I have known U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher going back to 2006 when he was a state senator, representing Meridian and Kuna.
I’ve always respected him and found him to be mostly reasoned and reasonable (setting aside for the moment his support for Donald Trump and his decision to not certify the 2020 presidential election results).
When Fulcher was a state senator, he met regularly with constituents. He and state Reps. Cliff Bayer and John Vander Woude often held town hall meetings in Kuna, Meridian or places in between. One of the things that impressed me the most was their ability to answer just about any question thrown at them, with depth and reasoning. I might have disagreed with the conclusions they came to, but they had their reasons and made their cases.
And regardless, it was always encouraging to see them meet with their constituents, even knowing some of those constituents didn’t vote for them and disagreed with their decisions.
So it was heartening to see Fulcher schedule a couple of town hall meetings in the Treasure Valley last week.