resident of Idaho will be impacted by one or more of these laws.
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The 2017 session proved to be what I believe is the beginning of real change in the Idaho legislature as debates and conversations are starting to shift in the right direction. More legislators are beginning to question the agendas and motives behind bills and policy in an attempt to expose top down centralized planning and crony capitalism at the expense of the citizen.
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As the tentative March 24th session deadline drew closer, there was an urgency to “get done and go home”. This reckless pace of Pelosi-style “pass-it-to-find-out what’s-in-it” style of legislating is counter productive to what Idaho really needs and justification for a major overhaul of the committee system.
Idahoans deserve quality legislation. Because of this, a group of liberty legislators took the initiative to actually have a few bills read out loud for the entire House.
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Supplemental levy and bond votes will occur across the state in most all Legislative Districts this TUESDAY, MARCH 14.
Polls will be open at local precincts from 8am to 8pm.
Please do your homework and learn if the costs justify the increase.
PROPERTY OWNERS: YOU ARE THE ONES WHO PAY FOR THESE LEVIES and BONDS. YOUR TURNOUT IS ESSENTIAL to make your voice heard.
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Monday kicked off with Governor Otter delivering the annual State of the State address. Idaho’s future is looking bright as it is going into its seventh straight year of economic growth. The 2017 fiscal year will finish with around $130 million in surplus revenue! The $130 million in tax revenues could be used to increase government spending, reduce tax burdens on Idahoans, or a combination of both.
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(The Women’s Commission was defunded 7 yrs ago.)
