We all continue to wait for a decision from Judge Winmill.  While we wait let us all reflect.
Yesterday evening, at the Idaho Falls city council meeting, the budget was discussed.  It appears that Idaho Falls is having some budget overruns and it is clear that cuts to some services or additional tax and rate increases will be needed.  One year ago an Idaho Falls attorney asked Mike Lehto in a city council meeting, how they would pay for the additional expense of a law suite to fight the challenge from APR on the north loop.  Councilman Lehto replied that he would get back to him with that answer.  That answer never came and we are now past all the legal arguments and the hearing.  Both sides have spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting an issue which stems from a city government overstepping their legal authority.  Callously trampling the property rights of citizens who have nothing to gain from their loss of property.  These city leaders on our city council who have been arrogantly supporting this loop without considering the consequences should and will be replaced when rate payers and tax payers of the city realize the unnecessary loss of money. 

Judge Winmill heard both sides argue their points this morning regarding the proposed power loop. The Alliance for Property Rights had 41 people attend the hearing filling our side of the court room. It seemed that the Judge had a difficult time with the points the city was making and accepted our position well.   Judge Winmill at one point told the city that it did not make sense to burden property owners outside of city limits with this transmission line. 

 

The hearing seemed to go very well and we look forward to the decision this week.

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Alliance for Property Rights