[Vision2020] Otter Plans Closed-Door Oath Taking
Tom Hansen
idahotom at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 2 11:58:41 PST 2007
Scuttlebutt has it that Butch is going to publicly reenact the inauguration
on January 5th.
Scuttlebutt also has it that Governor-elect Otter personally welcomed a
couple New York realtors to the actual (private) inauguration in Boise. Any
truth . . . ?
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
>From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>Reply-To: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>To: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter Plans Closed-Door Oath Taking
>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:49:42 -0800
>
>The oarh should have been public. This is one republican who thinks
>everything but security matters should be done in public and recorded.
>Roger
>-----Original message-----
>From: "J Ford" privatejf32 at hotmail.com
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:59:02 -0800
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter Plans Closed-Door Oath Taking
>
> > So, what else is new? Isn't the mantra of the Republican party..."Do
>it,
> > but do it outta sight and quietly. Leave no witnesses who can detail a
> > different story than what you're putting out there."?
> >
> >
> >
> > J :]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Bill London" <london at moscow.com>
> > >To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, "Vision 2020"
> > ><vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter Plans Closed-Door Oath Taking
> > >Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:11:56 -0800
> > >
> > >Idaho's governor taking the official oath of office...what could be
>more
> > >public than that?
> > >Yet Otter is taking that oath at a private gathering and not allowing
>media
> > >coverage.
> > >Otter's choice to take the oath and then later to have a public party
> > >(which
> > >is the present plan) is OK with me...but not allowing media coverage of
>the
> > >official oath event sucks.
> > >I am afraid Otter is planning to run a Bush-like secretive government
>for
> > >this state....
> > >BL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> > >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > >Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 8:26 AM
> > >Subject: [Vision2020] Otter Plans Closed-Door Oath Taking
> > >
> > >
> > > > >From today's (December 23, 2006) Lewiston Tribune -
> > > >
> > > > Governor-elect "Butch" Otter has elected to have his oath of office
> > > > conducted privately. This leaves to the imaginations:
> > > >
> > > > What other business will Governor Otter be conducting privately, out
>of
> > >view
> > > > from Idaho's concerned citizenry?
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Otter plans closed-door oath taking
> > > >
> > > > By DEAN A. FERGUSON
> > > > of the Tribune
> > > > When Idaho's new governor takes the oath of office on Jan. 1, the
>public
> > > > won't see it. Historians can't recall a recent governor taking his
>oath
> > >in
> > > > complete privacy.
> > > >
> > > > A spokesman for the governor-elect called the closed-door oath
> > >"procedural,"
> > > > noting a public ceremony will be later that week.
> > > >
> > > > "There's no skullduggery," said Jon Hanian, spokesman for Republican
> > > > Governor-elect C.L. (Butch) Otter. "It has to be done so that's how
>he's
> > > > doing it."
> > > >
> > > > Idaho's constitution requires Otter to take his oath, "beginning on
>the
> > > > first Monday in January next after his election."
> > > >
> > > > That's New Year's Day. A public swearing-in ceremony will take place
>on
> > >the
> > > > Capitol steps on Jan. 5.
> > > >
> > > > "It's fair to say that on the first (of January), for most people,
> > >that's
> > >a
> > > > holiday," Hanian said. "We're concentrating all of our effort on the
> > >fifth
> > > > for the public swearing-in with all the pomp and circumstance and
>the
> > > > speeches and the prayers."
> > > >
> > > > Historians scratched their heads to recall a private swearing-in.
>One
> > > > historian said excluding the press struck him as odd.
> > > >
> > > > "I never heard of anything like that before," said Arthur Hart,
>former
> > > > director of the Idaho State Historical Society.
> > > >
> > > > "If memory serves, some territorial governors might have been
>sworn-in
> > >in
> > > > Washington, D.C. ... and some of them never even bothered coming
>back
> > >here,"
> > > > Hart said.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Weatherby, a retired political science professor from Boise
>State
> > > > University, said Gov. Dirk Kempthorne held a private ceremony in the
> > > > governor's office one minute after midnight on Jan. 3, 1999 -- but
>it
> > >didn't
> > > > involve an oath.
> > > >
> > > > Kempthorne was so eager to be governor he changed the locks on the
> > >office
> > > > four days early -- or, so his predecessor Gov. Phil Batt charged.
>But
> > > > Kempthorne's midnight ceremony was little more than a prayer and a
>glass
> > >of
> > > > water raised in a toast with First Lady Patricia Kempthorne,
>according
> > >to
> > >an
> > > > Idaho Statesman report.
> > > >
> > > > His actual oath came at a public event later that day.
> > > >
> > > > "Swearing in the governor, that should be public," Weatherby said.
> > > >
> > > > In 1994, Batt's official beginning fell on a Jan. 2. He took the
>oath in
> > >a
> > > > small affair with reporters present.
> > > >
> > > > Elected officials must file oaths with the Idaho Secretary of
>State's
> > >office
> > > > on Jan. 1, said Miren Artiach, a deputy in the office.
> > > >
> > > > "All of them are concerned about having the proper paperwork in
>order,"
> > >said
> > > > Artiach, who will work Jan. 1 to record the various oaths of office.
> > >"Some
> > > > people think that ceremony on the steps is the actual swearing-in
>but
> > >it's
> > > > just a public ceremony."
> > > >
> > > > Anyone from judges to notaries can witness the oaths.
> > > >
> > > > Outgoing Gov. Jim Risch will be in Sun Valley on New Year's Day and
>also
> > > > plans a private swearing-in ceremony. Risch became governor when
> > >Kempthorne
> > > > stepped down in May to be interior secretary. But, Risch was
>re-elected
> > >as
> > > > lieutenant governor.
> > > >
> > > > "It's not public, but if someone in the media is up there in Sun
>Valley
> > >and
> > > > says, 'Can I come in and watch?' I don't think we'd be opposed to
>it,"
> > >said
> > > > Brad Hoaglun, a spokesman for Risch.
> > > >
> > > > Judy Austin of Boise, who retired after 36 years as an editor and
> > >historian
> > > > for the Idaho State Historical Society, said the "narrow question"
>would
> > > > make it tough to research how often oaths were privately taken.
> > > >
> > > > She doesn't doubt Otter will take his oath in a sincere and ordinary
> > >manner.
> > > > But a private oath disquiets her nonetheless.
> > > >
> > > > "I find it ever so slightly uncomfortable that there is no witness
>on
> > >behalf
> > > > of the public is how I'd put it," Austin said.
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > > >
> > > > Tom Hansen
> > > > Moscow, Idaho
> > > >
> > > > "Let It Snow"
> > > > http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Let_It_Snow.mp3
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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