Letter: It’s a tax hike, Vito

Rep. Vito Barbieri says that his vote to cap the homeowner’s exemption was not a tax increase but a tax shift. He may contend that a tax shift isn’t a tax increase. Nonetheless, a rose by any other name is still a rose/ Mike Blackbird , Post Falls, letter to the Coeur d’Alene Press editor.

Question: Did the Idaho Legislature raise property taxes by capping the homeowners exemption?