Issue Position: Honesty and Integrity in Government

Issue Position

I have endeavored to live my life in such a manner as not to disgrace the citizens of Idaho. During the last few years the Idaho political environment has taken a dark turn with each party trying to one up the other, by calling into question the behavior of each other. That is not to say that some of the criticism has not been warranted, sometimes it has, but other times it was just plain dirty politics. It has been suggested that we should create a separate bureaucratic structure to "take the politics" out of the ethical process. I have lived long enough to know that you cannot take the politics out of politics. In the House we have setup an Ethics Committee to restore the public trust in our membership. The Ethics Committee is made up of members of each party that were selected by their respective caucuses to represent their party on a permanent ethics committee. This committee functions much like the other legislative committees and has served its purpose well.

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