Threats Follow Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Meeting
Sheriff says chairman Clarence Reed of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission received a life threatening phone call late last Thursday after a heated public meeting on the comprehensive plan. Investigators continue probing the threat as attacks against the commission persist since last month’s public sessions.
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Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Wilcox
Clarence Reed
Reed
Wilcox
Planners Split On If Comprehensive Plan Should Go To Vote
Sandpoint planning members debate whether the city council or the voters should decide adoption of a comprehensive plan. Some favor a public vote, others prefer council decision, with Mayor Brown backing a citizen committee approach. Commission Chairman Clarence Reed hints the vote decision will be continued.
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Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Les Brown
Benoit
Community Congress
Robbie Huguenin
Commission
Clarence Reed
Sandpoint Chamber backs plan and free view at hearings
The Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce issued a public statement at its monthly meeting endorsing a city plan and defending citizens' right to hear facts and express views without disruption. President Bill Watkins urged support for the Planning and Zoning Commission and condemned tactics such as name-calling and intimidation.
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Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Bill Watkins
Planning Commission
Philibuster
Watkins
Sandpoint
Planning and Zoning Commission
Chamber Board of Directors
Legislative Solutions Offered On Malpractice Insurance
Idaho lawmakers grapple with insuring 500 doctors by June 1 while weighing three measures to curb malpractice suits. Aimed at keeping doctors practicing and health care affordable, the proposals face constitutional challenges and opposition from insurers and professionals.
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Rod Gramer
Boise
Idaho
Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
National Insurance
Idaho Insurance
Monroe Gallahher
Idaho Medical Assn
Armand Bird
John Hutchinson
Idaho Hospital Assn
BLM to Sell Less Timber in North Idaho Next Year
BLM district manager Larry Woodard said nine million board feet will be sold in north Idaho next year, down from 22 million this year, due to federal budget cuts. He cited Ford administration cuts and OMB recommendations, while noting expected demand from rising housing starts. Woodard spoke by phone from Coeur d'Alene and was in Sandpoint for a public meeting.
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Bureau of Land Management
North
Idaho
BLM
Larry Woodard
Woodard
The
Daily Bee
Coeur d’Alene
North Idaho
Ford Administration
Congress
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
Woodard Woodard
Sandpoint
Board To Pursue School Bond Election
The School District No 82 Board of Trustees votes to pursue a bond election under the current building plan and to hold public meetings in several areas. They will seek county commission approval as required by law and consider selling a bond only if public backing is clear.
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Ella and
Walnut
Wade Brown
Brown
Carol Kindt
Darrel Knops
Verhei
Marion Ebbett
Kenops
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