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Musing on some of the things some lawmakers said about him this year, Gov. Butch Otter said this week, “In the heat of battle there’s some passion that sometimes is released. I’d like an opportunity to set down and let ‘em know where I thought, perhaps, their criticism of my efforts was maybe a little misguided. I think the best way to overcome or change the criticism that was the most harsh is to make sure the transportation executive order is fully executed, to the limit.”
That harsh criticism would be House Education Chairman Bob Nonini’s floor debate against a gas tax increase, in which he derided Otter’s executive order for new accountability measures at ITD as “not worth the piece of paper it was printed on.”
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RathdrumBob on May 13 at 9:38 a.m.
If I was the guv, I wouldn’t give Bob No-No Nonini the time of day. Bob doesn’t know how to have a civil debate; he tries to outshout his opposition. When that doesn’t work, he resorts to name calling and sarcasm. Basically, he’s a third rate politician with an agenda that doesn’t reflect that of his constituents. He got elected by having an R behind his name.
JamesBond on May 14 at 10:21 a.m.
Governor Tax Increase might want to spend more time listening to the people, and not the sycophants and lobbyists. His administration has turned into Dirk Kempthorne, Part II.