Thanks for the encouragement, and the words from those that are discouraged.

Man was I upset when I wrote that, still am, but coming back to my senses.

I got a couple of points wrong in the beginning. My taxes will not increase the same as the property value did, at least not yet. Apparently the repeal of the M&O levy is supposed to lessen the blow. But I did find out that the M&O levy is on the docket for the fall, to determine if it needs to brought back (uh yah, sure, why wouldn’t they) or not. It actually isn’t the amount (yes that is important) so much as it is that I don’t even have a right of appeal.

I have already contacted one lawyer about a class action and he referred me to a strong property tax lawyer in Boise. I was told that the class action route would be weak. Only because the judges who now preside in the Supreme Court would not want to rehash the 1982 ruling “Staker VS State of Idaho” which gave the state the right to assess without appeal. I believe the reasoning was that there would have to be substantial evidence for a reason to revisit the ruling. We’ll see what happens, we’ll see if anyone’s listening.

Here is my take. It was up to the County to provide for a proper and fair value assesment back to the state. The county screwed up once, then twice, then on the third round it was given/taken to/by the state. Once that happened, I had no appeal rights, by no fault of my own. I don’t care if the county doesn’t get the right of an appeal, but what about me right to appeal? Isn’t taxation without representation a major no no anymore?

*tapping mic…check one, check two…hello?….is this thing on?…can anyone in the Boise legislature hear me?*

I will be putting a call into the Boise lawyer this week. Keep y’all posted, there may come a time when it could be helpful for all of us to jump onto that same bandwagon

The primary thing that reminds folks that they are employees is they get a check and have to keep a schedule. The problem we have with representative govenment is they write their own checks and benifits, plus they also don’t have a published schedule. In short they are no longer beholden to the people.

I suggest a new use for the spaceman would be to publish the pay and benifits of each elected employee and also what they did with their time the week prior. Additionally, what they expect to do with thier time the week going forward.

If the (Bonner)commissioners really believed in their cause, there is a lot they could do. But, there is nothing they will do when the fix is in.

I call it the “AOEO” virus. It stands for the “Arrogance of Elected Office” Some how these jerks automatically believe that they know what is “best” for us poor uninformed citizens.
Until we, as an electorate really examine the candidates qualifications and the drive they have for elected office, we will continue to have these types of inept office holders

I once sat on a plane next to a political leader who thought I was from out of town. She told me in as many words that “many of the people in her district need her because they are too simple to know what’s good for themselves.”

I think if one can buy a car or a house over the internet, I sure as heck don’t need her making choices for me. Representative govenment was invented at a time when information traveled at the speed of a horse. Time for a shakeout. Even Jefferson indicated this was needed every few years.

The problem, my dear well intended friend, is the empty character of too many of the people in power, not their party affiliation. A good religious man is a good religious man no matter the book he holds.