My first post and rant!

This is a brand new adventure creating my own blog.  I am older than most of the you reading this blog, so some of the things I write may actually inspire you to have a better life than I have!  That is the main mission of this publication.
I love Idaho with only one exception: Idaho is only slightly less conservative than the state of Utah, and is run by mostly the Republican Party and any other ultra-conservative that may be disguised in liberal clothing.  As long as someone can ignore the politics, everything else in the state is quite beautiful!
Some of the laws and their associated penalties are a bit strange.  For example, I was visited by an Animal Control Officer who issued me a ticket/citation for my dogs' excessive barking.  We have tried everything to stop the barking, i.e., training at PetCo, shocking bark collars (they actually enjoyed the shocks after a while, masochistic that they are), and now, after having paid the $215.00 fine, we found the product BarkOff, which worked for a while and now the dogs seem to have an immunity to this product as well. 
But $215.00 + 3.00 just to swipe my card to get my money out of my checking acct!  It seems a bit excessive.
Last week when I was going fishing with a friend, with the friend driving, we get pulled over by a fine Idaho Highway Patrol officer.  We both had to give him our licenses.  He stopped us because the driver had signaled less than 5 seconds before entering the off-ramp, the license plate was obstructed by a trailer hitch ball (which we have never used and didn't realize was on the bumper), and I, being the fat rebel that I am, was not wearing my seat belt.
So guess what kind of ticket would be written? FYI, in Idaho, someone cannot be pulled over for a seat belt violation alone.  I, the rebellious old woman who likes to fish occasionally, received the only ticket from this officer, and the driver was let go with a "warning." 
How much was THIS ticket/citation?  $10.00.  No kidding, it's a Ten Dollar Fine.  And barking dogs are $215.00.
Honestly, I think Idaho has it's priorities messed up.
Just to let you know, my dogs are three little Dachshunds that are cooped up in the house whenever we leave the house, and when we are home, their barking is controlled by us screaming out the door.  I wonder how much my ticket/citation will be for "loud homeowner screaming?"