Asked about which tax exemptions he'd eliminate, gubernatorial challenger Keith Allred said ski resorts get a sales tax exemption that golf courses don't, and there's no reason other than this: "The ski resorts had a better lobbyist than the golf courses." That got a laugh and even a grin from Otter. Otter then responded that if the ski resorts lost that exemption, "Folks, that wouldn't be enough money to wad a shotgun." He added, "I just want to mention that I have signed one exemption, one exemption in the four years that I have been governor. All those other exemptions were put in place, and for good reason, and there was good deliberation on those by the tax committees and by the other folks, before they put those tax exemptions into place. ... But if you're looking for the big money, then folks, you have to get rid of the production exemption, so every farm - you have to get rid of the construction exemption, so every building that we build in the state."