Move it Over, and over, and over

Looks like DuWayane Hammond, Jr, a long-time, corrupt former member of the Idaho Tax Commission, just slid over a bit to a job at the finance department in Boise when he exited from the ITC.

Sure looks like a cozy political deal, doncha' think?

Anyway it seems as if he is giving out bad information to callers who want to submit a proposal to the all white, male, politically appointed stimulus committee.

Just this last Saturday, 7 March, the Spokesman Review ran a story about on how the governor was going to have to "hold his nose" and accept stimulus funding....

When this news story was mentioned to DuWayne, he hung up on a caller.

Other than the fact that he hung up on the caller he was described as "rude, defensive and at best a very poor public official, and that was after we fought to find out who would help us find out anything at all about the process...."(oh yes, it's the Idaho Way)

Congressman Minnick's office advised that they were aware of NO deadlines except for 'shovel ready projects'....

Gee, wouldn't it be nice to get a good news report about tax commissioners? I guess we can't hold our breath, but it sure seems as if we still need to hold our noses!

Stimulus

Well it seems that the entrenched politicos feeding at the insiders trough seem to be gathering to decide just how stimulus money will be spent in Idaho.

After discussing a few items with Senator Joyce Broadsword it seems, one, that the terrible practice of discriminating against those Idaho citizens who receive help from Health & Welfare is just going to continue.

What this means is that, contrary to law, these citizens aren't allowed to file for the sales tax on food refund.

I wonder if the stimulus committee will grant every one receiving help from H & W this refund so that the state tax commission stops establishing classes of recipients. Simply this means that the poor in Idaho do not receive equal protection. It also means that the state is violating the law by establishing classes of recipients do this is blatant discrimination against the poor.

Senator Broadsword says that it just isn't the time to take tax off of food.

I think it is really the correct time to repeal the food tax. It will certainly help the poor when their food stamps run out, it might make the tax commission clean up its act a little bit, and it calls for real efficiency in government (yes people like Claire Cunningham won't be able to wast taxpayer money to run witch hunts against people who have sealed court orders protected by the Idaho Code).

Just the Idaho Way you know....

and of course it is interesting to note that the stimulus panel has no women, no disabled, no indigenous: Just plain no diversity. SOP.

Interesting

I happened to be checking stats on my several sites and noticed that a reader from California was searching for Kempthorne/Otter gossip.

Looks as if there are others who have a clue, and they are not in Idaho government.

Yes, Accountability Lacking

It never ceases to amaze me just how much energy is placed in efforts to protect the bumbling tax commission.

The attacks against Stan Howland continue and the back pedaling to make it look otherwise just floors me.

So tell me Senator Kate Kelly, just how it is that if you let the tax commission write their own rules under this new law you are sponsoring does anything other than continue the status quo and the cover-ups?

This is not offering the public, whom you are elected to serve, any chance of seeing a long overdue overhaul of this very corrupt and very protected agency.

Now do you understand why I coined the phrase, "Brainless in Boise"...? Its just 'the Idaho Way'.

Having experienced serious and ongoing (over 4 years) violations of the Idaho Code by this insulated insiders club I am still scratching my head when I think of how little anyone in Idaho understands what change really is and what it means.

Idaho Reports 3-6-09