Residential property owners are now paying 65 percent of the property taxes collected in Idaho, while commercial property owners are paying 27 percent, according to figures presented by Ada County Assessor Bob McQuade at the ATI conference today. That’s a shift from back in 1996, when commercial property owners paid 30 percent and residential property owners paid 54 percent. “So we can see that the burden is shifting,” McQuade said/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.