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Coeur d'Alene, ID
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So, I’d like to tell you a story about how my husband and I brought our dreams to life in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
We met during COVID, and were married 3 months later. I always thought that “when you know, you know” was a ridiculous cliche, but I guess it’s true!
We discovered early on that we both loved visiting Coeur d’Alene, so when we found our fixer upper downtown, we were ready to get to work transforming it into our Vacation home away from home.
After working on the house a few weeks, meeting our neighbors, and experiencing the peace and joy of day-to-day living here, we decided to make CDA our home.
We saved a 1911 craftsman bungalow, rather than tearing it down. Early in the process part of the foundation collapsed, and we rebuilt it together. We replaced and modernized every inch of the house, but from the outside you can hardly tell. It’s the same proud and beautiful home that has graced our neighborhood for the past 114 years.
Now we’re able to supplement our income to pay back the costs of the renovation by offering our home as a Vacation Rental. Like thousands of other Vacation Rental owners across the State, we put our hearts and souls into that house, and LOVE creating a warm and beautiful place to welcome guests to our treasured town. 💕
What an honor! Here’s the video telling the story of our journey and our thank you to Mountain States Policy Center, and all the legislators, allies, and friends who were with us along the way. 😊🇺🇸❤️
youtu.be/1LTvlw5KClk
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~Melissa~ retweeted
Getting super local for a minute here. Kootenai County residents have a confusing question on the ballot about a bus 🚌 system that already exists, and which they are already "responsible" for by way of our County Commissioners.
The advisory vote is basically asking, are you cool with the way things are?
My answer is yes because I never even knew this very minimal bus system existed, and I've learned that it's funded by federal grants so I almost don't pay for it. (I know, I know... but it's not like it's a big new tax.)
There is also no big issue with them that I'm aware of, and no alternative, so even if I was not cool with the existence of the buses now would not be the time to try to fix something that ain't broke.
The way this question was written elicits a "no" from every limited government, freedom loving individual. That was my first inclination, and everyone I talk to about this says the same thing.
I thought they were going to create a fleet of Seattle-style public transportation and send this town into the dumpster. But that's not what's happening right now.
With this being an advisory vote, your answers will likely be used in future discussion surrounding our bus system as evidence of the will of the people. But how can this information be properly interpreted if the question was confusing to begin with?
This link will take you to the exact timestamp in the County Commissioner meeting where adding this to the ballot was discussed. It's about 5 minutes long.
youtube.com/live/eXTYZctunIk…
What do you think?
~Melissa~ retweeted
Large corporations buying homes does not reduce housing supply. A house doesn’t vanish because ownership changes. It still exists and still houses people.
Rentals are not “off the market.” They’re on the rental market. Demand for housing is demand for use, not for a specific ownership title.
If converting homes to rentals caused shortages, then cities with more renters would have cheaper housing. The opposite is true. Prices explode where building is restricted.
Why do corporations buy homes in the first place? Because zoning laws, permit delays, height limits, rent controls, and environmental reviews make new construction slow, risky, and expensive. Artificial scarcity pushes capital toward existing units.
Airbnbs didn’t create the shortage either. They move units between long term and short term use. They don’t erase housing. Cities with the worst rent spikes are the same cities that made building illegal or impractical for decades.
You don’t fix high prices by banning buyers. You fix them by allowing supply to expand. When housing is easy to build, no investor can corner the market because competition crushes margins.
Regulation didn’t stop the problem. It created it.
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The truth also won with H 583! Negative narratives can’t beat facts. 😊🇺🇸❤️
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~Melissa~ retweeted
Every housing provider (landlord) is outnumbered 100 to 1 by tenants. They are permanently a minority voting bloc at the ballot box. If you let them, tenants will vote to have their landlords killed if it means lower rent. It’s up to responsible politicians to understand how housing works, and roll back the onerous burdens on housing providers that ultimately make life harder for tenants, too. I know it’s tempting to give infinity concessions and handouts to the majority voting bloc, but tenants aren’t automatically right just because they don’t own property and you’ve deemed them oppressed. The housing market has been so bafflingly distorted by communist rules.
