Panel: Urban Renewal Bill ‘Needs Work’

Rep. Mike Moyle, R-Star, advocated splitting it up into little pieces that people could agree on. “I think if we keep trying to have an omnibus bill we’re going to have the same results we did this year,” he said. But Rep. George Sayler, D-Coeur d’Alene, said that’s where this year’s effort started - with lots of little bills. Rev & Tax Chairman Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, said, “We did a lot of work to get where we are on 672, and I can’t see that we’re that far away from having something that we agree with.” Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, said, “I think this bill that we’ve got before us today has been a really big step forward. … I’m kind of disappointed that we didn’t really get it launched this year”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .