Dear Senator Cook and representatives Mickelsen and Horman:
I'm tired of reading stories like this:
You, as my elected senator and representatives in the Idaho Legislature, ought to lead the fight to put meaningful coroner system reform in place in the state. And if that means putting money from state coffers into the coroner system to mandate better training and qualifications rather than "Hey, he or she won the election, so he or she is coroner," so be it.
It takes brave people to do things that aren't popular with the loud voices in this state. I voted for y'all to be brave and to actually do something in the legislature, rather than toe whatever line supports the status quo. The state needs to put resources at elected coroners' disposal, require training, and offer support other than the weak-sauce laws that appear to stretch back to Idaho's 1890 statehood.
Idaho and Idahoans make a lot of noise about protecting the lives of unborn children. Maybe they ought to put as much noise into figuring out why infants are dying, why Idaho's death rate from drug overdoses is magically much lower than other surrounding states, and other issues that tie in with the state's antiquated views on coroners, their duties and qualifications, and the state resources at their disposal.
Sincerely,
A dissatisfied customer,
Brian Davidson
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