Magic Valley Liberty Alliance
Mike Moyle’s Libel Law: Just in Time for His Campaign? By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, February 25, 2025 Those who have read my previous columns will notice that I strive, painfully at times, to not let my biases show. To give my readers a fair, simple explanation so that they can make up their own […]
There has been a grocery tax repeal bill ready to go but Mike Moyle and David Cannon refuse to hear it in the Idaho House of Representatives. Tell them you demand them to stop playing politics with our money and repeal the tax immediately! Email the Senate Local Government Taxation Committee to vote NO on […]
A Comprehensive Analysis of Tax Relief for Idaho Residents By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, February 18, 2025 Idaho lawmakers continue to debate how best to provide tax relief to residents. The twoleading proposals are: Estimated Savings for Idaho ResidentsTo understand how these tax relief proposals compare, let’s analyze their financial impact on an average Idaho […]
By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, February 13, 2025 Good news for Idaho taxpayers! This bill is a crucial step toward fiscal responsibility and government neutrality in labor relations. This legislation ensures that taxpayer funds are not used to subsidize teachers’ unions, reinforcing the principle that public money should be spent on public services, not private […]
From Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld’s Substack, Feb 9, 2025 It is time to lay out a timeline of truth. I have stood alongside many of our liberty-minded legislators for years, from the birth of the Idaho Freedom Caucus to our involvement with Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). Read more. Further Reading from MVLA: Is Out-of-State Money […]
Let’s pack the room at the Senate State Affairs Committee at the State Capitol Wednesday AM, 2/5/25 (time to be announced) Leslie Manookian, president and founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund, will be presenting the Idaho Medical Freedom Act S1023 before the Senate State Affairs Committee. Sponsored by Senator Dan Foreman, S1023 would BAN ALL […]
Watch Zuiderveld, Zito and Kohl on how we can finally – FINALLY! – repeal Idaho’s grocery tax here on Capitol Clarity. So, what’s the deal with Idaho’s grocery tax? Always-fun-to watch Lilly Allman from ‘In the Know Idaho’ mockingly explains the buffoonery here. Myths and Misunderstandings of the grocery tax repeal by Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D., August […]
Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee Meeting, January 8, 2025 By Leslie Wolff, MVLA Contributor, Precinct Committeeman TF#14 First, let me wish each of you a Happy New Year. While this new year brings hope of change with anticipation of the new Trump presidency, the Establishment still has a strangle hold on our local Central […]
For the Record: MVLA Remains a ‘Hard No’ on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana By Brian Smith, MVLA Board Member Since its inception, MVLA has stood on God’s Word. It guides how we think, what we do and defines who we are. So when topics like legalizing drugs for recreational purposes come up our stance is simple, […]
“I made a promise to Idahoans that I would not rest until the Lava Ridge Wind Project was terminated. On day one, President Donald Trump took action to keep that promise.” – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, (R) Idaho From KMVT 11 News, January 21, 2025 On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping […]
As you will see in the two reviews of H0001 below, while there is strong support for school choice, conservatives are not united over the bill’s tax credit mechanism. Review One: Pros & Cons of Tax Credit By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, Jan. 12, 2025 To begin with, I am a proponent of School choice. […]
How the Recent SVH Corp v. NLRB Ruling Supports Idaho’s State Sovereignty Efforts By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, January 4, 2025 State sovereignty is a critical issue for Idaho, especially as it seeks to assert its authority over areas traditionally governed at the state level, such as labor regulations, land use, and resource management. The […]
By Leslie Wolff, MVLA Contributor, Jan. 3 & 4, 2025 Greetings Liberty Lovers,As I continue to navigate my way through the Idaho political scene, I decided to attend the IDGOP Winter Meeting to see what it’s all about. It was an interesting two days and I’m glad I went. Who makes up the Idaho State […]
December 11, 2024 Greetings Liberty Lovers, I caution you not to blink… oops, you missed it. That is how the Precinct Committeemen felt that night. The meeting lasted a whopping 15 minutes from start to finish. PUTTING US IN OUR PLACE. When we arrived, the chairs were reserved for us to sit in precinct order. […]
Despite years of opposition, that virtually no one wants this in their backyard, and that all Magic Valley County commissioners have publicly opposed it (you can read MVLA’s report here) Biden’s Bureau of Land Management announced on December 6 it has approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. Read BLM announcement. […]