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<DIV>Courtesy of <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>KHQ</SPAN> at:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; FONT-SIZE: 15px">http://www.khq.com/story/20532502/id-dem-questions-otters-structural-balance-claim</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Democratic Rep. Shirley Ringo questioned Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's claim of a structurally-balanced budget.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Ringo is on the budget-writing committee, which Tuesday got its first cursory look at Otter's budget.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>The Republican governor's new budget director, <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Jani</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Revier</SPAN>, reiterated Otter's assertion his $2.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2014 is in equilibrium - that ongoing expenditures are paid for with revenue that's likely to come in the door annually, not with short-term cash.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Ringo argued state employees are leaving for better-paying jobs and there's a backlog of aging highway infrastructure, challenges she says Otter's budget does nothing to address.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>State financial officer David <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Fulkerson</SPAN> told her Otter's budget focuses on his top priorities, leaving too little money for things like raises for state workers in the next year.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Rep. Shirley Ringo</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Seeya</SPAN> round town, Moscow, because . . .</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
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