[' ', 'O3-31-1908', '19:31', '"RONG,', 'CRANE', 'OISTMIGT', '10', 'CANYON', 'COUNTY', 'MCUEASCPESS', '1907', 'ALOE', 'STREET', 'CALOWELL.', 'IDAMO', '$3005', 'AESIDENCE', '(208)', '489-4900', 'COMMITTEES', '|', 'Sha', 'MAN', 'STATE', 'APIAGS', 'BLS', 'NEES', ' ', 'House', 'of', 'Representatives', 'State', 'of', 'Idaho', 'March', '48,', '1998', 'The', 'Honorable', 'Michael', 'G.', 'Grape', '437', 'Cannon', 'Bigg.', 'Washington,', 'DC', '20515', 'RE:', 'Tobacco', 'Settlement', 'Dear', 'Representative', 'Crapo:', 'Over', 'the', 'past', 'several', 'weeks', '|', 'have', 'been', 'traveling', 'the', 'State', 'of', 'Idaho', 'as', 'part', 'of', 'my', 'campaign', 'for', 'State', 'Treasurer.', 'Coupling', 'that', 'effort', 'with', 'my', 'legisiative', 'service.', '|', 'am', 'becoming', 'very', 'concerned', 'about', 'the', 'slowing', 'growth', 'of', 'the', 'Idaho', 'Economy.', 'With', 'stagnated', 'growth,', 'Idaho', 'will', 'be', 'put', 'under', 'severe', 'pressure', 'to', 'raise', 'taxes', 'that', '|', 'already', 'believe', 'are', 'high', 'enough.', 'As', 'you', 'consider', 'the', 'Natlonal', 'Tobacco', 'Settiement,', '|', 'urge', 'you', 'to', 'do', 'everything', 'possibie', 'to', 'se@', 'that', 'tha', 'tobacco', 'settlement', 'monies', 'come', 'to', 'the', 'State', 'of', 'Idaho', 'without', 'strings', 'attached', 'that', 'mandate', 'new', 'spending', 'programs.', '|', 'am', 'also', 'very', 'concerned', 'at', 'talk', 'of', 'a', 'national', 'tobacco', 'tax', 'that', 'would', 'be', 'used', 'te', 'fund', 'federal', 'programs.', 'At', 'atime', 'whan', 'more', 'and', 'more', 'authority', 'is', 'being', 'turned', 'back', 'to', 'the', 'States,', 'it', 'does', 'not', 'appear', 'to', 'be', 'appropriate', 'that', 'the', 'federal', 'government', 'would', 'launch', 'a', 'new', 'wave', 'of', 'federal', 'spending.', '|', 'am', 'hopeful', 'that', 'you', 'will', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'move', 'this', 'Settiement', 'along', 'ac', 'rapidly', 'as', 'possible.', '|', 'look', 'forward', 'to', 'seeing', 'you', 'on', 'the', 'campaign', 'trail.', 'Sincerely,', 'A', 'Ro', 'Representative,', 'District', '10', 'uo', '#', 'o', 'i)', 'Ww', 'a]', 'N', 'wo', 'Ss', ' ', ' ']