Washington guv spurns Otter’s ‘love letter’

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire jabbed back at her Idaho counterpart today over whose state is better for business, saying at a press conference that her state has no personal or corporate income tax and got a better rating from Forbes Magazine for being business-friendly. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter started the exchange yesterday, when he posted a “love letter” to businesses in Washington and Oregon, inviting them to move to Idaho for lower taxes. You can read reporter Jim Camden’s full story here at spokesman.com.