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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 03, 2006 3:48 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Broad Coalition Opposed to Proposition Two!</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Please
distribute widely....<BR><BR><B>How broad is the coalition of Idahoans opposed
to Prop 2? ... <BR></B><BR>Risch said the many groups that have come together to
fight Prop 2 have formed the broadest coalition on a political issue he’s seen
in his career. “I’ve seen strong coalitions put together before,” he said, “but
I’ve never seen one, I don’t think, that is quite as diverse as this group is. I
think that probably tells you something about this.”<BR><BR><BR>Read the whole
story.....<BR><BR><BR>Spokesman Review -- Eye on Boise<BR><FONT
color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/boise/">http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/boise/</A><BR></U></FONT><BR><B>Prop
2 opponents crowd governor's office<BR></B>By Betsy Russell<BR><BR><BR>Gov. Jim
Risch stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Sen. David Langhorst, D-Boise; Nampa Mayor
Tom Dale; and Sen. Brad Little, R-Emmett, today to speak out against Proposition
2 on Tuesday’s ballot, the anti-takings initiative. The room was packed with
Prop 2 opponents, including representatives of chambers of commerce,
conservation groups, cities, counties, developers, Realtors, big business, the
League of Women Voters, the Ada County Highway District, GOP legislators, and
more. “As you can see from the cross section of people that are here today,
there is broad opposition to Proposition 2,” Risch declared.<BR><BR><B>Becky
McKnight, spokeswoman for “This House is My Home,” the group sponsoring the
initiative, attended and handed out fliers calling Prop 2 opponents “nothing but
a front group for environmental extremist groups like Greenpeace and left-wing
billionaire George Soros.” <BR></B><BR><B>When a reporter asked Risch about that
charge, he responded amid laughter, “Well, y’know, I’ve been accused of a lot of
stuff, and now the list is complete.”</B> <B>He added, “In this particular
instance, I think what you have to do is look around this room, and you see some
people here that are very conservative, you see people here who own a
considerable amount of property, you see people who are strong environmental
groups, and they’ve all come together to say that this is a bad idea for
Idaho.”<BR></B><BR>The measure has been billed as a way to limit the government
power of eminent domain, but it actually doesn’t change Idaho’s eminent domain
laws, other than adding some definitions, because it mirrors legislation that
already passed this year. Instead, the operative part of the initiative is a
sweeping new regulatory takings law, which would require local governments to
pay landowners if new land-use restrictions prevent them from developing their
property to its “highest and best use.” Similar initiatives, funded by New York
real estate investor Howard Rich, were proposed in seven states this year and
are on the ballot in four, including both Idaho and Washington.<BR><BR>Risch
said, “We’re all Idahoans here – we really know what’s good for Idaho and what
isn’t.”<BR><BR>McKnight said afterward, “I felt very intimidated as a homeowner
… being in there with a bunch of politicians who will say anything and do
anything.” But she added parenthetically that she did want to praise Risch for
his efforts to help get needed supplies to troops serving in Afghanistan, where
her husband is deployed.<BR><BR>Former Congressman Larry LaRocco, whom Risch
faces in Tuesday’s election in the race to be Idaho’s lieutenant governor for
the next four years, said both he and Risch agree on Prop 2 – both oppose it –
and Risch already had made that view public. “I simply think he’s using the
governor’s office in the last-minute closing days of the campaign to wring out
every ounce of publicity he can get as governor,” LaRocco said.<BR><BR><B>Risch
said the many groups that have come together to fight Prop 2 have formed the
broadest coalition on a political issue he’s seen in his career. “I’ve seen
strong coalitions put together before,” he said, “but I’ve never seen one, I
don’t think, that is quite as diverse as this group is. I think that probably
tells you something about this.”<BR></B><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR><BR><BR>Neighbors
Protecting Idaho<BR>P.O. Box 137<BR>Boise, ID
83701<BR>208-424-8500<BR>www.neighborsprotectingidaho.org<BR><BR></SPAN><FONT
color=#ff0000><FONT size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18px">Vote <I>NO</I> on Prop
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