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Round 2: Did ‘Keith Cut Property Taxes’?

Item: Truthiness takes over Idaho governor's race: Allred's campaign says 'Keith cut property taxes.' Otter's counters that 'he had nothing to do' with it. Neither is exactly right/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman

More Info: Back in 2006, Dan Popkey interviewed lawmakers about how it happened. They made it clear that Allred helped persuade the Legislature to tie the exemption's value not to the Consumer Price Index, but to the Idaho Housing Price Index. "Keith brought it to our attention," Sen. Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, a member of the Senate tax panel, said then. "I don't think we even knew there was a housing index."

Question: Sounds like Allred's side is more correct than Otter's. Or am I reading this right?



D.F. Oliveria
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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