A kali "conservative" might oppose high taxes and support the 2nd, but they're still flaky on drugs, fags, crimigrants, or all the above. But that's just me.
The mixed use bldg is disappointing. Coeur D'Alene natives don't understand the risk of Left Coast $$$ + Left Coast ideology?
“Coeur D’Alene natives don’t understand the risk of Left Coast $$$ + Left Coast ideology? “
They certainly do. The NextDoor app is full of comments bemoaning loss of the “Old Idaho” and its values.
A lot of these big real estate deals are intentionally kept under the radar for long periods of time and, when they are sprung on the public, the deals are fully baked and hard to stop. I learned about this horrendous project too late in the newspaper. I’m in a small town north of CdA, so don’t go to their city council meetings. There was some opposition at a city council meeting that was written up in the local paper, but the planning commission endorsed it and the city council rubber stamped it. From the time I first heard about it to council approval was only a couple of weeks.
We live in a charming older neighborhood. There is a gorgeous home down the street with incredible woodwork. The lady’s husband passed and, after a decade, the house was more than she could care for, so she sold it. A developer in his 80s who lives nearby bought the property. He told flat-out lies about his intention for the property. He soon applied for a permit to split the lot in two, tear down the existing gorgeous but modest home, and build two huge houses on the split lots. He and his lawyer spoke at a city council meeting and poured out the usual platitudes about loving the town, making it their home, etc. Nobody bought it and probably a dozen homeowners spoke out against it. The one-man planning commission endorsed it at the council meeting. I spoke forcefully about preserving the character of our small town and splitting lots was antithetical to that. The council tabled the proposal, then came over and toured our neighborhood. At the next meeting, they denied his lot splitting proposal!
So, at least once we’ve been able to defeat a developer.
The jerk got in a big huff and moved to a different state. So much for him claims of wanting to make this his home.
My experience is all developers are slimeballs and don’t care one whit for you, your neighborhood, your town or your city.