The Case of the Missing Traffic Grid After hours of testimony from concerned residents, it finally seems to have dawned on the CDA City Council that traffic problems involving the Coeur Terre development are serious and that there are no easy solutions. For years city leaders have been promoting the interests of developers while ignoring public concerns. Coeur d'Alene has even gone so far as to outsource its planning responsibilities to a privately controlled non-profit in order to avoid acco…

Fake Farmers, Taxes, and "Saving the Prairie" This article questions why wealthy equity firms, such as the Lakeside Company, should have their investment property taxed as if it was farmland, when they are obviously holding it for development and speculative purposes. It follows up on a previous article on Coeur Terre taxes. The Idaho Tax Code provides for a definition of farmland that is broad enough to bestow extremely favorable tax rates on land speculators and corporate developers as well …

Anyone who viewed the January NIC Trustee meeting saw this slide, showing a steady decline in enrollment at NIC over the last ten years. Between 2013 and 2022, the total number of students enrolled at NIC declined by 1750 students, or about 29%. During this same period, according to census records, the population of Kootenai County increased by 33,000 or 24%. Had NIC enrollment merely kept up with population, its 2022 enrollment would have been 7,484. So NIC’s effective enrollment decli…

There is a plan in place to dismantle NIC as a locally governed college community college and put its property under control of the University of Idaho. But instead of exposing this scheme as a cynical power play by the Idaho State Board of Education (ISBE) in order to snuff out local control of higher education, the lapdog media will present the takeover of NIC by an unelected state bureaucracy as a necessary means to “Save the College", and “Protect Students". "I want to be clear that there …

It is now clear why the transfer of control to a “non-profit” agency, controlled by stakeholders instead of voters is necessary.   "Expansion and redevelopment” is the name of the game, and by going private (1) voters will not be able to limit the growth or control the priorities of KH, and (2) insider deals with well-connected investment and development firms will not be subject to public scrutiny.   

The drama playing out at recent NIC Board meetings appears to be a typical liberal-conservative fracas. But that is a diversion. What is really going on behind the scenes is far more nefarious, and it is mostly about CRONY CAPITALISM, OUT-OF-CONTROL GROWTH, and UNACCOUNTABLE "REDEVELOPMENT" AGENCIES; not left-right politics. If you do not see the connections, or do not understand how the globalist-socialist crony-capitalist network operates in North Idaho, then listen up. The conflict be…

This article raises questions about Kootenai County's official list of registered voters. We are not attempting to prove that election fraud has occurred; only that conditions conducive to electon fraud seem to exist in Kootenai's Electoral Rolls. When the Slog Blog investigated the 2021 election, we focused on discrepancies in absentee ballots cast and did not examine voter lists. But after the second national election in a row marked by flagrant fraud and criminal conspiracy, we decided to…

There is a war going on in Kootenai County between existing residents and CDA 2030 Urban Planners whose vision for Kootenai is antithetical to everything that current residents want for their community. We need ITD on the side of the citizens, not in the pocket of wealthy stakeholders.  If you want ITD to work for us, fill out their survey, and let them know what you think.  

Something looks incredibly fishy about the assessed, taxable values of Lakeside Capital’s proposed “Coeur Terre,” 412 acre property.    The public records from the Kootenai Assessor's Parcel Information website appear to show that the "Market Value" of the most coveted, conveniently located, parcels of rural-suburban land in Kootenai County is assessed at less than $2000 per acre.  How can this be?

Note: This Article is an abridged version of two chapters from Rosa Koire's book, Behind the Green Mask: UN Agenda 21. Ms. Koire learned of Agenda 21 and its impact on her community over a decade ago when she tried to resist the Gateway Redevelopment project of Santa Rosa, California. More information about Ms. Koire can be found in our companion article Rosa Koire and Agenda 21. Purchase her book Behind the Green Mask to learn more. One of the elements of a new rule of law is the crea…