By the Associated Press: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Occupy protesters want shoppers to occupy something besides door-buster sales and crowded mall parking lots on Black Friday. Some don't want people to shop at all. Others just want to...
"We didn't want to guilt-trip people at a mall," said Occupy Des Moines organizer Ed Fallon. "We wanted to get at them in a playful, friendly way, to support local businesses."
The economic crisis touched nearly every aspect of life in Idaho, reaching into public school classrooms, local housing markets, the halls of the Statehouse and the courts to become the biggest news story of 2009.
This month, Pame Lowe filed a lawsuit against Idaho, contending she was terminated after refusing to bow to political pressure from Otter's office not to reduce a highway contract with two of his big political contributors.
The board narrowed a pool of 126 applicants down to 12 finalists before Ness was selected. The search began after the board fired Pam Lowe in July after being named head of the agency in Dec. 2006.
The Idaho Transportation Board instead is looking for candidates with business and leadership skills, political savvy and at least five years of senior management experience.
The claim against the state, a precursor to a potential lawsuit, seeks an unspecified amount of punitive, compensatory and emotional damages plus thousands in lost wages.
John McGee unveiled a bill Tuesday to give Gov. Butch Otter authority to oust Pam Lowe, ITD director. The governor's transportation advisers declined to comment if the governor is trying to force Lowe out of her job.