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The Adams County Record > Candidates Continued from page 1 on less government intrusion, water rights, fighting Common Core State Standards and Obamacare, and Idaho getting control of federal lands. Abby Lee lives at Fruitland with her husband. They have two daughters.» She said she had spent much time studying oil and gas issues. She is on the Agricultural Committee and has helped craft Idaho solutions as alternatives to federal government involvement. House, Dist. 9A Ryan Kerby, who has occupied the 9A seat in the House for the past two years, is running in the Primary against newcomer Jake Stephens. The winner of that contest will face Democrat Regeana A. Goolsby in November. Stephens is a native Idahoan from Fayette County whose family homesteaded at Midvale. He and his wife have a 12—year—old daughter. He feels Idaho is not spending its education dollars wisely, and is concerned at our state in in debt. Stephens wants to bring back the timber and mining industries and restore the state's economy. He opposes taking money from the federal government, as it always comes With a price. Ryan Kerby said he has enjoyed the interaction with constituents in our area. and he spends a lot of time in this beautiful part of the state. He feels good about the education accomplishments he helped to produce in the Legislature, and that Idaho schools are a little more financially solvent. Kerby would like to see the state fun‘d schools better instead of schools needed to pass levies, as many do now. He is a member of the Wildland Urban Interface Committee in the Fayette Forest Coalition, and is working to “get more trees cut." House, Dist. 9B Mike Dolton is challenging incumbent Judy Boyle for the District 9B seat in the House. The Primary election winner will run against Democrat R.T. Loyd in the General Election. Judy Boyle lives at Midvale, is Vice Chair of the Agricultural Committee, and serves on the Education and Natural Resources committees. She said her values are rooted in the Bible and the Constitution, is strongly Right to Life, and has received awards from the NRA. Mike‘ Dolton grew up on a farm in Fayette County, served in the Air Force, has been a resident of Idaho for 46 years, married for 48 years with three grown children. He spent 20 years in law enforcement and 18 years in economic Wednesday, May 11, 2016 development in Idaho. He is very concerned about transportation infrastructure, specifically Highway 95. Another of his chief concerns is economic development, a field in which he has years of experience. He mentioned more than once that he would rather be called “Mike,” not "Michael." Other races Candidates for Adams County Sheriff were not present, as Sheriff Ryan zollman is unopposed in the Primary Election, but will face Tom Watts on the November 8 General ballot. Candidates for Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Faulks and Sean Smith were not present, as they were scheduled to appear at a forum the following week. Tax breaks The first question from the audience expressed concerns that the Chobani Yogurt plant at Twin Falls received generous tax incentives to come to Idaho, but has been hiring mostly foreign workers, immigrants and refugees. Jake Stephens said he was the managing director of the company that built the Chobani plant. “When ,that plant was built, it was a ‘Buy American — Buy Idaho' project,” but he didn’t know if things had changed since then. Stephens said short term tax breaks for businesses don’t work; Viki business take advantage of them until they expire and then move on to someplace with lower taxes, lower regulations and less government oversight. He said we should take care of the businesses that are here instead of focusing on new businesses. On that subject, Dolton said the market is very competitive, and Twin Falls lost a lot of industries because Idaho didn’t have the tax incentives it has now. Someone asked what the state should do to employ more natives instead of immigrants. Purdy said government shouldn’t be doing anything, that and the should state get out of the way. "The less state _ the better," she stated. Feds & Regulations Reducing regulations was one of the central issues of the night, and all were in agreement. Abby Lee commented that Idaho has fewer regulations than some states, but we need to reduce them. Jake Stephens remarked, "Government has absolutely no business in business.” This turned to a discussion of what can be done to limit the federal government involvement ’in Idaho. Boyle stated that only states can stop the fed government New Meadows prevails in Prosecuting Attorney case The Adams County District Court ruled in favor of the City of New Meadows on Thursday, and held that the City is entitled to conduct its own criminal prosecutions without interference from Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Faulks. The City of New Meadows and Matthew Faulks have embroiled in a dispute since early September 2015. New Meadows has long cooperated with Adams County and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for been, local law enforcement, and New Meadows has used private lawyers working as “contract counsel” to prosecute its misdemeanors and infractions. In early September 2015 Mr. Faulks applied to be contract counsel, then withdrew his application. Mr. Faulks then notified the City that in his opinion as Adams County Prosecuting Attorney, only he could prosecute New Meadows’ misdemeanors and infractions. Mr. Faulks threatened criminal charges against New Meadows if it attempted to prosecute its own cases. New Meadows then filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Mr. Faulks from overreaching and interfering with New Meadows’ right to conduct its criminal prosecution. Mr. Faulks and New Meadows both asked the Court to render summary judgment in their favor, and District Judge Christopher Nye heard argument on April 22, 2016. At the hearing, counsel for New Meadows noted that Mr. Faulks’ interpretation of the law would require New Meadows spend large amounts of money on a police force or face losing the right to decide how crimes committed within city limits are prosecuted. In a May 5, 2016 decision, Judge Nye rejected Mr. Faulks’ argument and concluded that New Meadows “has the exclusive authority to prosecute the disputed criminal cases.” Judge Nye went on to grant summary judgment in favor of New Meadows LOOKING FOR A GRéAT VéAL? FWD )1" N THé CLASSIPlévs.’ to‘ and that it may take a lawsuit “straight to the supreme court.” Lee said “we” are encouraging our Congress people to limit fed involvement, and that we have to coalesce with other states to get results. All agreed that something has to be done to increase the extraction of natural resources such as timber harvest and mining. Purdy said the government does everything it can to get ranchers off the forest. Stephens said his catch phrase is, “Bring Idaho back to its roots.” Boyle said resolving the issue of state vs federal management of public lands “takes a lot of time." She said the Idaho we need less regulation, House of Representatives fewer restrictions, saw the issue clearly this year. She explained that she talks a lot about Council in the legislature because its an example of the consequences of the decline of natural resource harvest. She said if the state took over federal land, it would be managed differently than the present state endowment land that is managed for the highest return, and the land would not be sold, saying, "No one wants to sell it." Bringing governance down to the local level as much as possible was a major topic of discussion throughout the forum. All the candidates agreed on the issues, but differences arose between the Viki and denied Mr. Faulks’ Motion. “This case is about local control,” saidNew Meadows Mayor “Tony Koberstein regarding Judge Nye’s decision. “The Idaho Legislature granted Idaho cities the right to control the prosecution of certain crimes that occur within city limits. It’s important to the people of New Meadows that we have a say in how public health and safety are managed in our community, and New Meadows’ leaders felt compelled to defend Page 7 Purdy and Jake Stephens and the incumbents with experience dealing with this issue in the legislature. Abby Lee, who is Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, was the most vocal on this, saying it’s easy to oversimplify the issue and not understand how the system works. She said there are a 'number of people working hard in the Idaho Legislature to address the issue of federal vs state management of public lands. “I believe the solution to this is going to be a coalition of Western states, working with our federal delegation,” she explained. “Anything else is just rhetoric. Anyone who tells you we’re just going to put up some tape around our federal lands and we’re going to solve this, simply diminishes all of the hard work of our county commissioners, of our legislators working to solve this complex issue. To suggest that the last couple of years is all because we’re missing this one individual or these bills aren’t getting through...it’s because they are complex. We have to be able to work together. Legislators who wave their fists in the air and they yell and they scream get headlines, but they I don’t get anything done.” this fundamental concept.” New Meadows believes further litigation of this issue is not warranted and has attempted to initiate discussions with Mr. Faulks to resolve the dispute. However, Mr. Faulks has not been willing to hold discussions, and New Meadows expects, Mr. Faulks to file an appeal, which will result in further waste of taxpayer dollars.