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Idaho House members threatened to kill funding for implementing the new Coeur d’Alene Lake Management Plan today, causing a delay in voting on the budget bill for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, told the House he thought the management plan would give the tribe jurisdiction over local landowners and counties. “You’re going to let them rule over us that live there,” he declared. “Boy … I’m uneasy about this.” Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, said, “This issue of , well, if we don’t do something today it’s going to be a Superfund site tomorrow - we’ve been hearing that for 20 years. … I’m concerned that we’re rushing this legislation through.” The House vote on the budget bill was put off to Monday; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com.
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Nick_Adams on April 03 at 3:30 p.m.
The stakeholders have been working on this for nearly a decade and the Great Nonini thinks the legislature is “rushing” it through?
And isn’t the tribe putting significant resources into this to help with clean-up? Seems they should get some say. Also, didn’t SCOTUS rule that the tribe controls part of the lake? Where’s Mr. Soveriegnty when it comes to the tribe’s? Oh that’s right, he still thinks of their women as sq***s.
thomg57 on April 03 at 3:50 p.m.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has agreed to fund half of the Lake Management Plan. And, if you can believe the Supreme Court of the United States, they have sovereignty over the lower 1/3 of Lake Coeur d’Alene, which includes “us that live there,” as Dick says. And its funny how Bob is quick to bring up an issue “we’ve been hearing that for 20 years” when he is usually reluctant to discuss events that occurred 20 years ago.