The HonorableLawerenceDenney

Speaker,IdahoHouseof Representatives
P.O.Box I 14
Midvale,Idaho83645

Dear Speakerof the HouseDenney,

The BonnerCounty RepublicanCentralCommitteewould like to encouragethe Ethics InvestigationCommittee

to considerseveralfacts in their inquiry into Representative
Phil Hart's allegedmisconduct.
RepresentativeAnderson has alleged that RepresentativeHart violated his oath of office since he has written a
book apparentlydenouncingthe incometax and has by Anderson'saccount,stolen Idaho Timber.

Many otherorganizationsand peoplehave written to you aboutthis so we will not belaborthe issuesbut suffice
it to saythat using for one of the basesof the inquiry a 14 yearold casewherein Representative
Hart supposedly
usingan Idaho Statuteallowing personaluseof timber removedtimber without paying for it is certainlymisuse
of Rule 76 at best. This casewas dealt with and decidedby 2001-2. It has nothing to do with Rule 76 of the
IdahoHouseand this portion of the complainthasno requirementfor a Rule 76 deliberation.

Regarding RepresentativeHart's "tax protestor" status, he has paid the taxes he owes but the IRS has
questionedsome of his deductions.This happensevery year to a plethoraof businessesthat have a different
opinion than the iRS on one of their many rules and again provides no basis for an ethics inquiry. Indeed
RepresentativeHart is simply braveenoughto take on an agencythat most of us agreeis out of control.

Further,when Representative Andersonin an interview with the SpokesmanReview said

"Hart's continuingclaim that federalincometaxesare unconstitutionaland that the 16th Amendmentto
the U.S. Constitutionwasn't properly ratified - a claim Hart propoundedin a book he authored- are
violating his oath of office. Andersonnotedthat all legislatorsswearan oath to uphold the stateand U.S.
constitutions."You can't standthere and swearto that oath and then reject any portion that he doesn't
agreewith, and still makethat oath," Andersonsaid."I think that's wrong.""

Pleasenote that he invented a fictional crime where none can possibly exist since certainly most legislators
enteroffice with at leastsomereservationsaboutthe constitutionalityof much of the constitutionalamendments
after numberten. In fact, any legislatorwho participatedin amendingthe constitutionafter it's ratification could
be said to be a violator in that sensesince he or she participatedin changing an apparently incorrectly launched
constitution.

SpeakerDenney. Please put an end to this waste of House and taxpayer time and money and allow
RepresentativeHart to resumethe duties that he was electedby a large margin to attend to.

Sincerely,
BonnerCounty RepublicanCentralCommittee

Chairman
CornelRasor

Secretary
Anne Wilder