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Whether or not Idaho fully eliminates the property tax, putting the question seriously on the table forces a review we’ve avoided for decades. Of the $2.1 billion that flows through local taxing districts each year, some is genuinely essential —…
Across America citizens have been opposing actions taken by their local governments, often getting booted out of the meetings, a questionable violation of the First Amendment. Many years ago, it was the practice of citizens to address the city council…
Karen Schumacher has her stuff together. In both part 1 and part 2 of her opinion article she lays out numerous facts and data which should have raised red flags by the Blackfoot City Council had they been presented to…
Blackfoot, We Have A Problem, Part 1 and 2, explored how local officials violated both state and local codes to push forward a proposed development that current residents oppose, and how Idaho courts have previously upheld that a city can…
I’m not interested in arguing whether John Steinbeck was a communist. People have been having that fight since The Grapes of Wrath hit the shelves in 1939, and nobody’s won it yet. The question misses the point. What Steinbeck did—what made his…
In Blackfoot, We Have A Problem Part 1, a general introduction was given about a development issue in Blackfoot. Details in the article focused on the potential development’s density, state statute violations, Comprehensive Plan (CP), overburdened water and sewer system,…
As everyone is aware, Idaho has been experiencing growth issues from California, Oregon, Washington, and other state escapees. There has been widespread growth throughout different parts of the state, and Eastern Idaho is no exception. This has allegedly placed pressure and…
An Idaho Senator supports immigration enforcement, and that law and order, America First position has cost their family their livelihood, because the Idaho Dairymen’s Association essentially relies on slave labor. There is a version of political courage that costs nothing.…
In the spring of 2026, while Idaho legislators debated tax exemptions for Big Tech and data center and developers quietly optioned farmland across the Magic Valley, Jerome County residents did something almost nobody does anymore: they read the county’s entire…
In my life, I have had the opportunity to work on engines. On the front of an engine is a harmonic balancer. Without getting too technical, in order to work on the crankshaft, this balancer generally needs to be removed.…
