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Eye On Boise

Cabin rent issue hits high court

Merlyn Clark, center, attorney representing the state Land Board, greets Deputy Attorney General Melissa Moody, who argued on behalf of Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, at left, in today's oral arguments before the Idaho Supreme Court on state cabin site rents. (Betsy Russell)
Merlyn Clark, center, attorney representing the state Land Board, greets Deputy Attorney General Melissa Moody, who argued on behalf of Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, at left, in today's oral arguments before the Idaho Supreme Court on state cabin site rents. (Betsy Russell)

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com and to links to briefs from both sides in today's oral arguments at the Idaho Supreme Court in the Land Board case, in which Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is suing the board - on which he serves - contending it violated the Idaho Constitution when it set rents for state-owned cabin sites well below market rents. The plan the board adopted in March would result in an effective rental rate of just 1.8 percent of current market value next year.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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