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<DIV>Brianna LeClaire, who is the Education Policy analyst, used to live here
and work at the airport. She was a great help when I was doing so much
traveling, getting me on flights that were otherwise full. At the time she
and I didn’t agree on anything politically, but she was/is a delightful person
whose opinions were interesting and provocative. I do not think she has
ever been a teacher, and even back then she was staunchly anti-public education.
She was pretty much Tea Party even before it came along. One
of her arguments was recycling is counter productive, because, she claimed, it
cost more to recycle than to use new raw material. Seems to me she argued that
position on the Vision a time or two, and got some pretty detailed
responses. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sue H</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 04, 2011 2:43 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> ; <A title=jborden@datawedge.com
href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">Jay Borden</A> ; <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A title=ringoshirl@moscow.com
href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">Shirley Ringo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post
Register</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Excellent points! I actually had some respect for this report until I
read it. It is clear the people that wrote it are use to <SPAN
id=misspell-0>writing</SPAN> at a junior high level and have no understanding of
health, statistics, <SPAN id=misspell-1><SPAN>methodology</SPAN></SPAN>, and
lack basic logical and critical thinking skills. But perhaps that is their
target audience. I don't think the writers are well educated if at all in the
fields they are speaking about. It is clear their research involved little more
than five minutes on a google or an interview with another person as equally
clueless about the topic they are addressing. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>I find it interesting that their agenda only targets things like
social programs for the poor and public education. They don't hunt for waste in
programs designed to benefit wealthier citizens, or the impact of cutting
certain programs results in greater long term cost to taxpayers. For example,
spending $1 on <SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN>publicly</SPAN></SPAN> funded
preventive <SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN>health-care</SPAN></SPAN> can save $50 or
more in future Medicaid or Medicare costs. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>I think the Onion should consider printing it. "Meridian Mom and Her
Four Friends Solve State's Budget Woes" Has anyone sent them a
link?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Donovan Arnold</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Sue Hovey
<suehovey@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
Jay Borden <jborden@datawedge.com>; Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>;
Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Vision 2020
<Vision2020@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, November 4, 2011 1:11
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020]
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<DIV>Thanks. I’m reading it just now and am more than a bit appalled
anyone would use it as good evidence of proof of waste. And what a
stellar group who signed on to it: Bob Forrey, Darrell Deide, Marv
Hagedorn, Karen McGee, Ralph Smeed, Steve Symms and a host of others. If I
had to choose the one I most respect for her/his integrity, I’d probably take
Ralph Smeed, but he’s dead, so I’ll take Steve Symms. And I’m not among
the few who think of him as a paragon of virtue. So I must admit I
approached this report with a genuine bias, and Roger, I can’t imagine why in
the world you promoted it as good evidence of waste in govt. For
example:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. They faulted Health & Welfare for it’s failure to push enough
people out of Medicaid and for not knowing the number who go off each year. The
implication is there are a bunch of deadbeats getting these services when they
should be out fending for themselves. According to the group, Medicaid is
now a hammock, not a safety net. As one whose daughter has been a recipient of
Medicaid services for most of her life, I can attest to the fact that her status
is evaluated EVERY YEAR and an annual determination is made by Health &
Welfare. It’s true, it is no longer a safety net. There’s a hole of such
magnitude that disabled adults have two options: die quickly or be lucky
enough to have family financially able to care for them. Recipients have
lost medical services for glasses, hearing aides, counseling, assistive
devices—items many of them sorely need in order to live a productive life or to
keep them from harming themselves and others. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2. In regard to the SCHIP Program—the one that provides health
insurance for poor children; the one the Idaho Legislature continues to defund,
despite its national record of success in providing medical help to poor
children. Here’s a quote that should make the group’s motives very clear,
“Additionally, experts who have studied SCHIP find little evidence that
providing government insurance to people improves health outcomes.” And
their “experts” who made this revelation—the same ones who wrote the
report. The link cited takes one back to the report website and offers no
other evidence. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3. Fit and Fall Proof. This is an exercise program for seniors
and others who need it as a rehabilitation service. Gritman offers a
number of sessions at the Wellness Center. I’m in one. They are
really very helpful for those of us who, as we age, can benefit from exercise
which builds muscle strength and self confidence. Some of the literature I
just received indicates that Idaho seniors are injured in falls that require
medical care in higher numbers than the national average, so one might think it
would be a good service for the state to provide. The Freedom Foundation
doesn’t like it because it cuts into private sector alternatives, but really it
doesn’t. Some of us also have gym memberships, and many are are too physically
fragile to benefit from the machines a gym traditionally provides. The
report further states the program is a waste of money because there are more
falls now than before the program started. Maybe so, but those data are
from medical injury reports, not comparisons between folks in the program and
folks who aren’t. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4. Childcare Programs. There is the quote that these programs
are “rife with abuse,” but no citations to indicate such is the case in
Idaho. Their claims fit right into the Idaho paradigm—don’t do anything to
help young children or their parents, because in Idaho the legislators over the
years repeatedly state, “young children should be at home with their
mothers.” So we don’t mandate kindergartens nor do we accept federal money
to improve early childhood education. Wish I could remember the name of the
legislator who told a young unemployed mother if she needed help she ought to,
“get right with her church.” </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5. They use a lot of space discussing what they would call undeserved
perks earned by Idaho State Employees, HIgher Education Personnel, and Public
School Teachers. They’ve collected master agreements (which are now null
and void because of the new laws) and cherry picked the pieces that indicate to
them schools are simply rolling in money and their employees are stealing from
taxpayers in many unethical ways. One example from Ponderay School
District which was, until this year, fairly common in negotiated agreements, and
certainly a common business practice; that of allowing current employees to move
into new jobs as they come open, rather than advertise them publically.
