In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune jeers Mike Gwartney, former Idaho Department of Administration director -- and Otter BFF. Writes Marty: "Five years ago, he so screwed up the $60 million Idaho Education Network contract by changing the specs, steering it toward one bidder and triggering a lawsuit from the losing side - that you are still paying the bills.In March of 2013, the Federal Communication Commission - which covers 75 percent of the Idaho broadband project's costs - shut off funding. Ever since, Gwartney's successor, Teresa Luna, has issued one assurance after another that the FCC would relent. But the bills are piling up. It could get as high as $21 million by next year. Meanwhile, the FCC Office of the Inspector General just subpoenaed the state for documents related to the IEN. Full Cheers & Jeers column here.

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