Saundra McDavid

Is election to the State Legislature a right of passage for career politicians? If voters continue to elect representatives who have spent their political life making deals with special interest groups and other politicians, we will continue to get the legislators that we have today who will continue their efforts to ensure nothing ever changes. The Idaho Statesman news Editorial board has chosen to endorse the incumbent candidate for state Senate District 14, a candidate who in 2007 helped to circumvent the people’s right to vote in an attempt to force a $7.2 million dollar tax on the people he was supposed to be representing.

In choosing not to endorse me as a candidate, the newspaper’s editors stated that I have a “strong populist streak.” Political journalist William Safire defines a populist as a person who is attuned to the needs of “the people.” Since the term “populist” is not used by the newspaper to describe the other candidates for the Senate District 14 seat, one may conclude the editorial board believed the candidate who obviously supports “the people” is somehow less worthy of a vote.

In stating that I “lack experience,” the editorial board implied that my career as an attorney and a law professor appears to mean nothing when evaluating the “experience” of a potential lawmaker. True, I have no experience raising taxes, I have no experience pandering to special interest groups at the expense of the wishes of the people I am supposed to represent, and I have no experience in political double talk. Overcrowded schools, congested roads, worsening air quality, and skyrocketing property taxes are all areas that other candidates may claim as products of their “experienced” leadership.

What I do have is a conviction to bring the people’s voice to the State Legislature and a determination to bring more accountability to the residents of District 14. I have the courage to stand up for what I believe in, as demonstrated in the close Eagle mayoral election campaign last year. I have the ability to vote according to the wishes of the residents of District 14, not the special interest groups who fund my opponents’ campaigns. I have the strength to cast my vote in the state Senate for the principles of less taxation and less government.

A change in leadership is needed. Vote for Saundra McDavid for the state Senate, District 14.

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