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Moyle’s Land Valuation Battle | Boise News
Idaho House Speaker Mike Moyle’s family land faced a shocking property tax spike after county assessors reclassified parts of it from agricultural to development ground, pushing one parcel’s value from $18,000 to over $2.7 million—and taxes from $100 to $10,000. Moyle argued the land still qualifies as agricultural despite disruptions from state road projects and his intent to return to farming, even if crops aren’t currently planted. The assessor countered that active agricultural use must be ongoing, not future-planned. At a heated county meeting, Moyle called the valuations “nonsensical,”…
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