Idaho Legislature

They re- refuse to address the property tax issue.

So Idaho, the Idaho Legislature is not addressing the issues like they're addressing them in other states, so those folks who, who are either making less or struggling to pay for groceries, they at least have some means, um, to, to get by.

One of the ways we can do it here in Idaho, we can eliminate the tax on food.

That would make it so much easier for working families in Idaho so they aren't going to the grocery store and paying a hefty-

Right.

What is the reluctance in the legislature? Why, why will they not do that?

I, I genuinely believe that the Idaho Legislature is only listening to their super PACs and their out-of-state interests and the big money that funnel into their campaigns.

I genuinely believe that.

I was a tank commander and a platoon leader, and then, uh, you know, 20 years in business, and I just decided I, I need to return to public service.

So I've been teaching public policy for the last 10 years, and I served the last couple years in the Idaho Legislature.

Um, you know, just it, it, in terms of my journey, you know, I grew up in a Republican home.

Uh, I've been registered a Republican in Idaho as well as serving as a Democrat in the Idaho House.

It's a lot of words.

Idaho Legislature.

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You're listening to Victor Miller and Tom Luna, the co-hosts of this, um, modest little radio program, but we love bringing it to you every week.

And we are, uh, we are talking with Steve Keyser, who is running for the Idaho State House in District 15 C Day.

And one thing that you'd, uh, have always talked about, because this is, uh, your third effort at, at running, is, um, you talk about tax relief, how important that is for, for Idahoans to keep the money that, th- as much of the money as they make, right? Especially in these times where people are struggling with just meeting the needs, their day-to-day needs, right? So one thing I'm struck by Is that the person you're running against, Steve Burch, has, I think, voted against $5 to $6 billion of tax cuts.

And, um, I find that, uh, hard to understand.

Beautiful.

Hey, uh, thank you, Steve Keyser, for coming in on, uh, Here We Have Idaho.

He is, uh, a candidate for Idaho State House District 15, uh, Seat A, and, uh, we thank you for coming on the show today.

And as we always say, Tom, before we sign off...

Um, Labrador is a former Idaho congressman and an immigration attorney.

Uh, and, uh, by the way, he also served in the Idaho Legislature as well.

Like I...

Um, and, uh, and he's also, uh, I don't see anywhere in this Idaho Capital Sun story that he is the first Hispanic attorney general in Idaho's history, uh, as well.

But because now you're saying, "I'm an I," then it's a, it's a reset.

We're gonna clean the slate here, and people are gonna believe it.

Like, they, yeah, heck yeah, they're gonna believe that I'm really an independent now, even though I have donated thousands upon thousands of dollars to far left Democrats, and even though I was a Democrat in the Idaho Legislature right up until I, uh, was about to announce for, uh, the, the US Senate that I wouldn't be a D, that I was gonna be an I.

In fact, let's just forget that I ever was a D.

Uh, the governor signed legislation pace- placing a non-binding advisory question on the general election ballot.

It passed the Idaho State House 68-0, cleared the Senate, and was actually signed back in April.

There are six firearms eligible to be designated as the official state gun of Idaho.

And all of them are good choices.

That's sort of the knock on you, right? That you are from the left coast, you're a liberal, went back a little bit in your background, born in Oregon, educated in California and Washington.

Most of your career in Washington, California, you were in the army, you deployed, and then you served as a Democrat in the Idaho State House.

How do you convince people you are not just a Democrat in independence clothes?

Well, you know, when you when you look at the state of Idaho, the longest serving governor, the most popular governor in the state's history was a Democrat.

Wonderful, folks.

And if you're just joining us, we are visiting with Julianne Young, former representative in the Idaho legislature.

Three terms, Tom.

Three terms, yeah.