Sen. Crapo Column: Stabilizing the Secure Rural Schools Program
June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column:
"Ninety-seven percent of land in Custer County is state and federally owned and exempt from taxation," explained Custer County Commissioner and Idaho Association of Counties Public Lands Committee Chairman Wayne Butts.
"Counties and schools like ours can't operate without federal forest payments."
This is the crux of why addressing the expiration of the Secure . . .
"Ninety-seven percent of land in Custer County is state and federally owned and exempt from taxation," explained Custer County Commissioner and Idaho Association of Counties Public Lands Committee Chairman Wayne Butts.
"Counties and schools like ours can't operate without federal forest payments."
This is the crux of why addressing the expiration of the Secure . . .