This week, the Idaho Statesman published this disappointing editorial, suggesting that developments like The Cliffs are actually good for our commuunity and good for wildlife.
Unfortunately, the Statesman has recently shown an unwillingness to publish editorials revealing the farce of promises made by developers. We hope to publish some of those editorials here. In the meantime, keep sending those letters to the Statesman--and read the latest on The Cliffs at Tony Jones' web site.
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This editorial really struck me as odd. I decided to respond with this letter to the editor. Let's wait and see if it gets published.
In a recent editorial, the headline stated that environmentalists and developers need to get along. I concur. However, to praise Tucker Johnson because he promises to eliminate noxious weeds from Hammer Flats is ridiculous. All property owners in Idaho are required to eliminate noxious weeds from their property. Idaho statutes clearly state that if the property owner does not control noxious weeds, the cost of eradication will billed back to the property owner.
Not all of the 2,500 petition signatories opposed to this infrastructure burden are environmentalists. Some of us are realists. The simple fact that this application was accepted as complete by Development Services and unanimously approved by the Ada County Commissioners with a planned entrance road shown on property that is unobtainable by the applicant shows the complete lack of oversight that currently exists at the county level.
As editors, you are responsible to stimulate responsible discussion of growth implications, not to marvel at the empty rhetoric of developers utilizing the runaway County Commission and Development Services for their personal financial gain.
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