"CHANGES IN THINKING AND IDAHO TAX POLICY" 61ST ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM 9th and Front, Boise, Idaho Wednesday, November 14, 2007
7:30 - 8:45 a.m REGISTRATION
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL, REGIONAL, STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVENESS, U.S. BUSINESS PROS AND CONS
BILL CANIS, Acting President, Manfacturing Institute of National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. IDAHO VERSUS THE WORLD WORKING OUT URBAN/RURAL ISSUES TO HELP IDAHO
Moderator: CON PAULOS, Con Paulos, Inc., Jerome
IDAHO STATE SENATE: PATTI ANNE LODGE, Senator, District 13, Huston DAVID LANGHORST, Senator, District 16, Boise
IDAHO STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: DELL RAYBOULD, District 34, Rexburg ERIC ANDERSON, District 1, Priest Lake
ECONOMIC PARTNER/OTHER WESTERN STATE RESPONSE: DALE DIXON, Executive Director, Idaho Rural Partnership, Boise ALAN MAGUIRE, President and Principal Economist, The Maguire Co., (and Legis. Advisor) Phoenix, AZ
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON Idaho's Priorities As The 2008 Legislative Session And New Budget Year Approaches GOVERNOR C.L. "BUTCH" OTTER
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND IDAHO'S TAX SYSTEM
Moderator: MARK FALCONER, Eagle
IDAHO STATE SENATE RECOMMENDATIONS: JOE STEGNER, Assistant Majority Leader, Lewiston BRENT HILL, Senate Local Govt. and Tax Comm. Chair, Rexburg
IDAHO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOMMENDATIONS: SCOTT BEDKE, Assistant Majority Leader, Oakley DENNIS LAKE, House Rev. & Tax Comm. Chair, Blackfoot
RESPONSE/COMMENTS: TOM LAWS, Director of Global Tax, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise GYNII GILLIAM, Executive Director, Bannock Development Corp, Pocatello RICK RITTER, President/CEO, Idaho TechConnect, Nampa