For IdahoED NEWS, Kevin Richert reports: An Idaho firm has “absolutely no claim” for damages over a disputed contract to install broadband in Idaho high schools, Gov. Butch Otter said Thursday. Otter responded to two developments in the protracted broadband dispute: the news that Syringa Networks demanded $17 million in a short-lived mediation process; and Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff’s claim that Otter’s mishandling of the $60 million contract displayed a “shocking” level of incompetence. If damages were to be paid to Syringa — which claims that it was improperly cut out of the broadband project — the money could theoretically come from taxpayers. CenturyLink and Education Networks of America, the two lead contractors on the broadband project, have shown no interest in paying damages to Syringa, deputy attorney general Scott Zanzig said Tuesday. More here.

Question: Which of Otter's controversies bother you most -- private prison contract, Obamacare, broadband contract or Luna Laws?