This is somewhat old news, but I wanted to wait a little while before I talked about it here. I was thinking up a whole bunch of entertaining one liners to accompany this report. But I was also entertaining interviewing Mr. Rammell for IDAHOMAN.COM, so I figured I shouldn't tic him off too bad yet.
But after some pondering, I really couldn't think of too many questions to ask Mr. Rammell once the interview got going. I'm sure I would just end up asking him, over and over, "Really?!?"
If you do recall, I noticed that Rex had been out of the news for quite some time, and thus prophesied that it would be any day now that he would do something to get back under the spotlight. Shortly after, he announced he would be running for the Idaho Legislature.
From the Boise Weekly:
Perennial political candidate Rex Rammell has confirmed that he once more will be running for office in 2012, this time for the House of Representatives in Idaho's District 7, currently represented by Republican Rep. Jeff Nesset and Democratic Rep. John Rusche (the minority leader).
Rammell pleaded guilty last August to criminal contempt, following accusations of jury tampering in Bonneville County.
District 7, once a rather small region including the City of Lewiston, is now significantly larger thanks to reapportionment. The district now includes part of Kootenai County and all of Shoshone, Clearwater and Idaho counties, and encompasses more than 13,500 square miles. It's larger than nine U.S. states.
In announcing his candidacy, Rammell said he believed there was "widespread corruption" in state leadership.
Frankly, I think the entertainment value of this would be worth your vote, District 7.
