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Idaho Proposition Threatens Land Use Law

Posted by: Christian Peralta Madera
Thanks to: Jon Cecil, AICP
12 August 2006 - 11:00am

Planners are spooked by a Measure 37 look-a-like bill that spills over into Idaho.

"The measure, [Proposition 2] fronted by Boise anti-tax crusader Laird Maxwell but funded by national Libertarian groups, would change Idaho's constitution to force government agencies to pay private property owners any time a regulation is deemed damaging to the owner's property values.

'The whole purpose of planning is, 'Shared burden, shared benefit,'' said Patricia Nilsson, president of the Idaho Planning Association. 'If we throw that away, it's just going to be neighbor versus neighbor.'"

Full Story: Planners: Prop 2 is Spooky
Source: The Boise Weekly, August 8, 2006
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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