The Ada County Highway District Commission unanimously voted to censure Commissioner Kent Goldthorpe for Facebook posts and comments he made on March 28 haranguing Idaho lawmakers over two transportation bills he disagreed with.
According to the resolution, Goldthorpe’s posts included “inflammatory and derogatory statements about fellow public officials” and also “included mocking and demeaning languages towards individual legislators and employed racially charged language inappropriate in public discourse.”
Goldthorpe sat in the audience during Tuesday’s special meeting called to consider censuring him. Goldthorpe said he would not comment.
According to Steve Price, ACHD’s general counsel, the resolution was brought after the district received comments from lawmakers in the Idaho House on March 31, a few days after the Idaho Statesman published a story with Goldthorpe’s comments…