What are key issues that are of concern to Bill? What are his positions and feelings about these issue?

Idaho is faced with many important and complex issues that rarely have simple black or white answers. Their solution requires legislators who are tuned into their communities and who possess the skills, experience and judgment needed to reach resolutions both workable and fair to all concerned.

 2012 SESSION PREVIEW 

                We can expect a lot of golden and not so golden oldies to surface again this session.  Since it is an election year, featuring the first ever closed primary in Idaho – at least for those of the Republican persuasion, I expect all the social, sovereignty and gun issues unresolved from prior sessions to return.  Due to the gradual shifting of the R’s base further and further to the right, moderates in their party (yes they do exist) frequently seek to burnish their ultra-conservative credibility by backing some rather extreme measures.  With no independents or Democrats sullying the primary pool of voters, a virtual land rush to the right has resulted.

                The likely issues with real significance will include the establishment of health insurance exchanges, the push for income tax cuts, for outright repeal or immediate reduction of business personal property taxes, job creation incentives and initiation of more robust ethics standards for state legislators, state officials, and state employees generally.  As always budgets will ultimately determine which programs survive, thrive or wither.