Or did he simply put the interests of a private prison company ahead of Idahoans’ interest in having our hard earned tax dollars wisely spent?
Whatever the reasoning, it was a fiscally irresponsible proposal. Members of The Common Interest strongly opposed the proposal. We helped beat it back. • In 2008, Butch Otter zeroed out $20 million in substance abuse appropriations. Otter said there was no evidence proving substance abuse treatment to be effective. In response, I made sure that legislators had access to rigorous research demonstrating that substance abuse treatment saves taxpayers $17, including significant savings from not needing to build more prisons, for every $1 we invest. Otter simply hadn’t done his homework. His veto of the appropriation was fiscally irresponsible. The legislature reinstated most of the $20 million. • In 2009, Butch Otter proposed raising car and pickup truck registration fees by 138%. In response to pressure from The Common Interest and legislators who understood that the proposal was both unfair and, in the midst of the recession, unwise, Otter scaled the proposed increase back to 69%, then t
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