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On Tax Farming in Benewah County
[The following was published in the St. Maries Gazette-Record 3/13/24 as a Letter to the Editor titled, “What Kind of Inner Wisdom.” Commentary follows]. A recent opinion letter warning against violations of the 1st Amendment (Weems: 3/6/24) – the part about not “establishing” a religion – might seem quaint in an irreligious age such as…
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The Right to Use a Nail Gun
While the right to build your own home without the interference of the government has been sacrosanct from the time the Pilgrims first set foot in the howling wilderness that has become our country, Marxist-type ideologies now dominate the thinking of “do-gooders” in government. The right to “settle” the land is inherent as one of…
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Zoning & the Fourth Reich
Did you know that the first zoning laws were created to keep the Blacks segregated from the Whites? Did you know that early zoning laws were created to keep poor people away from rich people? Did you know that zoning laws were created to break-up the ability of poor people to have self-sufficient farms and…
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The Clichés of Zoning
The push for zoning in Benewah County has been ongoing for many years. It was soundly rejected in 2014 by the people, but it was snuck in by the County Commissioners through county ordinance since then. You can find more information on that here: What is happening to Benewah County is nothing new, but has…
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If the Sheriff had Emergency Powers . . .
If the Sheriff had the same Emergency Powers as the Fire Marshal: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ifthesheriff.webp Removing a hazard to public safety.
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Where Does Idaho Get These People?
[The following Letter to the Editor is as it appeared in the January 31, 2024 edition of the Gazette-Record] In the lengthening line of government officials who want to be our dictators such as what we endured from the czars of the pandemic, now add to the list the State Fire Marshal who, in the…
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New Titles
Check here weekly for additions to the title list. For Jo Hindman’s classic, The Metrocrats (1977) on this website, go here: For a more recent book by Steven Greenhut (2004) on the evils of Zoning and Government mandated building codes, go here: And other titles: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Steven-Greenhut/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ASteven+Greenhut For the author’s review of his book go here:…
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Inaugural Post
Welcome to Save Benewah County. Benewah County lies within the Panhandle of Idaho. The western half is the home of the Tribe of the Coeur d’ Alene. The eastern half consists of the City of St. Maries, communities nestled in the national forests and outlying homesteads of sturdy American pioneers. Much of the western half…
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Stivers: protest to zoning plan fell on deaf ears
Letter to the Editor (published in the Gazette-Record, December 20, 2023): It might come as some surprise to many Benewah County voters to discover that their protestations of a county zoning plan in the spring of 2014 fell on deaf ears. All this time, the County Commissioners have been implementing the plan piecemeal by stealth.…