A local developer is suing the manager and board members of the North Kootenai Water District for denying him due process in obtaining water rights for the Hayden Lake property he used to own. "I guess the availability of the district service depends on who is asking for water connections," said Spirit Lake developer Larry Spencer, acting as his own legal representative. Spencer approached the district about obtaining a Will Serve Letter in January 2006 for his 17 acres in Honeysuckle Hills, where he was applying for a county permit to develop a 21-lot subdivision. The board instructed Spencer to pay for a water study to determine if services could be provided to the property. Yet several months after Spencer handed over the $2,000 fee, the district had still failed to complete the study, he said/Alecia Warren, CDA Press. More here.

DFO: In case you were wondering what had happened to Larry Spencer.