You have spent $475,000 (the amount is probably even more now) of Idaho's much needed tax dollars on a fight you will not win. That fight is for what you call "traditional marriage," marriage only between a man and a woman. You have been denied countless times by the 9th Circuit Supreme Court. Most recently, they denied you in the same day your appeal was submitted. That $475,000 could be better used in our failing schools or for the bridges and highways you said yourself need fixing. http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capital-watch/2015/01/15/gay-marriage-cost/21808785/ ;

Idaho’s schools are horribly underfunded and overcrowded. One middle school in Boise had 300 students with no locker to use. Many schools have shortened their school week to 4 days. Some schools are charging students for paper. Paper! Nearly every school in the West Ada School District is at their capacity with no hope of getting more schools because there simply is no funding available. Some schools are without heat. Our only hope are school bonds that aren't passed due to homeowners fearing their property taxes will go up.

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Former Idaho Governors Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus sent you a letter on Jan. 12, 2015- reprimanding you and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden for allowing 50 spent nuclear rods, each weighting 1,500 pounds, for a total of 37.5 tons of nuclear waste to store in Idaho. All of this was done in the "dark of night," without Idaho's knowledge. The danger of the waste accumulating at the Idaho National Laboratory, Batt said, is the risk it poses for the Snake River Aquifer, directly under the repository site.There are currently 900,000 gallons of nuclear waste sitting in Idaho Falls that pose a danger to our environment. How much did you make from that deal? http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2015/01/15/former-idaho-governors-strong-words-for-otters-new-nuclear-waste-deal ;

"If this was so important to the state of Idaho and how we were going to gain from it, why didn't he mention it in his State of the State address?" Andrus said. "I'll tell you why, it's because he didn't want the people to know what they'd done in the dark of night in secrecy, in breaking this agreement and letting new waste come into the state of Idaho. It's a travesty," Andrus added, raising his voice.

"I've been around a long time," Andrus said, "But I guess I'm going to have to live a bit longer because we're not going to put up with this."

He recently promised a TAX BREAK only for Idahoans in the highest tax brackets.

Idaho currently ranks at the very bottom of any possible list- education, jobs, and basic human rights. 50% of Idahoans only make minimum wage.