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Originally Posted by isangpogi
Totally agree with you. Here's a revealing article about what Eugene has done with it's local option tax: http://www.newwest.net/topic/article...sit/C564/L564/. I don't understand what Idaho's hesitation to a local option tax is. Our super-conservative government whines when the Fed takes any power away from the states but our state government won't cede any authority to local jurisdictions. To me a local option tax would be perfect for our state because of its fractured nature. But the legislature wants to hold all the cards, not the fed and certainly not local government  |
*puts conspiracy hat on*
It always feels to me that the rest of the state wants to keep Boise down so that it doesn't grow into a city that dominates the rest of the state like it might in WA, OR, or UT.