• Press release from the Bannock County Commissioners regarding the Assessor's valuations

• Offending elected officials and why they missed the point

• A note from my dad

• Holding our government and the people that represent us to a higher standard

• Tearing down the old way of doing business and challenging politicians to push outside their political safe zone to do better

E3 Higher Expectations

Here's the deal: I have been helping people get elected for the last 25 years. I've been telling other politicians what to do for a long time. The day came for me to prove what I was dispensing wasn't just garbage. Time to put up or shut up. Gov. Otter appointed me and I was sworn in as a Bannock County Commissioner on 12/27/2017. And guess what? We can change the way government works. It's hard...really hard. But it's doable! And we're doing it. This will be where I report back to you my successes and, yes, even my failures. I put up a sign in my office above my printer as a reminder: "The time where we accomplish the mediocre and slap ourselves on the back for a job well done is over. The status quo is dead!" It's time to be better.

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• What stuffed up the assessment calendar 
• Repeating conflicting information
• Communication problems
• Current market growth

E8 What Happened?

• My dad's advice
• Jim Johnston's deal or not
• Manufactured stories
• Appealing to the District Court
• My insurance agency...that I don't own
• Home values are going up a lot
• The actual factual deadline for appeals

E7 What does cheese have to do with the recall?

• What's a troll? Well, I'll tell you because I have my very own.
• Line of authorization in the taxation process

E6 Guess what? I got trolls!

Who's in charge at the county? The answer is not what you might think it is.
• Do the commissioners have authority over the sheriff?
• Why the lies?
• What's my only asset?

E3 Higher Expectations

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