Never has it been so important to have a new governor for Idaho. Butch Otter has utterly failed. He only cares about catering to corporate America. His horrible zeal to kill wolves is biologically and intellectually cruel and inhumane. His drastic cuts to education are well-documented. He's good at standing around grinning at a football rally, but his management skills are threadbare.
His hatred of the federal government is pathologically perverse. His opposition to needed health care reform is bone-headed. He utterly wasted $100,000 of your precious tax dollars in an ideological grandstanding stunt to sue. As a multi-millionaire, he gladly takes $4,500 per month in a "housing allowance" since he refused to live in the governor's residence.
His most mind-boggling, infuriating stupidity of all is his zeal to allow the Exxon Mobil monster loads (500,000 pounds each) on U.S. Highway 12, yards away from the federally designated Lochsa Wild and Scenic River. The 250 massive loads would drastically impact the proven tourism economy of northern Idaho, ruin the rural lifestyle of hundreds of residents and seriously damage the Wild River corridor.
The narrow, two-lane roads and old bridges simply cannot handle these loads without spending yet millions more of your tax dollars to rebuild them. Public safety issues abound. It's utter social, environmental and economic madness. I suspect Butch has told the Idaho Transportation Department to just ignore the "little people" and the law and "make it happen." It's Big Black Oil for Butch. Idaho citizens would pay a horrific price.
Otter is a $50 haircut on a $5 head. Conversely, Keith Allred has proven management and people skills. He has the intellectual substance and integrity required to be an excellent, progressive, problem-solving governor. Please vote for Keith and a new day for Idaho.
Scott Phillips
Hailey
