Otter lets minimum wage bill through

Gov. Butch Otter has allowed HB 463, the minimum wage pre-emption bill, to become law without his signature, saying he was “philosophically torn” over the issue. “Self-determination and local control – like independence and self-reliance – are Idaho values,” Otter wrote in a letter to House Speaker Scottt Bedke. “I understand that cities and counties are political subdivisions subject to oversight and regulation by the State. But I also know that the State of Idaho objects strenuously when the federal government oversteps its authority. So I expect local jurisdictions to feel similarly when legislators decide overwhelmingly that they must not allow local voters to decide for themselves whether to raise the minimum wage”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: So Otter supported this bill by omission. That net effect is that it still allowed state preemption to take precedence over local control. Another bad bill passed by an awful 2016 Legislature. Thoughts?