The recent Idaho Supreme Court decision that brought former seven-term Idaho Congressman George Hansen back into the news - he lost an appeal to get out of repaying hundreds of thousands of dollars to an Idaho couple he swindled in an investment scheme - recalled…
Of the 217 money-saving suggestions Gov. Butch Otter's "efficiency" Web site had received by yesterday, the runaway winner was a cut in pay for the state's top-paid officials. "Start with a 5 percent decrease in all executive pay - you too," wrote William Weiden of…