It might come as a surprise to some that the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is surveilling the opinions of Island Park residents on a daily basis through the SIPWO website. This posted information provides ITD with clues about its mishaps and not following the law, giving it an opportunity to scramble and develop fabricated excuses and strategies.
The truth is, through PEL, ITD is actually creating a road that is an overlay based on conservation, not the other way around. A road is being used as the vehicle to initiate land use changes for conservation. For those who are skeptical just search Aashto Practioner's handbook 16, used as a guide for transportation planning where the purpose "is to overlay transportation plans and projects with conservation priorities and land uses." Especially noteworthy are pages 3, 9, and 10. One conservation priority in the alternatives is once again wildlife overpasses. ITD is drunk on federal money laundered through the Governor's office, providing government technocrats the ability to execute what they think is best upon the people. Most likely ITD is laughing at IP citizens because it doesn't believe citizens understand good practices and science, and that designing the environment for wildlife is far more important than any person. ITD cannot grasp the idea that citizens are merely protecting their homes. Private property rights are the foundation of our Republic and any activity that threatens those rights are subject to opposition. State or federal agencies do not hold the right to swoop in and roughshod over those rights, or subjugate citizens to tyranny by destroying the way they live for a road that has hidden ulterior motives. ITD, the federal highway administration (FHA), and all the other government involved entities better get their head out of the sand and revisit the foundation of our Republic, that local authority is higher than the federal or state government, especially when it comes to property rights. Laws protect local land use and whatever action the federal government wants to take cannot arbitrarily change land use plans. Putting in a monstrosity roadway that tears up the land, interferes with property rights, and affects the lives of citizens just for the sake of what it thinks is right for wildlife will never, ever be acceptable. Be careful ITD, the laws you are supposed to follow, and the true motives of what you are doing are out there for citizens to read.
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