WIN! Idaho Officer Faces Decertification Hearing
May 22—A decertification hearing that could end a Lewiston police officer’s law enforcement career is under way at the Nez Perce County Courthouse.
A hearing officer from the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training program at Meridian began taking testimony Monday morning in a closed hearing regarding allegations of off-duty misconduct by Officer Richard Fuentes, a seven-year veteran of the department.
The hearing was expected to continue into today.
Lewiston Police Chief Steven Orr said Monday his department conducted an internal investigation into the allegations last year. The incident occurred in 2010. “I took the appropriate action to modify that behavior so there wasn’t a repeat of it.”
His opinion, Orr said, is that decertification isn’t warranted in the matter. “If I thought he should have been decertified, I would have requested that from POST.”
POST decided after corrective action was taken by the department to initiate the decertification hearing, he said. “It’s my understanding that they received an anonymous letter.”
Orr declined to give specifics about the complaint because it involves a personnel matter protected by law. He did confirm the incident involved a party attended by both department employees and civilians.
Businessman Faces Backlash After Appearing on Obama’s Enemies List (by HeritageFoundation)
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/30/businessman-faces-backlash-after-appearin… | Frank VanderSloot grew up a poor kid in rural Idaho. His father made $300 a month. His clothes came from the Salvation Army. Yet through determination and hard work—and with the help of America’s free-enterprise system—today he’s the successful CEO of a global supplier of wellness products.
VanderSloot said his life changed forever on April 20. That’s when President Obama’s campaign created the first presidential “enemies list” since the Nixon era. Eight private citizens were singled out for their donations to Romney. They committed no crimes, sought no attention, and yet they became the subject of Obama’s scorn.
Mormons for…Ron Paul?! (by ReasonTV)
“I think it’s definitely possible to be a libertarian and a Mormon,” says Dustin Peterson, BYU-Idaho student and board member of Latter-Day Saints for Ron Paul.
Peterson, who spent time volunteering for the Paul campaign in Iowa, spoke with Reason.tv while in Spokane, WA about why Ron Paul might take Mormon votes away from the only Mormon in the race.
While many political analysts believe Mitt Romney has a near-monopoly on the Mormon vote, Ron Paul has spent considerable time courting LDS members living in Western caucus states like Nevada and Idaho (which happen to be the states where he performed best in 2008).
While he expects most Mormons to fall into line behind Romney, Peterson says Mormons have many reasons to support Ron Paul, including theological ones.
“Within our faith, there’s a concept called ‘agency,’ and that’s close to liberty,” says Peterson. “We’re taught to make choices and to decide based on our agency.”
While Peterson believes that Mitt Romney will still win most of the Mormon vote, he’s hopeful about the future.
“About half the students at BYU-Idaho are Ron Paul supporters, and the other half support Mitt Romney,” Peterson says. “There’s a battle going on right now on the campuses about the future of the Republican Party.”
About 1:40 minutes. Interview by Zach Weissmueller. Shot by Sharif Matar. Edited by Weissmueller.
EPA’s Latest Power Grab
Chris Horner explains the EPA’s latest power grab involving private property rights in Idaho.
Via - CEIdotorg
Supreme Court Justices ‘Blast’ EPA For Telling Couple They Can’t Build on ‘Protected Wetlands’
- Posted on January 9, 2012 at 8:58pm by
Becket Adams
Several conservative members of the Supreme Court criticized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday for heavy-handed enforcement of rules affecting homeowners after the government told an Idaho couple they can’t challenge an order declaring their future home site a “protected wetlands.”
Chantell and Mike Sackett (Image Courtesy: Business Insider)
