Idaho Governor Recruiting Taxpayers from Washington and Oregon

At the Washington Policy Blog, Jason Mercier takes note of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's plans to lure business from Oregon and Washington. He has Otter's letter. Here's a snippet.

Legislators in the state of Washington are talking about even bigger tax increases to tackle a budget deficit that figures to be as big as Idaho’s entire State budget. Businesses in [Oregon and Washington] are like those in Idaho; they are facing the most challenging times in decades, and even incremental cost increases can mean the difference between surviving and closing up.

I wrote about the Idaho recruiting strategy in this column in the Herald of Everett.