Idaho's most important elections are won in the primaries. If you want to have a say in how Jerome County is run, you have to vote in the primary.
Jerry attended nearly every Lava Ridge, SWIP-N, and energy-related meeting and hearing. Voters deserve the candidate who did the work, not the one who did the photo op.
Attendance is the most honest measure of commitment. Everything else is advertising.
The issues that now define this county — Lava Ridge, SWIP-N, the Midpoint corridor, the Comprehensive Plan, the zoning ordinance amendments — have been worked out meeting by meeting, on weekday mornings, in rooms most residents could not attend. I attended:
Minutes, agendas, and sign-in sheets are public records in Idaho. If any claim on this page is wrong, the record is available to correct it.
Many residents only saw my opponent at photo opportunities with other elected officials — ribbon cuttings, press events, public-facing moments designed for cameras. Those are part of the job, but they are not the job. The job is the meeting at 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday when one resident shows up to comment — and needs someone at the dais who actually read the packet.
Idaho Code Title 74, Chapter 1 makes government records presumptively public. Anyone can file a records request to see who attended which meeting, what was discussed, and what was decided.
Federal, state, and local hearings through the full public comment process.
P&Z and Board meetings on the special use permit, including the remand.
Hearings on Chapters 7 and 11 and Comp Plan Chapter 10 — attended.
State and federal working-group meetings where Jerome County’s interests were on the agenda.
Every claim on this page is grounded in public law, public records, or directly observable public conduct.
"You do not need a camera to represent the people. You need a chair, a packet, and the patience to listen."— Jerry Holton