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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's another problem attached to working from
home. It's the lack of validity often attached to a "working from home"
job. I'm not talking about professional validity, but family
validity. Maybe others have figured out how to do it, but many of the
women who work from home are still seen by family members--husbands
and dependent children as being there for them regardless.
Even with an office in the home, "where's the peanut butter?" or
"why did you wash only one of my white socks?" intervene---you get the
drift--if you aren't a husband or dependent child. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The solution. Well women who work at home
take their children to daycare if they can afford it and god only knows what
they do with their husbands. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue Hovey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=megan@meganpru.com href="mailto:megan@meganpru.com">Megan
Prusynski</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Panel Rejects
Day-Care Rule - Working at Home</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I work at home here in Moscow. It's really easy to do and quite
common in my field (graphic & web design) and I know of other designers in
the area that do the same thing. I work for an organization based in Virginia,
actually most of our web designers telecommute, as it saves on overhead as
well as allowing us to be home with our families (which for me means I don't
have to abandon my "furry children" all day). I also do freelance work from
home. No commute so I use fewer fossil fuels, saves my employers and clients
money since there's less overhead, and I get to work in my pjs if I so desire.
Win-win situation! :)
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<DIV>As for the day care bill, I am very sad to see this happen in Idaho. I
used to intern for IdahoSTARS, a local non-profit that works to improve child
care in the state (actually I worked with several of the people quoted in the
article) so this issue really hits home. We definitely need better standards
to improve child care in this state, and it's very sad to see that all the
hard work done by the agencies hoping to improve Idaho's child care situation
was in vain on this bill. It is blatant disregard for less fortunate working
families in this state. How can mom stay home with the kids if she has to work
two jobs just to support them on our extremely low minimum-wage? I certainly
hope that things improve for child care in this state. Kinda makes me glad I
don't have (human) children... </DIV>
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<DIV>peace,</DIV>
<DIV>~megan</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:45 AM, <A
href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</A>
wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Tom asks:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>"And just what work-at-home opportunities are there here in
Vandalville,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Roger?"</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Web designer.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Medical
transcriptionist.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Legal
transcription.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Appointment coordinator.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Data entry.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>"Virtual
Assistant".</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>The stuff is out there.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>It's just a matter of looking for it.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And it</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>may not even be *in* Moscow.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>But you will be.</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>I do know a young lady who has done pretty well for herself with
website</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>design.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>She says she
enjoys showing up to work in her jammies.</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>DC</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>------------------------------</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Message: 5</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:45:55 -0800</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>From: "Saundra Lund" <<A
href="mailto:sslund@roadrunner.com">sslund@roadrunner.com</A>></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ign'ant Idahoans against daycare</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>To: "'Sue Hovey'" <<A
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>>, "'Debbie
Gray'"</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN><<A
href="mailto:graylex@yahoo.com">graylex@yahoo.com</A>>, <SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>"'vision2020'" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Message-ID: <011a01c75b71$1045a420$1401a8c0@pooh></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Content-Type: text/plain;<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>charset="us-ascii"</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>In part, Sue Hovey wrote:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>"Just another example of the workings of those whose aim it is<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>to protect</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>children from conception to birth."</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>BINGO!</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Thanks, Debbie, for posting the article -- it was very
informative,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>distressing, and the outcome was ***incredibly*** disappointing<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>:-(</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Saundra Lund</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Moscow, ID</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people
to do</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>nothing.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>- Edmund Burke</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2006, Saundra
Lund.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020
forum</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>without the express written permission of the author.*****</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>-----Original Message-----</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>From: <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[<A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>On Behalf Of Sue Hovey</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:33 PM</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>To: Debbie Gray; vision2020</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ign'ant Idahoans against daycare</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Yes, I'm a bit puzzled, too, at the contention this bill would
somehow force</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>parents to use day care.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Tom Loertscher with his "what can we do to keep</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>mom's at home?" probably voted against the minimum wage bill,
too.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I've</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>always thought of him as one who isn't the sharpest knife in the
drawer,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>even compared to JoAnn Wood--though she isn't ignorant, I think, just
mean.</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Of course the not so subtle message from these folks could be, "a
loving</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>mother doesn't use day care, because we aren't going to provide you
with the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>legal means to protect your child...."<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Just another example of the
workings</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>of those whose aim it is<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>to protect children from conception to birth.</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Sue Hovey</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>----- Original Message -----</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>From: "Debbie Gray" <<A
href="mailto:graylex@yahoo.com">graylex@yahoo.com</A>></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>To: "vision2020" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:42 PM</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=3>Subject: [Vision2020] ign'ant Idahoans against daycare</FONT></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>So is the whole point that these ignorant people
are</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>trying to make daycare unsafe so as to keep moms
at</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>home? Or what? And even if moms (OR DADS) wanted
to</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>stay at home to care for their children 24/7, how
many</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>can afford to do that these days? Shouldn't it be
a</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>CHOICE??? Oh wait, R's don't like that
word.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Debbie Gray</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>spokesman review</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Panel rejects day-care rules</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>House committee limits supporters; 2 members
suggest</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>mothers stay home</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Betsy Z. Russell</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>February 27, 2007</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>BOISE With some members saying mothers should
stay</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>home with their</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>children, members of a House committee on
Monday</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>killed legislation to</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>require minimum safety standards and
criminal</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>history checks for Idaho day</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>cares.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>"It's gut-wrenching for me," Rep. Tom
Loertscher,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>R-Iona, said before the 6-5 vote against the
bill.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>"What can we do to keep mom at home?"</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Loertscher said he "cannot imagine" ever taking
a</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>child to a day-care</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>center and said, "There is no substitute, there
is</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>absolutely no</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>substitute for families taking care of
children."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, said, "Being
separate</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>from your mother</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>there's reason to believe this could be
harmful."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>The House Health and Welfare Committee kept
backers</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>of the day-care</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>licensing bill waiting until long after 5 p.m. for
a</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>hearing that was</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>scheduled to start at 1:30 after it was put off
last</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>week then limited</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>them to three minutes apiece to testify in favor
