Comments on: Boise City Spending Budget To Increase

By: Lucas Baumbach

Lucas Baumbach — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:02:14 +0000

The Budget increase should come as no surprise. The Bieter bunch does not hesitate to secure unconstitutional forms of funding, why wouldn’t they take the maximum provided by law? (even in opposition to the public welfare)
In response to a comment about electing environment-hating corporate big wigs: Those that believe that the liberal club is protecting the environment and not in the pocket of big business should look again. 1) Camelback is eroding in half (aka environmental disaster on Maryanne Jordan’s watch 2) Without the big box store favoring shenanigans of the Bieter bunch this blog would not exist. Most or all of the candidates I know on the conservative side of this race are all small business types. Can we leave the stale stereotypes out of this race?

By: Dan Dunham

Dan Dunham — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:07:27 +0000

Anticipated income and proposed spending? My thouhts are to keep spending less than anticipated income, then look for tax cuts and relief for the taxpayer. By leveraging assets, consolidating services, increasing productivity, it is almost too easy to accomplish this.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Guardian, I almost get the feeling that you had somehow expected to see some logical correlation of anticipated income and proposed spending.
Nawwww. I know you’re not that naive. 🙂

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:26:31 +0000

I know Dan Dunham and my memory tells me he is a good guy. Go for it Dan.

By: Larry Fortensky

Larry Fortensky — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:06:09 +0000

I support the trolley downtown 100 percent. It’s the closest I can get to riding the Lombard Street cable car in San Francisco on my budget. The bells will be clanging, the whistle tooting. “All aboard.” What a delight it will be.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:46:35 +0000

What we need are people that have a certain level of logic, a modicum of intelligence, and a load of common sense. If we can find this, our city will be immeasurably better. Because it would be the exact opposite of what we now have.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:43:44 +0000

I hate to say this but if you show up they don’t care and don’t listen. This group never has and and never will. The only way you can make a differnce is remove the mayor and 5 of 6 councilors.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:57:33 +0000

A small increase in the size of the city budget isn’t reason enough for me to want to replace the current mayor and city council.

The fact that they are in league with the developer class and the fact that they want to spend zillions of dollars on very un-necessary light rail and trolley systems – now that is reason enough.

But, electing anti-government, pro-business, pro-growth, anti-environment, militia-like extremists will only create bigger problems. We need elected officials at all levels of government that are in tune with the middle class, but of course, I’m not going to hold my breath.

By: Dan Dunham

Dan Dunham — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:42:15 +0000

It is time to forge a new tactic. I am running for Boise City Council. I am wanting to go there for two main reasons. 1) To serve the communty. 2) To cut spending. I am very good at leveraging assets to get the best bang for the buck. It is time for the citizens to put their vote where their mouth is. I do not have an endless supply of money to run a campaign. I will expect paricipation after I am elected because it will be time for some one else to fill the seat after I do my service time. By participating, you will be training to get ready to step up next. I wrote legislation to tie the growth of the state budget to the growth of the economy, BY PERCENTAGE. That has been my business philosophy and it will be the philosophy I will take to the council. You need to help me by electing Lucas Baumbach to help me. Then you will have to help us get the public message to the Mayor and councilmen who act dismissive of public testimony. Now is the time. Invite us to your neighborhood, ask us questions, tell us what you need, we won’t be dismissive, we will be ready to serve.

By: Mr. Watcher

Mr. Watcher — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:12:49 +0000

Don’t bet on idiots replacing them because there are going to be decent hard working business folks that are willing to suffer loss income from their businesses to serve the people. I know of three folks that are going to come out and register with the Security of State early this fall.
So folks keep your eyes open for some folks who have never worked in government and have never held elected office but are very successful at running honest businesses. In fact they will be up front that they are going to serve max two terms and will look for someone who wants to do the same to replace them. So if the Statesmen attacks some new blood in whatever way that they can. That is the person you need to vote for. If you don’t than you deserve the kind of government you get.