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TexasTowelie

(117,825 posts)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 04:05 PM Nov 2021

Talk isn't cheap at the Idaho Legislature. It shouldn't be able to call itself back [View all]

The Idaho Legislature finally adjourned sine die on Wednesday — officially the 311th day of the session — after passing a single joint memorial.

You should read the entire memorial produced by these three days of sound and fury.

As you read, glance down to the third word of the 14th line: “the.”

That word cost you about $173.41. So did the one before it, the one after it and every other word in the memorial. It generally costs about $30,000 to operate the Legislature for one day, and the final work product of the three-day reconvened session was this 519-word exercise.

At the Idaho Legislature, talk is not cheap.

Read more: https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/idaho-view-talk-isn-t-cheap-at-the-idaho-legislature-it-shouldn-t-be-able/article_d16c27b6-90cc-57f3-a74f-b65fe6b541cb.html

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