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Herb: Urban Renewal Isn’t Socialism

In his latest Bay Views blog post, Bayview Herb gives his views on the individuals fighting to close down urban renewal in Coeur d'Alene. He makes this point about Riverstone:

All URA funds were spent on publicly owned ground and invested in the infrastructure of the city of Coeur d'Alene. $250 million dollars were invested privately to develop the project. For some unknown convoluted reasoning, a small group of anti-government people led by but not limited to such as (state Rep. Kathy) Sims, pictured, and Mayoral candidate (Mary) Souza seem to think this is Socialism. Since no public money is invested in Riverstone, and the tax base went from $3 million to $95 million, causing huge amounts of tax dollars to accrue to the city of Coeur d'Alene, I'm at a loss, as a conservative believing in small businesses and private enterprise, to see where this is anything close to a liberal project.

Thoughts?



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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