Should Otter Return Housing Stipend?

I don’t really like the idea of asking state employees, even ones at the top, to bear the brunt of budget shortfalls. People vote for fiscally conservative legislators, and they accordingly try to keep the budget lean. When state employees don’t get raises, or take days without pay, they still deliver the services of the agency they’re working for, so taxpayers don’t experience the effect of budget problems/ IdaBlue . More here .

Question: IdaBlue goes on to say that well-heeled Gov. Butch Otter shouldn’t have to give back his housing stipend in these tight economic times. Do you agree?