A reader and resident of the state of Idaho asks, “Is it time for a [wolf tea party in Boise]? When do we declare States Rights?”
December 16, 1773 American colonists, led by Samuel Adams and John Hancock, staged a protest against the British government in Boston Harbor. It was soon known as the Boston Tea Party, a protest against the tea tax levied against the colonists by the British government, believed by many to be a tool to strip the Americans of their freedom. The protesters, in an impromptu, unplanned event, dressed in poorly crafted disguises, boarded three ships laden with tea, worth a reported $1.87 million, and dumped it into the harbor.
This action was received in a variety of different ways but history shows us that this was one of the acts that ultimately led to the American revolution that brought us total freedom from the tyrannical practices of British rule.
Is it time for a “Boise Wolf Party”? It seems that even before the actual release of non-native wolves into the Northern Rockies area, the law, the constitution, the rights and wishes of the people of that region have been squashed.
As the reader asks, “When do we declare state’s rights?”
Tom Remington


