EDITORIAL: The government wants another expensive, less effective program. What else is new?
The Idaho Legislature is reviving a bill that would fundamentally alter how public notices reach citizens — and not for the better. House Bill 166, sponsored by Representatives Jeff Ehlers and Josh Tanner, proposes moving legal notices from newspapers to a government-run website, a change that raises serious concerns about transparency and public access to vital information.
Let's talk numbers. In Ada County, with a budget of $372 million, current legal notice costs amount to just $72,000 — a mere 0.019% of the total budget. The "savings" would amount to 14 cents per resident. Meanwhile, the state would need to spend $500,000 on infrastructure improvements just to implement this system. When “government efficiency” costs more than it saves, it's worth asking why we're pursuing this at all.
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