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Who Pays for Main Street? Malad Homeowners Challenge a Local Improvement District
This special edition of International Flavor leaves the usual international-news format to examine a local controversy with national implications.
Samuel Trapp is joined by Virginia and Lexi, two residents involved in a growing dispute over the reconstruction of Bannock Street in Malad, Idaho. According to the guests, the city intends to use a Local Improvement District—commonly called an LID—to assess approximately 65 affected property owners for curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and related work along the town’s principal thoroughfare.
The conversation explores a series of unresolved questions…
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