Popkey: Otter The Incrementalist

Otter, now a centrist, still gets heat from the left. Dick Gardner and Richard Slaughter, economists who worked under Democratic governors, complained that he should have seized the opportunity of lean times to reform a tax code riddled with giveaways for business. A fairer system would allow meaningful investments in public and higher education and quality of life, including parks, they said. Businesses that generate good jobs have employees who demand those services, said Slaughter. “They don’t want to live in cheapville.” But Otter’s optimism that good ol’ Idaho stick-to-itiveness will do the trick is welcomed by Alex LaBeau, president of the the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, Idaho’s largest business lobby. “What’s exciting to me is the governor has said we’re going to pick up the ball and move things forward and we’re going to come out better than we were before”/ Dan Popkey , Idaho Statesman. More here .

Question: Does Butch Otter deserve a second term?