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Tom H wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">"Now, Sam . . .
I am not speaking here with absolute total certainty, mind you, but I
strongly suspect that those representatives whose names are followed by
'(D)' could possibly, maybe, conceivably be democrats . . ."</pre>
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You are very right, Tom, I should have counted the "R's" and the "D's"<br>
on the webpage with the thumbnail photos.<br>
<br>
I expressed myself very inadequately in my previous posting.<br>
<br>
What caught my interest was the repeated pair of numbers, 52-18,<br>
both for R's and D's, and for Men and Women, in the Idaho House of<br>
Representatives. 52-18 R's and D's, and 52-18 Men and Women!!!<br>
<br>
So I took your prompt and did count the R's and the D's, by gender.<br>
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Now I have a new interesting count:<br>
<br>
Women in the Idaho House of Representatives<br>
<br>
R = 7 D = 11<br>
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Men in the Idaho House of Representatives<br>
<br>
R = 45 D = 7<br>
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If the above pair of paired numbers represents<br>
the political electivity of Idaho House candidates<br>
then more Women Dems need to run for the House <br>
to mollify the extreme dominance by R's, because <br>
apparently the men who are Dems do not have the <br>
inclination to run for the Idaho House and/or are <br>
incapable of winning? But can the women D's<br>
win against men R's?<br>
<br>
Or, maybe the pair of paired numbers, 52-18, above<br>
are just spurious, odd numbers?<br>
<br>
It's not the same for the Idaho Senate:<br>
<br>
Women in the Idaho Senate<br>
<br>
R's = 5 D's = 3<br>
<br>
Men in the Idaho Senate<br>
<br>
R's = 23 D's = 4 <br>
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So much for the numbers . . .<br>
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Oh; if we have 36 legislative districts,<br>
then why are there only 35 Senators<br>
listed on the website?<br>
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MoscowSam I am, leaving this oddity . . .<br>
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Tom Hansen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Sam Scripter inquired:
"Now which do you suppose are the R's and the D's?"
Now, Sam . . .
I am not speaking here with absolute total certainty, mind you, but I
strongly suspect that those representatives whose names are followed by
"(D)" could possibly, maybe, conceivably be democrats . . . and those
representatives whose names are followed by "(R)" are runaways from Devils
Island terminally infected with . . .
Cooties
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ylxWcwkUM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ylxWcwkUM</a>
I certainly hope this helps.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
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<pre wrap="">I find this very odd; does anyone know if it is
correct?
The website claims there are 52 Republicans
and 18 Democrats,
AND
52 Men and 18 Women
Now which do you suppose are the R's and the D's?
Sam Scripter
*<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership.cfm*">http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership.cfm*</a>
Donovan Arnold wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The Federal Government has Congressional Districts. The states have
Legislative Districts.
Donovan Arnold
--- On *Wed, 11/18/09, Tom Hansen /<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a>/* wrote:
From: Tom Hansen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: [Spam 5.44] Idaho's 36 congressional
districts
To: "lfalen" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"><lfalen@turbonet.com></a>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><vision2020@moscow.com></a>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:00 PM
Mr. Falen -
Realizing that the state of Idaho does not have 36 federal
congressional
districts, (and realizing that the state distributes stimulus funds
to
each STATE congressional district), perhaps there are approximately
36
STATE congressional districts.
SHAZAM!
There are 35 STATE congressional districts within the state of
Idaho.
See for yourself . . .
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership.cfm">http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership.cfm</a>
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Pop quiz!
In which STATE congressional district is Moscow located?
Who are the state representatives of this district?
(Hint: You might find the "Beatles' drummer" if you stick to the
"trail".)
As the theme from Jeopardy gently plays in the background . . .
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
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> -----Original message-----
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> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:05:00 -0800
> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>
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> Subject: [Spam 5.44] Idaho's 36 congressional districts
>
> Dear L. Roger,
>
> Our investigative reporter, Jay Howell, has written
>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.idahofreedom.net/blog/idahos-new-congressional-districts">http://www.idahofreedom.net/blog/idahos-new-congressional-districts</a>]
an
> interesting story on the impact of the federal stimulus page on
Idaho's 36
> congressional districts. What's that you say? Idaho has only two
> congressional districts? Well, don't tell the federal
government, which
> apparently is under the impression Idaho has many more lists
millions of
> dollars being spent to "save" jobs in congressional districts
that simply
> don't exist!
>
> This week's
>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.idahofreedom.net/blog/state-government-could-require-transparency-local-expenses">http://www.idahofreedom.net/blog/state-government-could-require-transparency-local-expenses</a>]
> commentary is on the need for transparency in local government
> expenditures. The tools to hold local government accountable
already are
> available. Why not use them? There's a great deal of waste out
there; time
> to make it easy to track down and eliminate it.
>
> Interestingly, the state of Idaho has developed a
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website so that citizens can suggest
> spending
> cuts and changes to how government operates. I think what we've
been
> saying
> all along about the size of government and the waste we're
seeing out
> there
> is starting to catch on within the halls of power.
>
> If you haven't done so already, please check out our new
> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.idahofreedom.net/node/159">http://www.idahofreedom.net/node/159</a>] Events Calendar. Find out
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Contact
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> We've added new taxing districts to our transparency website,
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> Finally, thank you to all of you who came to the Idaho Freedom
Foundation
> luncheon featuring the Cato Institute's Randal O'Toole. We had a
great
> turnout, and hopefully everyone learned a great deal about the
city of
> Boise's streetcar proposal and similar operations around the
country.
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> Have a great week!
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