Trump's choice for governor showing she's as good at managing money as he is. The administrator of the Idaho Division of Financial Management has warned the heads of the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee that Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s office will run out of money before the end of the budget year if she does not reduce expenses. In an email sent Thursday to Sen. Jeff Agenbroad and Rep. Rick Youngblood, both R-Nampa, Idaho Division of Financial Management administrator Aex Adams warned of the potential shortfall for McGeachin’s office. Youngblood and Agenbroad are co-chairmen of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, the powerful legislative committee that meets daily to set the state’s approximately $4.5 billion general fund budget. “I wanted to bring this to your attention, as this may create some issues with the (fiscal year 2023) budget if actions aren’t taken to close the shortfall. I don’t want you to be surprised,” Adams wrote in the email, which was obtained by the Idaho Capital Sun and is embedded at the bottom of this article. Idaho runs on a fiscal year calendar that goes from July 1 to June 30. McGeachin’s shortfall comes as the Idaho Legislature has declined to take up McGeachin’s $28,973.84 supplemental funding request to cover legal fees that arose after McGeachin declined to release public records and lost an ensuing lawsuit seeking the release of those records. Last year, District Judge Steven Hippler ordered McGeachin to pay to the Idaho Press Club $28,973.84 in fees after ordering McGeachin to release public comments related to her 2021 education task force that McGeachin had redacted. State records show the state paid the Idaho Press Club $28,973.84 on Oct. 29. Boise State Public Radio first reported on McGeachin’s projected shortfall on Thursday. McGeachin is running for governor this year — the chief executive of the state and a position that is responsible for proposing a state budget. McGeachin is challenging incumbent Gov. Brad Little and a field of six other Republicans in the May 17 GOP primary. The winner advances to the Nov. 8 general election. Adams sent Agenbroad and Youngblood a copy of an email that the Idaho Division of Financial Management’s deputy administrator David Fulkerson sent warning McGeachin to make immediate budget cutbacks to ensure her budget balances by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
So0methingt that might help the people of Idaho. Stop criminalizing trans care because you have to pay money for lawsuits to challenge your unconstitutional cruelty laws. Just a fucking thought.
