So it claims

The mission of the Idaho State Tax Commission is to provide courteous, quality services and to administer the state's tax laws in a fair, timely, and cost-effective manner to benefit Idaho and its citizens.

This is what it says on a job fair web site from Boise State University.

Employees of the tax commmission I have had to deal with have never been courteous or fair. They are Carolyn Hartman, Claire Cunningham, Amy Brown, Natahn Wilson and John Bernasconi. Instead they have been threatening, abusive and subjected me to needless, unlawful and unending harassment throught 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. None of their claims were ever verified, nor did they ever - in keeping with tax commission rules - meet with me to review and verify facts.

They are not cost effective. Their zealous manner of unrelenting attacks has lasted over four years. The time and money wasted is incalcuable.

This activity is another example of secondary and tertiary vitimization of a crime victim. And I guess they don't know that Idaho has a law prohibiting this. This applies also to the commissioners and some tax appeals board staff too.

Can't say too much for the governor's office staff members who went out to maintian the smokescreen.

Remember making false claims is harassment. When you - as a state employee - make a false claim under oath, that's a felony.

and who is watching this hen house? asked the fox, licking his lips....

Chit Chat

Betsy (BZ) Russell, the go-lightly Boise reporter for the Spokesman Review in Spokane hosts a blog that reports on the oddities of S. Idaho.
Russell hasn't ever been willing to report on the oddities of the tax commission. Maybe this is the reflection of the LMT's concept that uncovering irregularities at this agency might "hurt too many people".
Would those 'people' be government hacks?

Now Butch is Gov. and will he follow through on his suggestion ?

Just wondering if Otter will follow through since Kempthorne and Risch didn't...

By the way, Congressman Otter's office suggested I go to the governor's office but I had to explain that the governor's office refused to act on it, which in itself is very telling.

Have to add that my query to Otter was totally ignored. Gee Butch, are you in bed with the tax commission?

Integrity missing

Sam Haws engages in defamation, including both slander and libel.
She may not think so, but when she covers up the wrongful actions of her agency, she becomes an accomplice in the activity.
We have to wonder exactly what she did to determine that her worker at the tax commission had falsified their report and lied under oath?
This is just one example of Abuse of Agency Policy.

Scenic Idaho

Certainly Idaho is scenic. Outside of the scenery though it is THE ultra-right RED state that doesn't follow its own laws.

All the way from the clerical level to the governors office, the bureaucrats here all think they are above the rule of law.

Corruption is exceedingly rampant. The first line of defense for this crowd is not to answer any constituents inquiry.

The same attitude is present in the legislature as well.

Take for instance Delores Crow. She is the chair of the House Tax and Revenue committee and is not at all interestsed in criminal activity at the tax commission.

Who is greasing whose palm here?