Comments on: Kudos on Library Vote

By: TG

TG — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:53:49 +0000

Cutting off your nose to spite your face? Try cutting off your whole head. Using a library– the single most democratic and accessible form of local government– as a sacrificial lamb to express your dissatisfaction with a transitory group of politicians is incredibly short-sighted and mean spirited. So what if they use a possible win as political capital somewhere down the line? Think about what a library is, what it offers, what it adds to a community. It’s not the appropriate target upon which to vent your spite. You’ll have your opportunity to do that in November.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:05:05 +0000

A yes vote is in fact a vote of support for the Council. Why do you think the vote is taking place when it is? It is not by chance.

If the library vote passes the current Council will use the “win” to their advantage – – I do not indend to give them one.

By: Tam

Tam — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:43:38 +0000

Is supporting Libraries the same as supporting City Council? Since it is apparent that at least two of the current Council members have never seen the inside of ANY Library, I think it’s easy to discern. The “let’s cut off our nose to spite our face” mentality has never worked and likely won’t work now. Some think voting NO on a School bond is a No on growth vote. Problem is the growth has already occurred by the time a bond levy is put forward. If you don’t want to vote “for” City Council, then it appears you have at least some, albeit perhaps the lesser of evils, choices. I can assure you however that regardless of who is voted into office, within two years, you can throw ’em all in a bag, shake ’em out and never tell them apart. What is it about public office that sucks the very gray matter from otherwise perfectly normal people?

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:09:09 +0000

WHAT????

The City Council NOW wants us to support them while they can hardly stay awake when neighborhoods stand before them and plead that they not “row house” or Walmart-size Condo” their nieghborhoods!

It is our turn to show the city that WE (the voters)are in charge – not them. Please vote the libraries down.

The City Council does not deserve our support.

It is our turn to vote NO.

By: Patman

Patman — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:01:34 +0000

Will those of us in Boise’s “Area of Impact” get to vote on our impending tax increase?? If Boise knows they’re going to annex us then wouldn’t it be fair?

Ed note–I think they just tossed you a bone to sweeten the pot with funding on a new park.

By: Steve Hulme

Steve Hulme — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:10:05 +0000

How’s about uppin’ it to an even $40 million, so the branch libraries can have an exclamation point on the LIBRARY! sign, just like the downtown library? (That’s a good thing – it shows that Boise is WAY more excited about reading than the folks in, say, Meridian, or Twin Falls or Pocatello.)

Do people still read? Books? Who knew?!!

But seriously… some of our elected “representatives” in these parts have a long and storied history of overriding popular votes, when the outcome wasn’t popular with those representatives. We’ve seen it more than once with term limits, at the State Legislature. Can the City Council vote to override the will of the people, if there’s a conflict?

Ed note–Legislature can repeal state initiatives just like they can repeal any other law. City council doesn’t have that luxury with a bond which offers the “full faith and credit” of the citizens.