[Vision2020] Rep. Trail announces run for Latah County Commissioner

[Tom Hansen]

Rep. Ringo -

Would it be at all possible for the House, on the last day of this legislative year to commemorate Rep. Trail's proud tenure on the state legislature, to play (loudly and proudly) a recording of . . .

"Happy Trails" by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers

http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Happy_Trails.mp3
 
"Happy Trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy Trails to you, keep smilin' until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Happy Trails to you, 'till we meet again.

Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.

Happy Trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy Trails to you, keep smilin' until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Happy Trails to you, 'till we meet again."

Seeya later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Post Falls, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown



On Feb 21, 2012, at 16:20, "Rep. Tom Trail" <ttrail at moscow.com> wrote:

> Constituents:
> I’ve just released the following news via a press release.    I will be engaging in a potentially different political arena in the future, but will still be serving the District 6 constituents as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives until November 30, 2012.
> Rep. Tom Trail
>                     
> PRESS RELEASE
> Rep. Tom Trail announces run for Latah County Commissioner.  Rep. Trail announced today that he will be seeking the Republican nomination for the District 1 Latah County Commissioner seat.   Trail said, “I am grateful to the voters of District 6 allowing me to represent them in the Idaho House of Representatives.  I’ve enjoyed my work in the House, but I have decided it is time for me to focus my efforts on supporting my Latah County constituents.  This decision was reached after talking to my family and Latah County citizens.”
> Further, Trail indicated, “I’m running for County Commissioner because I feel the experience and knowledge I have gained as state representative will directly benefit Latah County.”  Trail’s priorities include economic development, supporting local input in  decisions made in Boise, providing common sense values to local issues, and assuring our county lives within its means while addressing important county government functions necessary to the quality of life we have all come to desire.
> As a state representative, Trail has served for the past 16 years on the Education, Agricultural Affairs, and the Commerce and Human Resources Committees.  Trail prides himself in serving constituents needs and his motto is “Constituents First.”  Trail is a lifelong resident of Latah County and lives on the family farm east of Moscow.
> Trail wants to thank his constituents for their support in returning him to the House of Representatives for eight terms.  “The tremendous amount of local support has made being your representative a highlight of my years of public service.”  Trail indicates that 16 years at the state level is enough.  He notes that the tone of state politics has changed during his time in the House.  “Under former House Speaker Bruce Newcomb, it was congenial,”  Trail said.  “Everyone could voice their differences.  We had a good dialogue, a diversity of opinions, and you were respected for it.  I was spoiled under that type of democratic environment.”
> In 2011 Trail broke party lines on several votes, including education reform, closing the Republican primaries, and the tobacco tax.  At the end of the 2011 session, House Speaker, Lawerence Denney stripped Trail of his agricultural committee chairmanship, though Trail indicated that move didn’t factor into his decision to seek re-election to the house.
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