43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
With rumours brewing that the Dirkmeister (former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne) is mulling a run for president, it is a good time to revisit some speculation that has been around for years. It may seem superfluous to trudge the rumour mill. However, when one mentioned whispers regarding the behavior of a certain former United States Senator from Idaho, how many of us heard the retort: Larry Craig...
43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
News we have of No Contact Order entered against South East Idaho Republican powerhouse Blake Hall: Former Idaho GOP Chairman Blake Hall has been ordered to stay at least 900 feet away from an Idaho Falls woman by a court in Bonneville County, as reported by the Idaho Falls Post-Register on Friday. * * * Idaho Falls police also are investigating Hall in connection with a complaint filed by the woman...
The Political Game (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
As someone who has visited the Idaho State Historical Society dozens of times to look at more collections than I can probably count, a majority of them being gubernatorial records, I have for some time found the problems associated with former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne's papers intriguing. That said, it should come as no surprise that Dan Popkey's interview of Kempthorne running in the Idaho Statesman...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Rey came up with the idea of letting states write their own plan for managing the roadless national forest lands. The idea bombed everywhere but Idaho and Colorado, in part because most states were happy with Clinton's 2001 roadless rule. Gov. Dirk Kempthorne jumped at the chance to write his own plan and put former Clearwater National Forest Supervisor Jim Caswell to work on one before he left to...
Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
When a few years back then-Governor Dirk Kempthorne battled with the Idaho Legislature and dragged it out to a record length, he seemed to emerge strengthened, and the legislature almost a bit chastened. That could still happen in this new squabble over transportation funding, which presently looks to extend the already second-longest-ever session out into [...]
forward movement (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
And sacred soil. Joe Galloway via McClatchy on the dedication of a parade ground at the new National Infantry Museum: On a bright, sunny spring day in Georgia, Fort Benning and the National Infantry Museum dedicated a new parade ground, and the first of what will be thousands of basic training companies broke it in by marching in [...]
Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 03/14/2009
It appears maybe Barack Obama will have his recent statement that all his decisions will be based on science tested immediately. Shortly before leaving office, the Bush administration once again announced plans to remove protection of the gray wolf. Upon Obama’s taking over the White House, an order was sent out suspending all pending actions [...]
Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
When you read a headline like that, you have to say, “What the heck does that mean'” I’ll tell you what it might mean and then you can decide for yourself. Remember when the Bush administration, including Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, last year decided, in what I perceived as an ignorant move, to place the polar [...]
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
President Barack Obama, reversing a rule issued by the Bush administration, told federal agencies to consult with wildlife experts when considering any action that may affect endangered species.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
BOISE, Idaho -- Tamarack Resort in central Idaho billed itself as the first new destination ski resort in a quarter century when its first customers climbed aboard lifts in December 2004.
The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009
The American people do not need a costly backdoor global warming policy through the misuse of preexisting ESA authority never intended for that purpose.
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 02/25/2009
Sullivan County, NY - Sen. Chuck Schumer is going to bat for a Wisconsin-based tribe’s bid to open a casino in Sullivan County. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’s lobbying the new interior secretary to take a second look at the Stockbridge Munsee tribe of Mohicans’ project in Bridgeville. A year ago, former Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne [...]
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 02/24/2009
Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday he has called Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to reverse a Bush administration decision that essentially ruled out off-reservation casino plans in the Catskills. Although the call was made last Friday specifically on behalf of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, which have been trying to build a gaming facility in Sullivan County [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 02/23/2009
Dirk Kempthorne might be back home in Idaho now, but the executive washroom that the former secretary of Interior bequeathed to his successor, Ken Salazar, is still in use — and probably will be for decades to come.
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 02/21/2009
Dirk Kempthorne may be back home in Idaho now, but the executive washroom that the former secretary of interior bequeathed to his successor is still in use - and probably will be for decades to come.
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