Edit: Guv’s Anti-Wolf Letter Childish

To the best of our knowledge, Gov. Butch Otter has not yet taken out a newspaper classified ad, offering a free pack of wolves to a good home. Nor has the governor shown up along the shoulder of Interstate 84 at the Idaho-Oregon line, a cardboard box of wolf pups in tow. Otter is a trifle too sophisticated for that. But unfortunately, he’s not above sending a sophomoric and pointless letter to his counterpart, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. Otter said Kitzhaber could have 150 of Idaho’s wolves — or as many of the predators as Oregon wants. Otter made his “offer” after an Idaho hunter killed a wolf that had strayed over the border from Oregon. It goes without saying that this sort of showboating plays to the anti-wolf crowd. But it should also go without saying that Otter is supposed to govern on behalf of all Idahoans — including those who, unlike Otter, actually supported the reintroduction of wolves in the Central Idaho wilderness/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Do you see Gov. Otter as careless or fun-loving re: his tongue-in-cheek, anti-wolf letter to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber?