Saw this article on the brewing controversy in Governor Otter's staff and thought you might like to read it. Thanks to Randy Stapilus for his post on the subject.
Tempest in a Teapot?....Hope it's not a Teapot Dome.
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The hottest person of controversy in Idaho right now may be not the governor, C.L. “Butch” Otter, but the director of the Department of Administration, Mike Gwartney.
Though many of Gwartney’s critics evidently are missing the point: If
Gwartney is rightfully controversial, then that controversy has to land
at Otter’s doorstep.
As director of administration, even if only for a dollar a year (as the reports say), Gwartney reports directly to Otter. Otter can overrule anything he does. He serves at “the pleasure of” the governor – the governor can fire him at any time, for any reason or none. Whatever he does, good or bad, isn’t his own alone; the buck stops with Otter.
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