Twin Falls: Urban Renewal = 750 Jobs

With the hour approaching 5 p.m., Senate Local Government Chairman Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, announced that his committee’s hearing on two urban renewal bills will continue tomorrow, though he’ll keep going now to hear two more people who’ve signed up to testify. Much of the testimony today has been in favor of urban renewal. Melissa Anderson, economic development director for the city of Twin Falls, said, “Frankly, it’s the only tool that we have within the community to help create the jobs.” Twin Falls got a call center in the past year that added 750 new jobs, she said. “Without urban renewal, that project would not have happened, those 750 jobs would not have been created within the city of Twin Falls”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: So, if most of the public testimony is against the bill, can we assume that the Senate Local Government Committee is going to overwhelmingly approve another bill that the public opposes?