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Eye On Boise archive for Oct. 15, 2012

MONDAY, OCT. 15, 2012



'No' campaign: 'There's widespread opposition'

Mike Lanza, chairman of the "Vote No on Props 1,2,3" campaign, asked why the National Education Association gave $1.06 million to the campaign against the school-reform measures, said, "Because they're an organization of teachers and they support their subsidiary organizations around the country. Their membership…

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New State Controller Brandon Woolf, center, flanked on the left by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, and to the right by his wife, Janalee Woolf, addresses reporters in the governor's office on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Boise, Idaho.
 (AP / Todd Dvorak)

Woolf becomes Idaho's 21st state controller

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on today's appointment of Brandon Woolf as Idaho's 21st state controller, with the retirement of controller Donna Jones. Idaho's state controller is the state's chief fiscal officer; manages the state's payroll and financial management and reporting…

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