Jill Skeem

Kelly Klaas is turning 60 and I told him I would treat him to lunch at the Twin Falls Senior Center. After all, he is officially a senior and what could be more fitting?! But we would love for you to join us and help him celebrate this momentous birthday.

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Jill says... "Once again the special interests win out over what is best for our kids. They already consider ketchup as a vegetable!"  

"We are outraged that Congress is seriously considering language that would effectively categorize pizza as a vegetable in the school lunch program," Amy Dawson Taggart, the director of the group, said in a letter to lawmakers before the final bill was released

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Jill says...The opponents to the Affordable Health Care Act constantly complain it will come between you and your doctor. Now the House has just passed a bill that would prevent medical care to a pregnant women and has a life-threatening medical condition and need to terminate her pregnancy! They call this the Protect Life Act

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After month's of speculation, the NCAA's rulings finally came out and they were harsher than expected.
The Committee on Infractions released its findings from a June 10 hearing in Indianapolis to cap the first major-violation case in school history. The committee upheld 18 major violations spread across five years and involving more than 75 student-athletes in five sports — football, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s track and field/cross country.

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Jill says... here is your opportunity to participate.

"Tired of the way your city is being run? Then, in the words of one freshly declared Twin Falls City Council candidate, “get off the sidelines” — the filing deadline for city council elections across the Magic Valley is less than two weeks away."  READ MORE

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/filing-opens-for-city-elections/article_619a778b-09c0-546a-9ed4-fb371c

Jill says... Warren Buffett wrote a very interesting Op-Ed piece in the NY Times making the argument to tax the super rich... 

"People invest to make money, and potential taxes have never scared them off. And to those who argue that higher rates hurt job creation, I would note that a net of nearly 40 million jobs were added

Jill says...After watching the debate, I didn't think their was a clear winner. But the tone definitely changed from the last debate, which seemed more like a Q&A than a debate. 

"The Republican presidential primary debate provided plenty of fireworks Thursday night, a stark contrast to the two more sleepy affairs earlier this year. Michel

Jill says...The Republicans keep saying "let's increase the tax base and not raise taxes on the wealthy... Here's a thought, can the wealthy at least pay SOME income tax like the rest of us?!"

"New tax data from the Internal Revenue service shows

Jill says... It seems Boehner doesn't have enough votes to pass his Debt Ceiling Bill...so the vote has been delayed. How are they ever going to compromise and get this done?!

"Whether that is enough time for the Speaker to convince a few more Republicans to support him is unclear

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Jill says...This is getting ridiculous. Each side keeps coming up with a new plan, but are standing their idealogical ground. So how are we going to solve this problem without the US defaulting on its bills??

"Without signed legislation by day's end on Aug. 2,