Time for Otter to break out veto pen

The people who just wrapped up Idaho’s latest legislative session acted more like the irresponsible, self-indulgent politicians who linger in Sacramento than the sober, fiscal conservatives you’ve come to expect from Boise.

How else can you explain their abdication toward balancing the budget? Between their two final signature acts - taking the sales tax off food and drawing even more money out of the general fund for highways - these lawmakers simply spent more than the state could afford.