BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Republican Gov. C.L. ``Butch'' Otter isn't
quite being straight about cutting Idaho government. But Democrat
Keith Allred didn't exactly cut property taxes, either.

The Spokesman-Review reports the gubernatorial candidates
stretch things a bit in new TV campaign ads.

In his, Otter says the Rockefeller Institute found Idaho ``leads
the nation in reducing the size of government.''

But the New York group says it's found no such thing. It does
say the number of Idaho government workers fell more than any other
state in the second quarter.

And Allred's ads contend he and his nonpartisan group The Common
Interest ``cut property taxes for Idaho homeowners and stopped
Butch Otter's gas tax and registration fee hikes.''

Allred played a major role in those debates, but it was the 2006
and 2009 Idaho legislatures that ultimately made those decisions.


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