[Vision2020] Adamson Challenges Otter

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (January 8, 2006) Spokesman Review -

 

"One of his ideas is to establish tax exempt free-enterprise zones in the
state. The 1,280-acre zones, theoretically located in Bannock, Elmore,
Canyon and Nez Perce counties, would be exempt from federal and state income
taxes for seven years."

 

Good-bye, tax base.

 

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Adamson challenges Otter 

Governor hopeful says his ideas 'would really shock the state'

 

Associated Press

January 8, 2006

 

CHUBBUCK, Idaho - A Chubbuck businessman who ran for Congress twice in the
1980s is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Butch Otter to be the next
governor of Idaho.

 

Dan Adamson announced Friday that he'll be seeking the Republican nomination
for governor, the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello reported.

 

Adamson, who contends the state needs more visionary thinkers, offered a few
of his own, such as shipping Idaho inmates overseas and creating four
tax-exempt business zones.

 

"We're talking about some things that would really shock the state," he said
at a news conference. "My ideas that aren't possible are really quite
doable."

 

Otter is considered the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, but Adamson said
he isn't intimidated.

 

"Butch is a nice guy ... but he hasn't had an original thought since he made
the decision to marry Gay" Simplot, he said. "Butch Otter has never had
runaway election results, ever."

 

As for the financial aspects of his challenge, Adamson said he will raise
campaign money through his Web site, www.myidahorocks.com.

 

Adamson, a native Idahoan and graduate of the Brigham Young University Law
School, is the CEO of Northwest Bec-Corp., a company that manages nursing
homes in Idaho, California and Oregon. According to his Web site, Adamson
has also owned two law firms and several agribusiness corporations.

 

With his "Idaho for Idahoans" campaign, he said he wants to take advantage
of outsourcing to spur Idaho's economy and raise money for education.

 

One of his ideas is to establish tax exempt free-enterprise zones in the
state. The 1,280-acre zones, theoretically located in Bannock, Elmore,
Canyon and Nez Perce counties, would be exempt from federal and state income
taxes for seven years.

 

"It's being done all over the world as jobs are being taken from the U.S.,"
Adamson said. "In my mind, it will not be long when there are many, many,
many economic free-enterprise zones established in this country."

 

Adamson said he can also save the state about $50 million by shipping
Idaho's growing inmate population overseas and leasing space in Idaho
prisons to house federal inmates.

 

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Now, there's a scary thought: commercial tax-free zones (no state or federal
taxes).

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

 

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"

 

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