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Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The committee that holds the purse strings to the Idaho governor's mansion says the family of the late french fry billionaire J.R. Simplot is willing to help the state sustain the home for the next several years through a major fundraising campaign. The move could help Idaho avoid draining a fund to maintain the house and leaving taxpayers on the hook for upkeep of the water-guzzling, electricity-sucking hilltop mansion that the Simplot family donated to the state in 2004. The Governor's Housing Committee reported Tuesday that the fund holds about $936,000, which is enough to pay for about five to six years of maintenance. The committee is expected to consider a slew of options — which still could include selling the home — at a meeting later this year. Click below for a full report.
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After spending $310,000 in private donations to remodel and furnish the governor’s mansion, a five-member panel is now investigating whether to unload the vacant hilltop home. The Governor’s Housing Committee decided late Monday to spend two months gathering information about the advantages of keeping the place — or putting it on the market. There’s little parking, electricity bills are exorbitant and the steep, narrow drive makes access tricky — especially when it snows. And so far, no governor has ever lived there.
The late J.R. Simplot donated the home in 2004 and Idaho must give the potato mogul’s surviving family the right of first refusal, though at market prices. Though empty, it is being used for state meetings and even private events. Otter and his wife may occasionally stay there, when they don’t want to drive back to their private residence west of Boise, though they’ve not done so yet.
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