Comments on: 90% Of Priest Lake Cottage Leases Held By Non-Residents, 90% of Payette Sites Are Held By Idahoans https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dennis https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-35001 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:20:43 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-35001 Late to the party here. If it is true that 90% of the state leases at Priest Lake are owned by people outside of Idaho, isn’t that a good thing? They pay lease payments to the state and taxes to the county for their improvements, and sales tax to the state for any purchases they make while they are in the state. Call it tourism if you want and all ststes try to increase tourism as it boosts their economies. And, as for the school kids, I have a feeling that few know that the leases collected at Priest Lake account for 1/10th of 1% of the school budget (that number is about 4 to 5 years old so it could be marginly more or less now. I believe that all leases collected by the state currently account for 1% of that budget. It is too bad that the media hasn’t pointed this out and asked the question as to how much the state is spending and has spent on 1% of the school budget.

]]> By: Clancy https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34184 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:22:47 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34184 On commercial properties, IDL charges market rent not the return on the rest of portfolio. Cottage sites are being rented at the return rate of the entire portfolio. Rents should be based on what is happening on the lake and not the rest of the state.

]]> By: Richard https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34180 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:51:53 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34180 Logic is not your area of genius, Snoop.
The people you describe as “haves” are the HAVE NOTS. They do not have a lake lot, and apparently do not have the money to purchase one. The people you call the “have nots” are the HAVES. We jointly own land that is managed for best return by the Land Board.
Why is it “unfortunate” that many of the current lease holders are not the original lease holders? What possible difference should that make in setting the lease rates for current use and value?
Your last sentence is right on the money. You insinuate that my comments put me in the “back of the check” group. I assure you that I have provided for myself since I was 10 years old. Logic would help you realize that it is the lease holders who are looking for a subsidy. They simply want a lower rate of rent now because they enjoyed a below market rate in the past. Try that logic thing sometime soon snoop.

]]> By: Snoop https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34174 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:52:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34174 Maggie, I totally agree with you. I don’t think anyone is looking for a free ride. Unfortunately most of the lease holders aren’t the original ones that leased the ground and are being priced out of the market. This only allows for more out of state money to come in and less use. With regards to ALL of Richard’s comments, that is simply a case of the “have not’s” trying to dictate to the “have’s”. We are seeing that across the country, too many people signing the backs of checks and not enough signing the fronts.

]]> By: Maggie https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34133 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:29:37 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34133 Also we don’t care what the money goes towards but quit using “the children” as a sympathy point or an election ploy.

]]> By: Maggie https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34132 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:28:22 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34132 Don’t want to dictate the rent…just want it based on a fair value. Not one lease holder I know thinks that they should get the land for nothing. The Land Board however is setting the rate based on values from when the market was at its highest. Would it be fair if they based your current property taxes on values 5 years ago when property was at a premium?

]]> By: Richard https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34018 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:32:12 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34018 Butt handed to me?
Where did you learn logic Snoop?
The majority of the income from public land goes to k-12 schools. That fact is inescapable.

However, what difference does that make? If I am renting a house to you, and I spend the rental income on wine, women, and a Mercedes convertible, is that any business of yours? Should you demand lower rent because you think I am using the rent money in a manner that you do not approve of?

The lease holders continue to come up with specious argument issues because they want to dictate the rent on property that belongs to others.

EDITOR NOTE–Since this is an older post, you children can continue to fight, but don’t make me stop the car and come back there or you will all regret it! 🙂

]]> By: Snoop https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-34008 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:18:28 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-34008 Funny how quiet Richard got when he got his butt (or other word) handed to him.

]]> By: Zippo https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-33936 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:25:53 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-33936 Solve this issue by putting the land up for sale?

]]> By: Maggie https://boiseguardian.com/2012/07/26/90-of-priest-lake-cottage-leases-held-by-out-of-state-residents-90-of-payette-sites-are-idahoans/#comment-33928 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:02:00 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=8713#comment-33928 Yes Richard I do know what I am talking about. I have been involved with this issue for years.

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