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Her question: Should ITD have authority to
destroy private property? |
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December 10, 2015 |
December 9, 2015
To the Editor:
Recently I was informed by the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD) that the
billboard advertising the Dodge Peak Lodge on
Highway 95 across from the golf course was
"illegal."
When discussing the issue with the Hayden Office
of the ITD to determine what needed to be done
to become compliant, I was informed there was
not anything that I could do to become
compliant, and that not only did the advertising
need to come down, but the whole log structure
was ordered to be destroyed.
If the structure is not destroyed by January 4,
then the State would destroy it and subsequently
charge us a minimum of $2,200 to do so. At what
point did the State of Idaho gain the authority
to destroy personal property on private land?
We have been given the option to have a hearing
by the Idaho Department of Transportation which
would be overseen by an attorney appointed by
and paid by the Idaho Department of
Transportation. The question is, am I doing my
fellow citizens, or the government for that
matter, a favor by adhering to the demands of
the State by destroying a billboard that
increases a private business's revenue,
therefore increasing the tax base upon which the
State of Idaho operates?
Jennifer McLeish
Dodge Peak Lodge |
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