Politics

  • Much awaited hearing: Oil companys says plaintiffs in Highway 12 suit lack standing

    Ralph Maughan

    Hearing officer limits testimony he will consider to small matters- The much awaited hearing on giant oil machinery on Highway 12 was held today in Boise. It sounds like the Idaho Dept. of Transportation hearing officer will oil the way for the movement of the giant oil modules. The hearing officer said he would only…

  • Conoco hires big Idaho lobbyist to speed their use of Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    This is important, and there is a story.  Usually we don’t hear (read of) the really important stuff, and this is. Idaho lobbyist to lead campaign for Conoco. AP in Magicvalley.com

  • Idaho issues oversized load permits, but stays shipments for now

    Ralph Maughan

    Public input is required, but conditional permits are issued- Note: the hearing will be on Friday, Nov. 19 in Boise. The hearing will be at ITD Headquarters in Boise, 3311 W. State Street. (208) 334-8000 Advocates for the West won a brief victory Friday on behalf of local residents of Highway 12. These temporarily block…

  • Todd Wilkinson: [Former] Idaho Pastor Calls For 'Open Season' on Yellowstone Grizzlies

    Ken Cole

    Wilkinson takes apart pastor Bryan Fischer’s arguments- Todd Wilkinson: Idaho Pastor Calls For ‘Open Season’ on Yellowstone Grizzlies. Huffington Post. Of course, rational argument hardly ever changes anyone’s religious beliefs. I think this is another confirmation that pushy religious extremists are getting involved in wildlife issues as part of their larger effort to dominate us. …

  • Idaho business group backs plan to move oversized loads on U.S. Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    “Business Group?”  You can bet this group is pure astroturf! Stung by grassroots opposition in North Idaho and Montana to turning U.S. Highway 12 into an industrial highway to haul oversized oil equipment to Canada, a so-called business group has been formed. If you go to their web site, it seems to be associated with…

  • Proposed bill would strip feds of wolf authority within Montana

    Ken Cole

    Another temper tantrum from the reactionaries in Montana. State Sen. Joe Balyeat, R-Bozeman is planning on reintroducing a bill which claims that the Federal government has no right to manage wolves in Montana. This contradicts numerous court rulings and would most certainly cause the state its present ability to manage wolves and further put any…

  • Mark Gamblin was wrong

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game regional supervisor’s comments on this blog proven wrong by events- For about a year, the SE Idaho regional supervisor of Idaho Fish and Game Department, Mark Gamblin,  frequently commented on this blog. He was always polite even though some folks were not in their replies.  Of course, he laid out the…

  • Idaho Supreme Court ruling gives big hope to oil companies

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho’s highest court rules Judge John Bradbury lacked jurisdiction- This is not an immediate go ahead for the oil companies to move up Highway 12, but hopes for a quick kill of the oil juggernaut are gone. Update: I understand that this decision might allow the movement of 4 large coke drums up Highway 12.…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

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