In August 2006, Republican legislators and then-Gov. Jim Risch would have had you believe they’d rendered the school property tax all but obsolete. They had, after all, shifted some $260 million in school funding obligations away from the universally unpopular property tax — figuring to use an extra penny of sales tax to offset most of the difference. To say that Risch’s signature effort as governor didn’t work as advertised is an understatement. The state’s 115 school districts are still dependent on the property tax. If anything, this has become their tax of last resort. And sometimes with unforeseen results. On Tuesday, voters dealt the Meridian School District a startling setback, rejecting a two-year, $37 million levy designed to mitigate the next round of anticipated state budget cuts/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: I asked U.S. Sen. Risch about this when he visited Huckleberries HQ earlier this spring -- whether he'd still push to move school M&O from the property tax to the sales tax. He pointed out that the move was backed by Idaho voters at the polls. Would you still support that shift today?