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Why California is Broke and Texas Is Not
Pay attention local code enforcers. You are driving Benewah County into bankruptcy.
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From the Best of Reagan’s Jokes
We will try to feature a new one every week. Try this one, “A preacher and a politician meet St. Peter at the Pearly Gates . . .”
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Virgil McCroskey: Giver of Mountains
As featured in The McCroskey Agrarian #23, a brief history of Virgil T. McCroskey and the story of our two area state parks: Steptoe Butte and Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park: Giver of Mountains JWS, 3/24/26
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Martial Law Rule in Ada County
Better pay attention. Just because you don’t see a uniformed soldier with an M16 on your street corner doesn’t mean you are not living in a police state. In this story, code enforcers for Ada County (Boise) require a permit for you to target practice on your land. Is this a part of the Governor’s
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Code Enforcers Run Amuck
I’m offering some “shake your head” examples of code enforcers doing what they do. The victims in these stories were lucky: they either had a lawyer or a sympathetic judge. It would be better for there not to be code enforcers in the first place. We need to go back to the tried and true
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Have Seattle Metrocrats Come to Town?
A follow-up on our article on “Communitarianism” with the promised podcast. See here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ibK5kA0b2zv0 More on how zoning is being used to “zone out” farming: Taking Idaho farms and ranches:
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New Signs At DeSmet Visiting Site
Roadside sign on the Dawes Act: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000000033.jpg Roadside sign on the DeSmet Mission: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image000000035.jpg Email me at [email protected] with your comments. We will keep them confidential. Go to Issue #22 of the McCroskey Agrarian for our thoughts. We will post updates. — JWS, 3/3/26
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Buy All The Things
On the price of silver and what that might mean for Benewah County, go to the latest issue of The McCroskey Agrarian, Issue #21. Updates on the County 2024 CAFR and unsettling cultural developments on the “Westside” can be found as well. JWS, 1/31/26 Roadside sign on the Dawes Act: https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000000033.jpg Roadside sign on Desmet:
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When the Communists Stole Christmas
Featuring an early posting of The McCroskey Agrarian #20 Merry Christmas!!! Addendum: The Communists in China still ban Christmas celebrations, even in 2025: Check out this YouTube report
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First: The Olive Branch
https://savebenewahcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Agrarian-19.pdf Editorial as it appeared in the St. Maries Gazette-Record (11/19/25): Do What Reagan Did . . . Deregulate Without piling on our beleaguered County Commissioners over the current fiscal crisis, let me just offer a solution for consideration: do whatRonald Reagan would have done . . . and did. Deregulate. If the tax base