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Weilage letter: Idaho D- rating

As reported in the Nov. 10 Idaho Statesman, the State of Idaho gets a D- rating.

The D doesn’t stand for delightful Idaho. Why do we spend a million dollars on abortion and LGBT fighting when you could have spent this money on our schools and teachers? That money was wasted. Why did we pay such a high amount for gasoline for so long and still have no processing plants in Idaho to create jobs? There is so much room for improvement in Idaho. Sometimes I think this state is being run by otters. Why can’t we be No. 1?

Daniel Weilage, Boise

This story was originally published November 28, 2015 at 11:46 PM with the headline "Weilage letter: Idaho D- rating."

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