Gov. Butch Otter sent a letter to every member of the Senate and House of Representatives this morning, thanking them for their work this session and their friendship. “We all have gotten more than our fair share of news media coverage the past few weeks - most of it negative, focused on our challenges and a few issues on which we have not yet reached agreement,” Otter wrote. “I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for those many issues on which we have worked together so well and effectively, and on which we have made real progress and agreed on real solutions for the people we serve. There is far too little coverage of the success stories of this legislative session, and of the honorable and noteworthy job you are doing under extraordinarily difficult economic conditions”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

• Senate adjourns for the day
• Miller: Otter's legacy at stake
• Senate receives Otter's bighorn veto letter
• Still at impasse
• House concurs in education bill amendments

Question: Do you agree with the AP's John Miller (second bulleted item) that Gov. Butch Otter's legacy is at stake in the battle over increased Transportation funding?