The activists in Idaho are getting
creative. In a recent rally hundreds of
pasteboard boxes were delivered to the Idaho statehouse in Boise, all carrying
the same message for the legislators in side;
It's Time to Go.
While acknowledging the few Idaho Legislators
who continually advocate for individual rights, the message was sent to the
remainder that, in November, people will be voting.
Idaho lawmakers have unabashedly
stripped away basic freedoms. Freedom of
speech, freedom of assembly, and the freedom to actively engage in democracy
have fallen victim to the bigoted bullies at the end of Capitol Avenue in
Boise.
With the passage of ever more fascist
legislation lawmakers in Idaho have indicated their willingness to disregard
the Constitution, divert money from public education, and introduce
extreme laws that waste time, money and energy. Ignored are the real issues
that affect the state every day.
Corporations which do not create jobs in the state are funneled
money which comes from the social programs that care for the elderly, veterans
and children.
Idahoans are working together to bring about needed change
within the state. The nation is watching
the activists in this reddest of red states.
If people in Idaho of all places are fed up to the point of
taking to the streets and Occupying the courthouse, how does that bode for the
rest of the country?