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Eye On Boise archive for Nov. 30, 2009

MONDAY, NOV. 30, 2009

Carmen Achabal, an Idaho Department of Labor employee who's organizing citizen responses for the state's Division of Financial Management, discusses the 217 received so far to Gov. Butch Otter's call for money-saving ideas as he contemplates state budget cuts. (Betsy Russell)

Citizens' budget ideas rolling in

Gov. Butch Otter's "efficiency" Web site has received 217 money-saving suggestions for state government so far, as of this morning. An initial look shows ideas ranging from cutting the pay of the state's highest-paid employees and elected officials to bringing back time off for good…

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