Idaho Republicans ‘run amok’, sue taxpayers for $100K
According to Spokane, Washington's Spokesman-Review, Republicans in the Idaho state legislature rushed a bill through in the final days of the legislative session to pay the Idaho Republican Party $100,000 in attorney's fees and legal costs for a primary election lawsuit that it brought against the state and won.
Though it’s not uncommon for prevailing parties to get their legal fees paid in a federal civil rights case, what’s unusual is how the Idaho GOP set up its fee arrangement with its attorney – a rare “contingent fee” deal in which only the taxpayers would have to pay, not the party, regardless of the outcome.
Democratic lawmakers were agog at the Republican Party's conduct. Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise said, “I have to point out, we’re paying $100,000 for the Republican Party to sue the Republican Legislature, defended by the Republican secretary of state, in order to close primaries in Idaho – I just think this is so bad it’s comical."
Comical indeed! Works out to a little less than 7¢ per Idahoan, which is still too much. Not only are the goddam Repugs rich, they're cheap. Anything to avoid opening their own creaky purse, eh?
Yes, always better to put it off onto reg'lar folks. Musta took a page from Lyin' Ryan.
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