of</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>the bill.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>A stunned Cathy Kowalski, a Coeur d'Alene
early</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>childhood consultant who</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>has worked on the bill for three years, said,
"I</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>think it is a committee</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>whose members are definitely out of touch with
the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>needs of their</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>constituents, and I think the working families
in</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>their districts need to</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>let them know."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Sylvia Chariton, who testified in favor of the
bill</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>on behalf of the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>American Association of University Women of
Idaho,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>said, "It's ridiculous</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>those men live in a time warp, when 60 percent
of</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>all mothers of children</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>under 6 years of age take them someplace to be
cared</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>for."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. George Sayler, D-Coeur d'Alene, the bill's
lead</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>sponsor, told the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>committee, "For working parents it is a
vital</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>concern."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>His bill, HB 163, originally would have set
minimal</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>health and safety</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>standards, training requirements, and
staffing</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>levels, and required</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>criminal history checks for day cares caring for
as</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>few as two unrelated</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>children, but he offered amendments to raise that
to</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>apply only to those</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>caring for six or more children. "We're not
trying</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>to be burdensome,"</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Sayler told the committee.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Karen Mason, executive director of the
Idaho</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Association for the Education</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>of Young Children, told of complaints her group
has</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>received about</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>children being locked in rooms at day cares with
no</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>escape, infants never</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>taken out of playpens, and unqualified
caregivers</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>with criminal</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>backgrounds.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Elena Rodriguez of Idaho Voices for Children
said,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>"The current lack of</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>adequate standards for child care puts children
at</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>risk.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>That's what we</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>want to correct."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>More than 70,000 Idaho children under age 5 are
in</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>day care, Rodriguez</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>told the committee.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>All the testimony was in favor of the bill,
except</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>that of one state</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>representative, Rep. JoAn Wood, R-Rigby.
Wood</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>testified that when she</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>served on the Health and Welfare Committee 25
years</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>ago, "we had almost</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>the same information brought to us."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>At that time, she said, the panel opted
against</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>state licensing for</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>centers with fewer than 13 children. "I would
plead</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>with you I think it's</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>working well," Wood told the committee. "We
just</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>don't see the problems</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>there in the rural area where I am."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. John Rusche, D-Lewiston, a physician who
serves</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>on the committee,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>disagreed. He said he's seen terrible
cases,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>including a toddler who</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>drowned in a horse trough that wasn't separated
from</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>the day care and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>other children with severe injuries suffered
in</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>unsafe day cares.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Nine Idaho cities, including Coeur d'Alene,
have</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>stricter day-care</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>licensing rules, but operators who run afoul of
city</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>regulations can move</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>outside city limits.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Boise businessman Bill Ziegert told the panel,
"Our</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>world has changed, and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>we no longer live in a society where all
preschool</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>children stayed at home</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>or were left with relatives." He said for
his</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>employees day care is</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>essential, and he called the bill "important
and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>necessary."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. Pete Nielsen, R-Mountain Home, said he
thought</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>that if the committee</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>agreed to amend the bill, the backers would only
try</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>to remove the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>amendments in the future. "They only submitted
the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>amendments to try and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>get us to buy off on this," he said.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, urged support.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>"When I first saw this bill I was not in favor
of</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>it, but with the</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>amendments I am more supportive of it. Because
in</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>our society, it's</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>different than it was 15 or 20 years ago," he
said.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, said, "It's a
tough</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>one for me, because my</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>district has some large communities that it will
be</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>a positive thing, but</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>I also have way more communities that it will
be</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>detrimental.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>I don't see</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>why we need to address it."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Wood told the panel, "I think you're going to put
a</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>lot of young women</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>that babysit out of business."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>In the final vote, the committee's three
Democrats</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>and two Republicans</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>voted in favor of the amended bill. In addition
to</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Rusche and Luker, they</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>included Sharon Block, R-Idaho Falls; and
Boise</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Democrats Sue Chew and Margaret Henbest.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Six Republicans voted against the bill even
as</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>amended: Reps. Nielsen,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Loertscher, Thayn and Shepherd; Janice
McGeachin,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>R-Idaho Falls; and Jim</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Marriott, R-Blackfoot.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Sayler said afterward, "What can I say
it's</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>disappointing. I'll tell you,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>frankly what I heard was not concern for children
it</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>was concern about</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>regulation.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Our society has changed."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Ziegert, the Boise businessman, said, "It
was</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>amazing to me, that you</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>could have all of the testimony in support of
it,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>people with facts and so</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>forth," and still the committee rejected the
bill.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>Kowalski said, "The problem has not been
solved.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>The issue will not go</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>away."</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>House Bill 163 originally would have set
minimal</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>health and safety</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>standards, training requirements, and
staffing</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>levels, and required</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>criminal history checks for day cares caring for
as</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>few as two unrelated</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
face=Helvetica size=3>children.</FONT></P>
<P
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; FONT: 11px Helvetica"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px"><FONT style="FONT: 11px Helvetica"
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