The day after she missed a state deadline to submit a plan to avoid a budget shortfall for her office, Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin responded to state budget officialsby telling them they can withhold her salary to avoid a deficit.
In an email to Idaho Division of Financial Management administrator Alex Adams, McGeachin called Adams’ request for her plan to avoid a budget shortfall “a rather pointless formality” after suggesting that the state withhold her salary at the end of the year to avoid a deficit.
The Idaho Capitol Sun reports, withholding McGeachin’s salary alone may not be enough to avoid a shortfall and there are still unanswered questions about her plan to avoid a budget deficit.
McGeachin is running for governor in the May 17th Republican primary election, challenging incumbent Gov. Brad Little and a field of six other GOP hopefuls.
