Otter & Co. Stuck In Reverse

The more the calendar advances in Gov. Butch Otter’s third term, the more we find ourselves looking back at smoke from distant fires, lawsuits, missteps and miscalculations. We are tired of inhaling the smoke from old problems left simmering, left to languish in court proceedings or otherwise ignored, and that can’t be explained yet because of litigation. The governor seems stuck in a pattern of taking three steps backward and no steps forward. It is time Otter resets his agenda and gets it pointed in a positive direction. One member of our editorial board put it this way: It is hard for this governor to put anything behind him because it always reappears in front of him/ Idaho Statesman Editorial Board . More here .

DFO: Ah, didn’t the Statesman endorse Otter for a third term?