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LDII: Sweet Deal For Dalton Gardens

LastDemoInIdaho: Did all you gentle readers know that the town of Dalton Garden gets police protection from Kootenai Cty. for free? All they have to do is pass out a few heavy-duty flashlights once a year, and the deputies will patrol and protect…at no cost to the Dalton taxpayers. But, doesn't that mean the rest of us county taxpayers are subsidizing this cost? How can this be? Why can't the city of Hayden where I reside get the same deal? Actually, this thread is linked to my envy of my across-the-street (city boundary) neighbor who gets Dalton water very, very very cheaply and I have to pay North Kootenai an arm/leg for my water. In the heat of summer, when my water bill is pushing 80 bucks/month my Dalton friends are watering their lawns 24/7. Grrrr.

Question: I'm miffed that Dalton Gardens imposes a 25 mph speed limit on traffic within its city limits on 4th & 15th streets. Anyone else have a beef with Dalton Gardens?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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