Think you can't do anything about government? 

Cast your vote for me on November 4 and you will see that you can.

The Federal and State Government need to help ordinary people.  If they are not willing to change, then we need to change politicians.

I am asking to represent you. I am not asking to do what I think is right.  I am asking to do what you think is right. More…

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BEATING THE HIGH COST OF GAS

The state and federal government should fix their part of the energy problem, not leave it all to us. 

Cal Leman on the campaign trail.

How to Get Healthcare?

Maine has Fair Elections and has heath care for all.  Canada has health care for all and Israel and other countries do too.  For us, health care for all is a problem that we need to solve.

Idaho does not have Fair Elections and does not have health care for all.

The answer is: Elect a state candidate, as I am, who shows how we can have both.  Elect a federal candidate who shows how we can have both.

Brochure for Independence Day Parade

Cal Obi-Wan Kenobi Leman in the Salmon Independence Day Parade

The role of money in elections and in government decision-making is the reason for most of the other problems in the federal and in the Idaho state government.

When will we hold our legislators in the federal and in the state government accountable?

Simpson, Craig, and Crapo should be accountable to us in the federal government. They all voted for the Farm Bill. Wood, Barrett, and Siddoway should be accountable to us in Idaho government.  They all voted for the business tax breaks that I describe here and below.

Are we holding our legislators accountable?

In his own words.

The Idaho Legislature shifted tax to the people in 2006, when the sales tax increased from 5% to 6%.  Lenore and JoAn voted for this bill.  Did your property tax decrease or rent decrease because of this bill? Now in 2008, School Board must dip into savings because of healthcare and fuel costs.

The Idaho legislature in 2008 says they can’t eliminate the grocery tax (H0588) because the state needs the money. 

 This same legislature is:

1.     (1)  relieving businesses from paying property tax HB 599.  IACI lobby represents industry.  Who represents you?

2.     (2)  giving a tax break to big business HB 562  Areva represents Areva.  Who Represents you?  Areva says they are coming to Idaho.  Click here for an example of how this tax break would work if it applied to you.

3.     (3)  Keeping outdated tax breaks that businesses should pay.

a.    23 old tax exemptions that the joint interim committee recommended for possible elimination were not changed.  The committee should represent you.  Why did they keep the old tax breaks for business?

4.      (4) Shifting more tax onto we the people  HB 594 hides the cost of paying for growth in a tax, which most home buyers will never expect and lets the developer off with no liability.  

     Why did Representative Russ Mathews introduce this bill to the Revenue & Taxation Committee?  JoAn and Lenore are both on the committee. 

    Did JoAn tell you that she moved to send HB 594 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The motion passed on a voice vote.

Conclusion: the Idaho legislature is shifting tax from business to we the people. 

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Calvin Leman Candidate Wins May 27 Primary

Issues

I am a candidate for Representative of the six counties in District 35 in 2008, the office currently held by JoAn Wood, who is running in 2008 for her 14^th term.

You won't get political slogans or any of this from me.

You will get attention to detail and issue analysis.   At the center of the problem with government is the business lobby. 

The bad effects of money and lobbying in government are unacceptable. Business lobbying in Idaho has been shifting tax from business to people.  Fair Elections  S1292, which can stop the bad effects of money in elections, is stopped in the Senate State Affairs Committee in 2007 and in 2008. 

You can leave this work to me or you can help me with it, by helping me to find how to help the people best.  I tried to help the people by writing to our three legislators. That didn't work.  You can see it here.

When the people want...What the people get: analysis of bills that affect us all.

In a democracy, we the people discuss issues with our candidates.  After our elected officials take office, we continue to communicate with them, expressing approval, disapproval, questions, and suggestions regarding their actions. 

As a candidate, I need your help.  I can represent you when I know what you want.  You can talk with me and you can vote for me, if you want to take responsibility for your own well being, as far as your voice in state government is concerned...more.

Cal, looking for solutions

Click here and here to see my campaign finance report.

Click here to see me on votesmart.org. Here is their video.

Click here to see why you could not vote for me as Representative 35A and for Isaiah Womack as Representative 35B in the primary.  I won and Isaiah lost because we are registered in different parties.

On Yahoo Groups we show pictures from the Candidate Nights in Leadore, Island Park, and in Salmon.

What You Could Have Done for Fair Elections in Idaho in 2008

No action in the State Affairs Committee at the end of session.

The Fair Elections Act S1292 was read into the Senate on January 17, 2008. We the people did ask the committee to hear the bill or it could die before it gets to the committee. You can do that here, scroll down to find the Senators.

Example letter you can send to your Senator, so that he does the right thing for Fair Elections.

How Fair Elections Works for Senators and Representatives

Tell your Senator that you want Fair Elections to pass from the Senate State Affairs Committee to the Senate in the 2008 session with a do-pass.

Idaho Fair Elections Act, the Senate State Affairs Committee will hear the revised Idaho Fair Elections Act in 2008, if the people demand that they hear it.

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Bart Davis, district 33, gave the most criticism of the bill in 2007.  He is not against the bill.  He just does not see the need for it.  People need to explain it to him.  That is what the letter does.

Joe Stegner said the one man one vote was violated by Fair Elections.  That idea is from women's suffrage and is one person one vote.  That idea has nothing to do with the Idaho Fair Elections Act. If you send him the letter, he may just change his vote.