CL Logger's View Of Contractor Licensing
I am dead set against the licensing of contractors in Idaho. I believe this is yet another un-needed step of "Big Brother" government trying to protect us from ourselves. I believe that people bear the responsibility of doing some background checking before hiring any contractor and letting that contractor's previous work speak for his abilities and workmanship.
One of the reasons that I moved to Idaho was because Idaho was still a "free" state as opposed to the over-regulated Eastern states. Now, with the increase of Californians moving into the area, they are bringing their "government should regulate everything" attitudes with them; trying to turn Idaho into the same dictatorial state they were fleeing from.
Let's keep Idaho a "free" state and let common sense rule us..........not bigger and bigger government that has had a miserable track record at best. As an example; the drivers of this state have shown that even with us not requiring any mandatory annual or semi-annual vehicle inspections (as there are in some states), there hasn't been any increase in vehicle deaths or accident rates when compared to national averages or to those states that do require maintenance inspections.
Let's let the people get back to taking responsibility for their own actions.
Dane Hossley
Hayden Lake, Idaho