Despite a rather fragile if not in the toilet economy, when new out of the box thinking and encouraging dreaming , or visionaries , these are two things, Idaho does not want a damn thing to do with. Anything that shakes up the sand or the tranquility or complacency of Idaho is flat not wanted. Case n Point: I suggested the other day to an official of the Idaho Department of Health And Welfare, that instead of having folks call in to recertify for entitlement programs such as Food Stamps etc, why not make it to where one could do that on line? After all if you can see your ebt balance online, how about making it easier for someone to recertify, than having to call up H&W, then leaving a phone number for H&W to call you back, wasting your entire day, their response, we have to verify the information. Okay, but if you can do it on the phone, why not online? Idaho is one of those states that is not that tech savy, nor does it want to be, and Hells forbid if you are someone that has a idea. Idaho, to date does not have any new idea incubators like say Utah has. Yes Utah has the population to support such things, but when you really think about it, Utah is populated by folks from Idaho , that got tired of the drag on the heels of Idaho’s limited futuristic thinking.
It is said that Idaho has fewer college graduates, and those graduating from High school, and going on to college than any state in the Mountain West region. More over is at the very bottom of the list, when it comes to graduates in the rest of the nation. I’m not saying that there are not achievers nor those that go onto things bigger, from Idaho there are, but the number is pale by comparison to neighboring states.
Just try to locate venture capitalists or as said incubators and say your in Idaho, most national firms involved in such things just turn the heads and cough. There is only one firm in Idaho doing anything in this direction , called Sage Community Services in Boise. Their programs are targeted to Ada, Elmore counties. The rest of Idaho, is SOL.
But if your one of a visionary type, the Knytes-of-Anarchy welcomes you. As we are one organization that treasures forward progressive thinking.
Last blog of the quarter , next time.
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Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. - Thomas Szasz
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