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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#993300">So ends the myth of
the wisdom of sending "moderate" Republicans to represent
Latah County in the Legislature.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+3" color="#993300"><b>State GOP
shuffles key posts</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+3"
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</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">Schroeder,
Sali lose longtime committee roles<br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="-2" color="#993300"><b>Wayne Hoffman
and Gregory Hahn</b></font><font face="Arial" size="-2"
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</b></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The Idaho Statesman |
Edition Date: 12-03-2004<br>
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<font size="+1">Senate Republican leaders removed Education Chairman
Gary Schroeder from the post he held for nine years, creating a domino
effect that left new leaders on half of the Senate's 10
committees.<br>
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Schroeder, a fan of traditional public schools, was replaced by
charter school supporter John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene.<br>
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Schroeder, a Moscow Republican, will instead helm the Resources and
Environment Committee.<br>
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Across the rotunda, House Speaker Bruce Newcomb kicked conservative
Kuna Rep. Bill Sali off his post as the chairman of the House Health
and Welfare Committee.<br>
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Newcomb, who had been frustrated with the way Sali ran his committee
at times, replaced him with Sharon Block of Twin Falls.<br>
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Last session, Newcomb pulled Sali out of a hearing room to tell him to
speed up the debate on an abortion bill.<br>
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Both Sali and Schroeder will remain members of their respective
committees.<br>
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Senate President Pro Tem Bob Geddes rejected the suggestion that he
was replacing Schroeder to end fights within his own party over the
future of public education.<br>
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Geddes said he made the switch because he needed someone with
expertise in resource issues to replace Kimberly Republican Laird Noh,
who retired.<br>
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Schroeder also dismissed any notion of friction and instead focused on
the issues his new panel will face in the months to come, such as Fish
and Game fee increases.<br>
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"I've been on the Resources committee for years. It's my
understanding that (Senate GOP leaders) needed somebody with that
background to take on these issues," he said.</font></font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">Goedde served three
years as a school board member in Coeur d'Alene and has championed
charter schools during his four years on the Senate Education
Committee.</font><br>
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