Updated: Mar 26
An informative and well-attended town hall meeting with Luke Mayville, co-founder of Reclaim Idaho, and former state Representatives Sally Toone (D) and Leon Smith (R) was held at the Magic Valley Arts Council Sligar Auditorium. Among the topics discussed were the school voucher bill, the Medicaid Expansion restriction bill, as well as a number of other questions about various topics related to activites of the Trump administration and how they are affecting everyday Americans.
Of the 37,457 phone calls the Governor's office received regarding the school voucher bill, 32,366 of those calls wanted him to veto the bill. The Governor signed it anyway.
Luke Mayville encouraged people not to be too discouraged by the passing of this bill because we can fight against efforts to expand the appropriated $50 million that was in the bill.
Former Representatives Toone and Smith talked about how the legislature has changed over the years and stressed the importance of everyone getting more involved in voting and communicating with one another.
The bottom line is that we all need to become more involved and better informed (from reliable sources) with all of the crazy things happening in our state legislature and in the Trump administration.