ARTICLES BY DAVID LYONS GUEST OPINION

Questions continue about CDA 2030

I was glad to see CDA 2030 voice its side of things in a recent My Turn column. Spirited and civil public debate about important public issues is a good and necessary thing — and I’m grateful that The Press provides a forum for it.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Midtown parking suggestions

To encourage new businesses in midtown, the city enacted an “infill” zoning law. New development in midtown is tricky, because it’s an older part of the city, with established residential neighborhoods. A half block east of the businesses on Fourth Street it becomes single family residential.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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Pay off the urban renewal roadblock

The Coeur d’Alene urban renewal agency is trying to pull a fast one on the public (and waste tax money) by “refinancing” the $8.7 million Washington Trust bond (replacing it with a new loan), instead of using some of its $11 million pile of surplus cash (on which it’s earning …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO