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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things that make you wonder what the heck is going
on here......Oh, never mind. It's just Idaho, where creepy,
rich, Republican/Tea Party, entitled <STRONG>men </STRONG>can do whatever
the heck they want, and the rest of us can't even get our voices
heard.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] GOP senator quits,
sexual harassment alleged</DIV>
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<DIV>Courtesy of the Coeur d'Alene Press at:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A
href="http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_dd1478d8-5da9-11e1-ac19-001871e3ce6c.html">http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_dd1478d8-5da9-11e1-ac19-001871e3ce6c.html</A>
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senator quits, sexual harassment alleged</H1>
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<DIV>Sen. John McGee has resigned from the Idaho Legislature, amid allegations
of sexual harassment of a female senate attache, reports the Associated
Press.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The Attorney General has been asked to investigate the allegations.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The four-term Republican senator from Caldwell turned in a resignation
letter this morning.</DIV>
<DIV>Sen. Brent Hill, the President of the Idaho Senate, said it was McGee's
decision to step down.</DIV>
<DIV>McGee had been the caucus chairman, the fourth ranking post in the
Senate.</DIV>
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<DIV>McGee did not immediately return telephone messages left Wednesday by the
Associated Press.</DIV>
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<DIV>The resignation caps a difficult year for McGee. McGee was arrested on
June 19 - Father's Day. McGee began drinking at a Boise golf tournament, and
says he largely blacked out and simply doesn't remember the details of what
happened next.</DIV>
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<DIV>According to police, McGee took a Ford Excursion and cargo trailer from
the southwest Boise home of a "complete stranger" and got it stuck in a yard.
A breath test showed McGee's blood-alcohol content at nearly twice the legal
limit.</DIV>
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<DIV>Last summer, McGee pleaded guilty to drunken driving in a deal that
erased accompanying auto theft charges. He served jail time and paid
restitution for a stranger's vehicle that he damaged.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>McGee's reputation was further bruised over the summer when the AP
reported that despite having a home just 26 miles from the Capitol, he had
been claiming a $122 per diem during the Legislature that adds up to some
$6,000 annually. The money is meant to defray the cost of a second residence
in Boise, but McGee was spending nights at his parents' house in Boise.</DIV>
<DIV>Most southwestern Idaho lawmakers claim a $49 per diem.</DIV>
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<DIV>At the start of the 2012 session, McGee apologized to his colleagues for
his actions and survived efforts calling for him to step down from his
leadership post.</DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya later, Moscow.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Post Falls, Idaho</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>"If not us, who?</DIV>
<DIV>If not now, when?"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- Unknown</DIV>
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