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The Issues · With the Receipts

Where I Stand — and Why

Every position has a page. Every page has the Idaho Code, public records, and context behind it.

I am running for Jerome County Commissioner because the people who live here deserve a government that follows its own laws, listens to its own residents, and does its business in the open.

01 · Transparency & Open Meetings

Every Meeting. On the Record. Every Time.

Streaming · Recording
Demand Transparency & Accountability
Every Jerome County public meeting should be streamed, recorded, and posted.
Read the Plan→
Idaho § 74-206
Transparency Starts With Knowing the Law
Executive session and Idaho's Open Meeting Law, in detail.
Read the Statute→
Doing Business in the Open
Every Meeting, On the Record, Every Time
Named statutory exemption before any closed session. No final action closed.
Read the Standard→
02 · Equal Application of the Rules

One Set of Rules. Applied Equally.

SWIP-N · Public Scrutiny
Same Rules for Everyone. Every Time.
Projects like SWIP-N deserve real scrutiny — not a rubber stamp.
Read the Principle→
End the Two Rules Program
Two Sets of Rules in Jerome County?
Strict for the unconnected, flexible for the connected. That is not rules.
Read the Pattern→
03 · Leadership & Character

Show Up. Do the Work. Hand It Off.

Time for New Leadership
Two Decades Is Long Enough
Fresh eyes, disclosed relationships, regular recusal.
Read the Case→
Leadership Is a Privilege
Sober Minded, Selfless Service
Do the reading. Take the calls. Ask the hard question in public. Own mistakes.
Read the Standard→
Attendance · Preparation
Jerry Showed Up to Work
Every Lava Ridge, SWIP-N, and P&Z meeting. Federal, state, local.
Read the Record→
04 · Energy & Land Use

Lava Ridge, SWIP-N, and What Comes Next

Cancelled Aug 2025
Lava Ridge — Cancelled, But Not Over
DOI withdrew the Record of Decision. The corridor and ordinances remain.
Read the Record→
SWIP-N · 500 kV Line
SWIP-N — Scrutiny, Not a Rubber Stamp
$1.1B transmission line, California-bound energy, Jerome County host.
Read the Standard→
05 · Constitutional Rights

The County Must Follow the Law

Idaho § 18-3302J · 2A
They Broke the Law to Ban Your Guns
Idaho preemption is clear. Taxpayers foot the bill to defend knowingly unlawful policies.
Read the Citations→
06 · Accountability & Oversight

The County Must Answer for the Work

Commissioner Oversight
Commissioner Accountability & Oversight
Contracts, appointments, open records, ethics — the weekly discipline, not just the big votes.
Read the Brief→
ALPR · Surveillance
Flock Cameras & County Accountability
700+ ALPR queries of the sheriff's wife. The closed process that seated him. What a commission should have caught.
Read the Record→
Appointment Due Diligence
Prosecutor Vacancies & Appointment Accountability
Seib → Calbo → Beus. Three prosecutors since 2022. What due diligence the commission owes.
Read the Timeline→
07 · Related Reading

Deeper on the Details

Ordinance Tracker
Planning & Zoning Tracker
Live tracker of every active ordinance proposal in Jerome County.
Open the Tracker→
JTown Beacon Survey
Energy & Farmland Survey Results
83 Jerome County residents on the proposed Chapter 11, 7, and Comp Plan changes.
Open the Results→
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Get Involved
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Vote Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Republican Primary — Jerome County, District 2. Mark your calendar, check your registration, make a plan to vote.

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