I'm happy to report that yesterday I was endorsed by the Idaho Statesman. As the largest newspaper in Idaho and certainly the major source of news in the Treasure Valley, its endorsement was very important to me.
Here's what the Statesman said:
"The Legislature has been high-tech challenged for years. Too many legislators seem unaware of the importance of the technical sector in the state's economic picture.
"Fisher, of Kuna, says her top priority is high-tech - a trenchant choice, considering the recent job cuts at Micron Technology and Hewlett-Packard.
"Fisher favors luring tech jobs not through tax breaks, but instead by improving math and science education programs and by adding the kind of urban services businesses expect. Those will be tough sells in 2009 and probably beyond, as lawmakers deal with the slow tax collections stemming from an economic downturn. But it's important to have legislators push the dialogue about the state's role in attracting, and keeping, high-paying high-tech jobs in the Valley.
"Fisher would be a newcomer to the Legislature, but she's no newcomer to the process. Two years ago, she was an intern for the budget-writing Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. More recently, she covered JFAC for the online news site NewWest.Net. Fisher is a pragmatist: as a Democratic lawmaker and a freshman, she doesn't expect to land a seat on JFAC. Still, her familiarity with the budget gives her an edge in this open race."
Or, read it for yourself at http://www.idahostatesman.com/editorial/story/537221.html
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