But the group from the Idaho Freedom Foundation claims this is not only unfair,
but costly, because it takes “more qualified candidates who would cost the
district less, out of the picture.” It’s moot now, but if I as an employee
move into another position, that leaves my position vacant, and if both the
candidate and I qualified for the vacated position, it’s likely s/he qualifies
for the one I leave. But the Idaho Freedom Foundation can’t be bothered
with extrapolation. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There’s a lot more. And I suppose there are some compelling issues
concerning wasted resources, but taken as a whole, it’s disingenuous at best and
often supplies questionable and patently false evidence to support its
claims. It’s interesting reading though, because it appears to be
the current bible upon which the Governor, Legislators, Tom Luna, and
potentially local policy makers are positioning themselves. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jay and Tom, thanks for the link. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sue Hovey</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=jborden@datawedge.com
href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">Jay Borden</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:23 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com"
rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post
Register</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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the link that goes directly to the .pdf file:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">http://opencda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/4d28b5a3768b7.pdf.pdf</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Sue Hovey
[mailto:suehovey@moscow.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:32
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jay Borden<BR><B>Cc:</B> Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Jay, I don’t want to get
into the exchange here. It’s gone sideways for too long. But what I
would like to do is read the Idaho Pork Report. Do you have a link?
And no, I haven’t read all the emails, but I did read one which indicated a
problem with one that was given. Thanks for doing my work for me. I
want to see what they consider the pork in public education.
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<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Sue H. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=jborden@datawedge.com href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com" rel=nofollow
target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">Jay Borden</A>
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Wednesday,
November 02, 2011 8:04 PM</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"
rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan
Arnold</A> ; <A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"
rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cc:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=Vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow
target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A>
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Re:
[Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Wow… just wow… </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoListParagraph><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><SPAN>1)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Would you care to provide any
data as far as how much money is lost due to “businesses that take government
money and flee the country”? I’ll never say never, (I’m a big fan of the
bell curve) but without any other data to go on, my gut tells me that it doesn’t
begin to hold a candle to general government waste. (I won’t even ask for
6 links… )</SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"><SPAN>2)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">By your reasoning (poo-pooing
the Pork Report (which, BTW, DOES provide references to where they found their
data), I would then assume that the education system is in tip-top shape, and
therefore has no places in which fraud, waste, or otherwise unnecessary spending
is occurring? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoListParagraph><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><SPAN>3)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Also by you reasoning, since
“Idaho doesn’t spend any money on health care”, all the fraud and wasted money
talked about in the report doesn’t actually exist? (Or, is it not actually
fraud since (you claim) no money is actually spent in that
category?)</SPAN></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Jay</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: rgb(181,196,223) 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt">
<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Donovan Arnold
[mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02,
2011 7:12 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jay Borden; Tom Hansen<BR><B>Cc:</B> lfalen; Art
Deco; Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post
Register</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Jay,</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">You wrote,</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1300944460msid16980><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Didja
actually READ the “2011 Pork Report”? 1/3 of the report deals with education….
the other 2/3’s deal with health care and public renewal and public works
projects."</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
class=yiv1300944460msid16980><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Oh
well, , yes, we certainly can call public health care pork too, can't we, I mean
who needs that? But the point is kinda moot since Idaho doesn't spend money on
public health care. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">You are also right about the government contracts, I looked
on the Internet and there is no evidence of government contracts with businesses
going bad. All the businesses that contract with the government are fully
capable, don't lie, and always finish well under what they quoted. And
certainly, never ever, has a business person completely made up the fact that
they can produce something the government needed, taken the millions of dollars,
and fled the country. It would never happen. Anyone that insists this is not
that case definitely needs to supply at least 6 links to verify their claims,
otherwise, it is just hogwash to believe such outlandish nonsense could happen.
