Idaho Proposition Threatens Land Use Law

"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.'"