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Former Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter was prescient when he warned lawmakers against raiding the source of money for Idaho’s schools to pay for highways.
For proof, look no further than the state’s latest transportation package.
A few years back, Otter promised to veto any transportation bill that dipped into the general fund - the sales and income tax-funded account that pays for public schools, higher education and other state government services. Until then, the people who used Idaho’s roads and bridges paid for them through fuel taxes and registration fees. Otter was correct in his assessment that once lawmakers breached that precedent, they’d never stop.
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By KEITH RIDLERMarch 16, 2021 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) The Idaho Land Board on Tuesday voted to oppose a proposed law backed by Republican lawmakers that would ban the attorney general’s office from representing the state department of lands.
Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Schools Chief Sherri Ybarra are members of the Land Board and abstained from voting.
But Secretary of State Lawerence Denney and State Controller Brandon Woolf, the other members of the board, voted to oppose the bill, resulting in a 2-0 vote in favor. All of the board’s members are Republicans.
With the vote, the board instructed Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller to appear before lawmakers at public hearings and oppose the legislation on behalf of the board and the lands department.