URBAN RENEWAL: An objectionable scheme

Is an urban renewal scheme required for effective development? Or is today’s editorial an apologist statement for government as a king-making entity? Urban renewal is every bit as objectionable as the editorial begs people not to believe. Urban renewal schemes are more often responsible for creating problems, including overcrowding and exacerbating class and racial tensions, than they are for achieving a predicted outcome (i.e., more money for a local government).

In Kootenai County, The Press asserts urban renewal as a winning formula. As compared to what, the unfettered operation of the market? Do tell!

Government is always worse than the alternative; ask the Kootenai County Assessor. Where does government turn when it fails? The private sector.

Taxation is theft.

E.F. FRAZIER

Worley