But where's the candy and flowers? Idaho's own 'Butch' Otter must be in rut: The Guv sent a 'love letter' to businesses in neighboring states where voters have approved progressive taxes. This crie de coeur promises companies a balmy business climate just across the stateline. But what it delivers amounts to a cheap one night stand: Business tax-wise, Oregon ranks 14th nationwide. Idaho is 18th. Romance may be in the air, but 'Butch's' math is in the tank...the heart is a lonely hunter...Or as they say in Idaho, Esta perpetua...
'Corpersons' in Oregon who did not succumb to Otter Love, are still riding high: The Oregon Supreme Court will visit Medford to hear a citizen's group's appeal of a Walmart Supercenter planned for construction - nearly 200 thousand square feet of construction. And here's the trade-off: a few hundred temporary jobs get the thing up, then a handful of low-wage jobs churning a river of revenue out of the state and straight into the corporate coffers back in Bentonville, Arkansas.
- KBOO