the unequivocal notion

The Treasure Valley:

• It’s a good question; Why doesn’t Boise have a “real” farmers market? I’ve been in cities back east much smaller than Boise with dedicated farmers markets.
• Nampa passes new animal ordinance.
• Boise’s Bar Gernika just the first featured on Food Network. Clip is supposed to be showing up on YouTube, I’ll let ya know when it does.
• Boise DJ Keke Luv to run 7 marathons in 7 days to raise awareness about child abuse.

Idaho Politics:

• Idaho’s Otter Succeeds in One Goal: Ticking Everyone Off.
• Idaho Senator Nicole LeFavour:  Alien Planets at War, Odd Vetoes and Dealing with Vetoes.
• Working for Idaho: Democratic lawmakers respond to vetoes. I think the most surprising thing about Otter’s vetoes is how incredibly amateurish it all came off. From the bill selection, to doing two and then eight more, Otter really need to think about the person who does the whispering in his ear if he wants to have some sort of legacy. I always kinda like Gov. Otter, but given his track record I can’t say a lot about his ability to govern and politic.
• Betsy Russell: Guv: ‘Would’ve vetoed those two anyway’, Gov: ‘I’m willing to accept a certain figure’, and Otter vetoes 10 bills in road funding fight.
• Vickie Holbrook: Holy Veto! Otter means business.
• Byron Yankey: The stakes have been raised…the game of chicken continues.
• Randy Stapilus: 75-hour warning.
• Idaho Statesman: Going home? Or still going nowhere?
• Aryan Nations recruiting again in northern Idaho.
• The MountainGoat Report: The Wright Stuff.
• Idaho Values Coalition: The Epistemology of Bryan Fischer and when it comes to obeying the will of God does Byran practice what he preaches?
• Fort Boise: The Party of Broken Government also No more Mr. Nice Guy. TVA makes some really great points.
• Sen. Jon Thorson, D-Sun Valley leaves Senate indefinitely.
• The Times-News: This is no way to run state government:

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Our question is this: Why wasn’t this issue resolved by negotiations in February or March instead of by vetoing everything in sight on April 20? The governor’s party controls nearly 80 percent of the Legislature. It’s an insult to Idaho’s taxpayers that Otter and lawmakers are now playing one-upmanship at a taxpayer cost of $30,000 a day. With a compromise or two, Otter might have won the cooperation of House Democrats” and enough votes to pass a gas tax increase. Instead, he spurned their overtures on education cuts and state personnel reductions.

[...]

Otter is right about roads. Legislators have a moral obligation to provide some means for halting or at least slowing the deterioration of Idaho’s transportation infrastructure.

But extortion isn’t the way to get it done.

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It’s simply unacceptable that Otter can’t do a more effective job in working with his own party in House. It’s equally wrong that a majority in the House GOP caucus is more interested in getting its own way than in solving the state’s problems. There is, after all, a recession abroad in the land” a season for compromise and efficiency in government.

Our ivory-tower friends in Boise apparently didn’t get the memo.

ZING!

Politics:

• The Civil War On the U.S. Right.

Booze:

• Big Brew - homebrewers worldwide organize brew-ins with personalized beer. Boise’s is May 2nd at Sockeye Brewery, starts at 8 am, national toast at 10 am and it’ll gone on till about 2 pm.
• A great example as to why you should never drink Arrogant Bastard and then attempt to make a commercial about Arrogant Bastard. wtf.
• 6th Annual Idaho Wine Competition. Pics of the tasting and eating — winners will be released on Mother’s Day.

Grub:

• Thai Chicken Coconut Soup (Tom Ka Gai).
• Grilled Korean Short Ribs.
• Ruhlman: Homemade Pizza. If you’ve never made pizza with an egg on top you’re missing out.
• Perfect Grilled Portobellos.
• Grilled smokey tempeh w/ roasted corn and green chilies “cheddar” potatoes and mustard greens: