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Review · Oct 27, 2026
How Do Annexations Impact You in Idaho?
by Brian Rogers
In 2023, Coeur d'Alene neighbors learned that no one could take the Coeur Terre annexation to a judge, because the landowners had asked for it. Idaho rewrote its annexation law in 2024, but the statute still grants an appeal only for a "city-initiated" annexation, a phrase described by process not by definition. The neighbors just outside a landowner-requested annexation, who cannot vote for the council deciding it, are left with a demanding lawsuit, a zoning appeal with a 14-day deadline, and appeals of later plats. Striking "city-initiated" from section 50-222(14) would let them appeal.
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Review · Oct 25, 2026
After “Limit Your Efforts”: Which Meeting Is the Right One?
by Brian Rogers
Len Crosby's 2021 email points residents toward public meetings, but does not explain where a particular concern belongs, how to get it onto an agenda, or how officials will account for it. Naming meetings is not a workable path to being heard. Residents should not have to untangle the committees themselves.
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Review · Oct 12, 2026
Idaho’s Revenue Beat Is Real. The Editorial’s Story About It Definitely Slanted Opinion.
by Brian Rogers
A review of the Coeur d'Alene Press Sunday editorial of October 11, 2026, "Idaho's strong economic numbers a welcome sight." Every figure it quotes matches the state's September revenue report. What it leaves out changes the story. The August forecast was set $291.1 million above the Legislature's estimate before the quarter was measured against it, one tax line carries the whole beat, hiring grew 0.9% while withholding grew 20%, and most of the projected $696 million surplus is last year's cash or the forecast itself. The fair reading is narrower: Idaho is growing moderately, the state cut taxes and then cut spending to stay balanced, and whether one strong quarter of withholding lasts is not known until the April 2027 filing season.
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Communication · Mar 22, 2023
Brian Rogers to Rep. Young and Sen. VanOrden - Senate Bill 1062 and Direct Judicial Review
by Brian Rogers
Brian Rogers asks the sponsors of Idaho Senate Bill 1062, Rep. Julianne Young and Sen. Julie VanOrden, to change the bill so that any form of annexation can be taken to court, citing Justice Bakes's dissent in Burt v. City of Idaho Falls (1983). On November 6, 2023, he sends the email to them again.
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How Do Annexations Impact You in Idaho?

After “Limit Your Efforts”: Which Meeting Is the Right One?

Idaho’s Revenue Beat Is Real. The Editorial’s Story About It Definitely Slanted Opinion.

Brian Rogers to Rep. Young and Sen. VanOrden - Senate Bill 1062 and Direct Judicial Review