Guv Now In Court Of Public Opinion

U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson did not indict Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter’s administration in the private prison scandal over which he presided. That did not, however, stop Olson from issuing a condemnation in the court of public opinion. Last week, Olson wrapped up the 15 months her office and the FBI spent sifting through the story of how Corrections Corporation of America ran the Idaho Correctional Center outside Boise under its $29 million contract with the state of Idaho. CCA bilked the state for unworked staff shifts, which fits the pattern of a prison so under-staffed that inmates preyed on each other and created a violence-filled culture dubbed the “gladiator school”/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do you think the private prison scandal will leave a stain on Gov. Butch Otter’s legacy?