Comments on: Library Ballot Important

By: Mr. Logic

Mr. Logic — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:39:26 +0000

Hey GUARDIAN you missed an important point on this one. That ballot doesn’t have any time frame for BUILDING the library branches or issuing bonds! BIG loophole.

That’s like signing an adjustable rate loan today on a car to be delivered and purchased in 2008 or 2009, not knowing–or caring–what it will cost. No wonder the bankers are rich!

By: Richard Jay

Richard Jay — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:04:27 +0000

The Library election: “18 not 38”!

The Council and their contractor buddies have no luck in accurately estimating the cost of a bulding project even in the immediate future. (Ever hear of one without “cost over-runs?”)

Trying to forecast building costs and interest expenses in the distant future is pure stargazing.

Why not vote for $18 million for the first library, learn what we can about the library/playland mix and staffing/maintenace costs, and then vote for the amount needed for building costs/interest rates for Library #2 and Library #3 ? Meanwhile, YOU can be earning interest on all that money.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:52:06 +0000

Maybe the city and the Boise school district should get together and decide how many community centers this city needs and whether they should be in the schools as proposed or in the libraries..( I think the school district mentioned 4, the city 3) Hard as I try, I can’t see the need for 6 or 7 community centers , and the taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay to operate them all.