Idaho Senate District 11
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Susan Counsil
(Dem)
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Campaign Statement
Our statehouse badly needs balance. The current legislative majority ignores the needs of ordinary Idahoans in favor of legislating for more ideology and religiosity at the expense of good governance.
Campaign Phone
2085046438
Campaign Email
suancounsilforidaho@gmail.com
Phone
2085046438
Office Sought
Senate 11
I want to look at new ideas like plug-in solar for renters who can't take advantage of roof-top solar savings, a tax-deferred savings program that allows first-time home buyers to accumulate a down payment, and a mandate that requires all general education credits earned through our community colleges be fully transferrable to our four year institutions.
I, also, intend to engineer a full review of all of the sales tax exemptions granted to businesses over the last decades, which are permanent under current law,
I recently retired from a 40 year career as a health care provider where my registered nurse function required digging into root causes of complex medical and social problems and then working collaboratively toward solutions for the affected individuals. I believe that this is a transferrable skill set.
I am a 35 year resident of Idaho, the most recent 27 years here in Caldwell. My father had a 23 year military career and he took our family to every region of the United States and several foreign countries where we always lived in local neighborhoods away from the bases. My parents believed in getting to know the people that Dad was sent to help protect and I have lived my life meeting people where they live.
Our economy is not in a recession, but this last legislative session showed us all the havoc caused by not allowing for enough revenue for state government to fund core public services like the public schools, public safety, transportation and infrastructure. Five straight years of income tax cutting led to this shortfall.
At the local level, the legislature made a property tax reform in 2021 that hobbled cities' and counties' ability fund necessary services while we experience a population boom.
These need a second look.
Post secondary education needs to be protected just as much as K through 12. Young people deserve to be prepared for the world that they will be living in. Cutting funds out of Idaho Launch and all of our state colleges is short sighted at best. Idaho Launch has never been funded to accommodate all of our high school graduates and still it took a hit this year.
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