I am also one of those people that need proof via some website for everything
regardless of how ridiculous taking the contrary side would sound to reason.
</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Donovan Arnold</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"
class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Jay Borden
<jborden@datawedge.com><BR><B>To:</B> Tom Hansen
<thansen@moscow.com><BR><B>Cc:</B> Donovan Arnold
<donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>; lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com>; Art
Deco <deco@moscow.com>; Vision 2020
<Vision2020@moscow.com><BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 2, 2011 6:41
PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV id=yiv1300944460>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">You
have given a link for the DOD’s Contract division… I assume in the hopes that I
would do the leg work for you… which is exactly what you (and others) lambast
Roger for. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
suggest one of the following:</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1)</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Provide
the data requested to back up the statement.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2)</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Recognize
that opinions that lack factual data aren’t fact… they’re just
OPINIONS.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jay</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt">
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Tom Hansen
[mailto:thansen@moscow.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:13
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jay Borden<BR><B>Cc:</B> Donovan Arnold; lfalen; Art Deco;
Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post
Register</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Mr. Borden -</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Not ALL contracts at the following link are success
stories. The names Halliburton and Blackwater come to
mind.</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">And guess who pays the bills.</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">http://www.defense.gov/Contracts/default.aspx</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Seeya round town, Moscow.</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Tom Hansen</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Moscow, Idaho</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"
class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"
class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"
class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><BR>On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:01 PM, "Jay Borden" <<A
href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1)</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Where
are your facts and figures (and how common it is) about how much the
government loses on private businesses inability to fulfill government
contract obligations? </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2)</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A
consumer votes with their feet… if a business winds up passing their errors
onto to the customer, a customer is free to simply change vendors/providers
and take their business to a more efficient enterprise. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3)</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Didja
actually READ the “2011 Pork Report”? 1/3 of the report deals with
education…. the other 2/3’s deal with health care and public renewal and
public works projects. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jay</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Donovan
Arnold<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:56 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
lfalen; Art Deco; Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho
Falls Post Register</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Roger,</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">In addition to the trillion dollar bailouts the taxpayers
all the time have to pay for private business enterprises mistakes and
inefficiencies. Businesses bid on government contracts and cannot fulfill the
obligation and the taxpayer has to pay for it. This is common. And the
consumer also has the costs of a business's errors passed on to them in
products and services. </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">As to the <I>Idaho Pork Report</I>, yeah, I guess if you
are an Idaho Conservative Republican you would think there is a lot of
government waste if you believe education has no real value. There are
elementary, middle, and high schools in just about every town, some with many
of them. </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Donovan Arnold</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1300944460MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> lfalen
<<A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>><BR><B>To:</B>
Art Deco <<A href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A>>; Vision 2020 <<A
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 11:51 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw:
Idaho Falls Post Register<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR>I may have
mistyped something. If you are really interested do a search on the Idaho Pork
Report.<BR>Roger<BR>-----Original message-----<BR>From: "Art Deco" <A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR>Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011
19:06:01 -0700<BR>To: "Vision 2020" <A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"
rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register<BR><BR>> This link is
invalid.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: lfalen <BR>> Sent: Tuesday,
November 01, 2011 3:31 PM<BR>> To: Art Deco ; Vision 2020 <BR>> Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Check
the Idaho Pork Report. You can find it at <A
href="http://opencda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/4d28b5aq3768b7.pdf.pdf"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>opencda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/4d28b5aq3768b7.pdf.pdf</A><BR>>
Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: "Art Deco" <A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR>> Date: Mon, 31 Oct
2011 13:36:23 -0700<BR>> To: "Vision 2020" <A
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register<BR>> <BR>> >
Roger,<BR>> > <BR>> > Tell us exactly where and exactly how much
there are in those places of "a lot of waste in state government and plenty of
