Gov. Butch Otter is proposing $5 million in start-up funding for a new community college in eastern Idaho – if voters there agree to turn Eastern Idaho Technical College into a community college. That would mean local voters would agree to partially support the college with property taxes, as do patrons of Idaho’s three other community colleges. “I’d like to invite the people of eastern Idaho to advance their ongoing discussions about making Eastern Idaho Technical College a full-featured community college. I encourage serious public consideration of the benefits and opportunities that a local community college can provide to that region of Idaho.”