Guv blames Wasden for IEN mess

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s staff told state officials that they could split the ill-fated Idaho Education Network broadband contract, Gov. Butch Otter said Monday. The decision to break the contract into two parts pushed the state into a legal quagmire that still plagues the state’s elected officials, seven years later. Courts threw out the $60 million high school broadband contract, saying the restructuring rendered the agreement null and void. During a Monday news conference recapping the 2016 legislative session, Otter suggested Wasden’s office contributed to the legal confusion/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Education Network. More here.

Question: Why is Gov. Otter targeting AG Wasden now re: Idaho Education Network mess? Thoughts?