CSI hosted a legislative forum for Magic Valley residents

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —The College of Southern Idaho hosted a legislative forum with lawmakers from our district and invited the Magic Valley to attend.

This event was hosted so Magic Valley residents could connect with state legislators that were elected to represent their district.

Leaders from District 24, 25, and 26 attended the forum.

The leaders started with outlining their ideas, priorities they have this legislative session and any concerns they wanted to speak out on.

The public was able to write down questions they had for the legislators to answer.

I had the chance to talk to one of the lawmaker about why events like these are needed, especially in the Magic Valley, “This is where the people are. CSI is an important part of what goes on in the community. And you never have enough opportunities to really talk to people about what’s going on. There’s so many things that go on in bills, different parts of a bill, that the general public, by and large, doesn’t understand,” Representative Steve Miller from District 24 said.

Many questions were regarding new bills introduced to the Idaho legislature and others that are already signed in.

But...Some residents weren’t too happy with the answers given, holding red screens showing opposition.

I spoke to one resident who talks about why some of the public was not agreeing, “They seem dismayed by the fact that there was some anger, but I think that anger stems from feeling like you took an oath to represent all of us. You were elected by, you know, maybe a certain part of the population, but you swore an oath to represent the entire population of your district. So I think that people get angry when they feel like their voices don’t matter.”

With the bulk of the budgets coming through, legislative session is anticipating to end by late March.

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