~Melissa~ retweeted
So happy that these two were recognized for winning their 3 year battle to protect property rights in Idaho! Congrats again!
We were so honored to accept the 2026 Elevation Award at the Mountain States Policy Center Gala celebrating our 3 year effort to protect property rights in Idaho!
Thank you again to the legislators that listened and were courageous enough to stand up for our fundamental rights. 🥰🇺🇸❤️
@MtnStatesPolicy @freedomcaucusID @IdahoGOP @Mikeemoyle @kelly_a_anthon @redmanforidaho @LakeyTodd @intheknowidaho @Citizens_Idaho @jgebbia @Airbnb @JesseBWatters @RentResponsibly
We were so honored to accept the 2026 Elevation Award at the Mountain States Policy Center Gala celebrating our 3 year effort to protect property rights in Idaho!
Thank you again to the legislators that listened and were courageous enough to stand up for our fundamental rights. 🥰🇺🇸❤️
@MtnStatesPolicy @freedomcaucusID @IdahoGOP @Mikeemoyle @kelly_a_anthon @redmanforidaho @LakeyTodd @intheknowidaho @Citizens_Idaho @jgebbia @Airbnb @JesseBWatters @RentResponsibly
~Melissa~ retweeted
Washington has a pattern. A new program promises to help, falls short, and then asks for more of your tax dollars to fix the shortfall. Liberty breaks that cycle by trusting you to make your own choices and keep the rewards. I make that case every day in the Senate, and I will never stop fighting for liberty.
~Melissa~ retweeted
Other peoples’ stuff is not your stuff. Yes, even if you think they have too much and you want it.
Local government should only fund mandates too. Stop the waste, fraud, and abuse. Stop treating people like a slush fund for pet projects.
If it sounds “nice” that doesn’t make it government’s right to forcefully extract money from an unpopular target and hand it to someone else.
~Melissa~ retweeted
Over 99% of what politicians do today is none of their business.
Their legitimate role is to protect individual rights, not manage our lives, redistribute our earnings, dictate our choices, or decide what outcomes society should produce.
Government was supposed to protect us from coercion, not become its primary instrument.
~Melissa~ retweeted
Excessive spending is a problem. Impose strict state and local spending limits. Use resulting surpluses to reduce property tax rates. The state can buy down school district property taxes until zero. Cities, counties, and special districts can do this for their own property taxes. It all starts with spending less. Eliminating property taxes is necessary and doable, but there must be the political will to do it.
In 2019, local governments took in $32 billion in property tax revenue.
In 2026, that number is now $62 billion.
Had the 2019 revenue merely be adjusted for population growth and inflation through this year, it would amount to roughly $49 billion — $13 billion less than current revenue collections.
Why not return some of that extra $13 billion to taxpayers?
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You can pay off your mortgage, but your property tax bill never ends. And if you can’t pay, government can ultimately take your home.
Economists debate whether property taxes are efficient. They’re missing the bigger point. Why should government have a perpetual claim on property you own?
The answer isn’t replacing every dollar with another tax. It’s spending less, funding schools transparently, limiting local government, and eliminating property taxes permanently.
Overspending is the disease. High taxes are the symptoms. 👇
~Melissa~ retweeted
The moral case for capitalism is that your life belongs to you. Your work, your savings and your plans don’t become somebody else’s property because they have a moving speech about how they’d use them.
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How can you claim to care about affordability while dismissing concerns about taxation?
Taxes directly reduce what people can afford. Every dollar taken in taxes is a dollar unavailable for housing, food, savings, or other necessities.
You cannot seriously discuss the cost of living while ignoring the cost of government.
Affordability isn't just about what things cost. It's also about how much of your own money you're allowed to keep.