places cuts can be made."<BR>> > <BR>> > If you cannot do this,
then you are just promulgating more Tea Bagger bullshit. You then are
part of the problem, but not part of the solution.<BR>> > <BR>> >
w.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > From: lfalen <BR>> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:15
AM<BR>> > To: Shirley Ringo ; Vision 2020 <BR>> > Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> I think that there is a lot of waste in state government and plenty of
places cuts can be made. I do not think that the care and treatment of the
menally ill is one of them.<BR>> > Roger<BR>> > -----Original
message-----<BR>> > From: "Shirley Ringo" <A
href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">ringoshirl@moscow.com</A><BR>> >
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:44:55 -0700<BR>> > To: "Vision 2020" <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> >
Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: Idaho Falls Post Register<BR>> > <BR>> >
> <BR>> > > Visionaries:<BR>> > > <BR>> > > The
Idaho Legislature's "cost containment" for Medicaid programs and help for
those with disabilities will prove to be anything but that.<BR>> > >
<BR>> > > Shirley<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> >
> <BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> >
> <BR>> > > Idaho's ugly 'new
normal'<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Corey Taule<BR>> >
> <BR>> > >
----------------------------------------------------------<BR>> > >
<BR>> > > Ugly, sad and potentially tragic as it was, the
recent shootout between local law enforcement and Scott Daniel Parker wasn't
surprising. The 911 call from Parker's mother indicated her son was mentally
ill and in crisis. Unfortunately, we've been down that road before.<BR>>
> > <BR>> > > In September 2010, a mentally ill man shot
Ryan Mitchell in the back as he left a Pocatello coffee shop. The shooter,
Gerald Durk Simpson, had been told a few months earlier that because of budget
cuts, the state could no longer afford to treat his mental illness.<BR>>
> > <BR>> > > That jibed with what the State Planning
Council on Mental Health told Idaho's lawmakers in February 2010. Cutting
mental health funding, this panel of experts said, would result in three
things:<BR>> > > <BR>> > > - More suicides.<BR>>
> > <BR>> > > - More violent encounters between the
mentally ill and police.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > - More
mentally ill folks landing in emergency rooms.<BR>> > > <BR>> >
> A check with local law enforcement shows this panel knew what it
was talking about. Bonneville County Coroner Jonathan Walker said suicides and
attempts are up, something he attributes directly to a reduction in available
services.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Bonneville County Sheriff
Paul Wilde noticed his deputies were dealing more frequently with the mentally
ill. So, he checked the numbers. What Wilde discovered was startling. From
January to October of 2008, officers responded to 61 calls concerning
psychiatric episodes or suicide attempts. That same time period in 2009
resulted in 118 calls. That jumped to 139 last year. So far this year,
officers have responded to 256 calls.<BR>> > > <BR>> >
> Sometimes those calls result in arrests. A severely mentally ill
inmate needs to be segregated and watched constantly. Often, however, no
arrest is made. But for their own good, the person with mental illness needs
to be hospitalized.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Eight years
ago, a busy week for the Bonneville County Prosecutor's Office meant handling
one or two civil commitment cases. But when Bruce Pickett became prosecutor,
he noticed civil commitments were on the rise. So, he began tracking them. So
far this year, Bonneville County has averaged nearly four per week.<BR>>
> > <BR>> > > Each case must be judged by two
state-designated examiners. Because many of these folks are indigent,
taxpayers bear those costs, plus hospital and doctor's fees. The increase in
cases means the Behavioral Health Center often can't handle them all. Several
times this year, deputies have transported mentally ill folks who committed no
crimes to hospitals in Pocatello, Twin Falls and Boise. So, cutting budgets on
the front end is resulting in more expense -- not to mention a healthy dose of
human misery -- on the back end.<BR>> > > <BR>> > >
Jessica Hill isn't surprised. A licensed social worker, Hill said the agency
she works for has fewer clients because of budget cuts. The need for services,
however, has not gone down.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > But
Hill sees this from another perspective. She's also an Idaho Falls police
officer and SWAT team member. Too often, Hill said, officers encounter the
mentally ill in full crisis mode. Many of these folks, Hill said, tell police
they no longer qualify for services.<BR>> > > <BR>> >
> "I knew this was going to happen," Hill said. "It's not a surprise
to me whatsoever."<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Idaho Gov. C.L.
"Butch" Otter has overseen a massive reduction in state government, something
he describes as "the new normal."<BR>> > > <BR>> > >
Let's be clear, then, about what "the new normal" really looks like to those
who get to deal with the consequences of the politicians' numbers
crunching:<BR>> > > <BR>> > > - It looks like Gerald
Simpson, a man with no history of violence, opening fire on a
stranger.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > - It looks like Scott
Daniel Parker leaving the house armed with automatic weapons and mad as
hell.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > - It looks like the guy using
his own feces to draw pictures on jailhouse walls.<BR>> > > <BR>>
> > - It looks like the little old lady who once had a social
worker to help keep her on medications, but who now must go it alone.
Sometimes that works. Sometimes a sheriff's deputy wades through months of
accumulated garbage and animal waste in her living room so he can drive her to
the only hospital with room to treat her, in Boise.<BR>> > > <BR>>
> > Idaho is building a considerable budget surplus. Already, some
Republicans are saying they want to hand it over to corporations and rich
folks through income tax cuts.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > The
first job of government, however, is to protect its citizenry.<BR>> >
> <BR>> > > Clearly, Otter's "new normal" isn't doing that.
Lawmakers need to fully restore the mental health budget cuts of the past
three years.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Before things really
turn ugly.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>>
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