United Vision for Idaho, a coalition of Idaho nonprofit groups, convened a dozen of them, ranging from the Idaho Community Action Network to the Interfaith Alliance to Church Women United, to watch Gov. Butch Otter's State of the State message on Monday. The groups then released a joint response taking issue with the governor's approach. "We found that content of the speech largely ignored the real history of how this country was built, and ignored the role that people, not industry have played in the making of some of our greatest achievements," the groups wrote in their response. "Governor Otter believes that our reliance on government constitutes failure and that we must free ourselves from the 'soul crushing tyranny of entitlement.' ... But if there is any real failing, it is in failing to recognize the consequences this would have on our children, our aging, our veterans, our disabled, hard working, struggling families and entire communities throughout our state." You can read the groups' full response here.