How on earth could Gov. Butch Otter (pictured) have signed legislation requiring him to reach agreement with three Idaho Indian tribes on taxing tribal fuel sales by Dec. 1 or let the state impose its own tax on those sales? The bill he made law last week not only jabs an elbow in the ribs of tribes who rightfully say their sovereignty gives them some say over the matter, but it directly circumscribes a prerogative of the governor himself. That is something few chief executives are willing to do, and Otter's office offers no good reason for him to have done it. "He wanted to bring everybody to the table and is hopeful that dialogue can continue and there can be resolution," explains Otter spokesman Jon Hanian. How's that again? -- Jim Fisher/Lewiston Tribune.
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
(pictured) have signed legislation requiring him to reach agreement with three Idaho Indian tribes on taxing tribal fuel sales by Dec. 1 or let the state impose its own tax on those sales? The bill he made law last week not only jabs an elbow in the ribs of tribes who rightfully say their sovereignty gives them some say over the matter, but it directly circumscribes a prerogative of the governor himself. That is something few chief executives are willing to do, and Otter's office offers no good reason for him to have done it. "He wanted to bring everybody to the table and is hopeful that dialogue can continue and there can be resolution," explains Otter spokesman Jon Hanian. How's that again? -- Jim Fisher/Lewiston Tribune.
