In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives jeers to ... former Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Hayden:

Here we go again. Hart famously refused to pay income taxes and used his office as a shield against compliance. (After 10 years in the House, the voters threw Hart out in 2012.) Although the feds seized his Athol log home to cover more than $586,000 in income tax debt, Hart still refuses to pay the more than $53,000 he owes to the citizens of his state. Nor has he ever made full restitution on the $22,827 worth of trees he took from state endowment lands to build that log house. As the Spokesman-Review's Betsy Russell reported Tuesday, Hart placed the winning bid for his house at an Oct. 1 IRS auction - $202,740 on the 10-acre property. He put down a $23,260 deposit. The balance was due Oct. 22. Hart hasn't paid. And he waited until the last possible minute to ask for more time. Nobody forced Hart to evade paying taxes. Nobody forced him to bid on this house. But now he wants preferential treatment. Full Cheers & Jeers column here.