Idaho complaint filed after Forest Service blames shutdown on ‘radical’ Democrats

Idaho complaint filed after Forest Service blames shutdown on ‘radical’ Democrats

A former Boise Democratic state representative Friday filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel against the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, alleging that the chief was violating a federal law that bars employees in the executive branch from engaging in political activity while on duty.Todd Achilles, who withdrew from his Idaho House seat to run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Jim Risch as an independent, accused Forest Service Chi…