Comments on: Valley Mayors Seek To Spend $738,000,000 With No Public Vote https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/ A different slant on the news. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jake https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20424 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:18:41 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20424 Assuming Idaho has 1,000,000 tax payers, and that the money is spent (and raised) equally throughout the 20 years, each of those 1,000,000 people represent $36.90 a year. Whether fees or taxes, there ought to be a vote.

]]> By: serendipity https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20415 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:52:12 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20415 Tonight Channel 24/7 gave a lot of attention to Dave testifying before some collection of people (sorry not sure what group it was)and too lazy to look it up–but there was a panel of 3 people, 2 in favor of the non-permission bond articles (one of them was the airport guy, and 1–Dave-eloquently against. He made it clear he has no problem with floating improvement bonds–but the constitution says the people must permit by vote.
Go Guardian!

]]> By: cyclops https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20413 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:52:18 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20413 bikeboy, I share your concern. I doubt that 10%of the valley’s residents are even aware the issue is on the ballot.
Greenleaf has a mayor?? Oh yea! Isn’t he the guy that wanted to require guns in every household?

]]> By: Clancy https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20411 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:07:26 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20411 No surprises except I didn’t know Greenleaf had a mayor.

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20408 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:46:00 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20408 The people who are paying attention seem to be on to ’em. However, my grave concern is that a large majority of voters only know about the issue based on the hospital ads that air during Dancing with the Stars or America’s Biggest Loser.

Dave, have you ever considered renaming your website to BoiseRotundGadfly.com? (I love you man!!)
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]]> By: Chris Mitchell https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20406 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:44:25 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20406 A somewhat misleading headline. The $738,000,000 is the 20 year total development cost the Idaho Transportation Department estimated it will take to meet the infrastructure needs of the majority of the airpart system.

Rod: Other regional states that do not requre a vote can act more quickly to attract business. As a business owner, if I need additional storage space or another hangar, can I afford to wait on an airport that has to postpone construction pending an election cylce, or do I choose a facility that can act immediately? The choice is simple.

EDITOR NOTE–Chris, what type of business are you in that would require the government to build you a storage facility at an airport? Also, you can build a hangar at your own expense or lease one from a private owner who pays taxes on a private hangar at an airport.

]]> By: Zippo https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20405 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:05:33 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20405 Oh wait Dave, I was using that special math the jaw flappers use right before an election. It really is an extra $2000 per resident. Considering that 2/3 of residents ain’t got no way to pay, or work for cash and live with “family”, that leave the rest of us with a $6000 extra tax bill. It really is time for a reorganizing of priorities for this bunch of leeches.

]]> By: Zippo https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20404 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:47:30 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20404 Gosh Dave, That’s only $2 per resident. Why will this result in a $2000 increase in my taxes? Is it that economic multiplier thingy the jaw flappers are always waving at us when they spend our money on crap we don’t need?

Catching up with neighboring states = going bust. What a bunch of selfish dumb$&!#s. They just gotta find a way to fund their paycheck before mayors are back to working for free as they did years ago when the nation was solvent.

]]> By: Rod in SE Boise https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20403 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:16:22 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20403 The Mayor’s letter states that: “We need this tool just to catch up with our neighboring states, all of which already use bonds to build their airports and their economies.” NOT TRUE!! Idaho entities CAN use bonds, they just need a vote of the people to approve it.

]]> By: cyclops https://boiseguardian.com/2010/10/04/valley-mayors-seek-to-spend-738000000-with-no-public-vote/#comment-20402 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:08:11 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=5466#comment-20402 Tactical error #1- Don’t announce that you intend to spend almost a BILLION dollars 30 days before the election. Is there NO ONE that has a brain in city/county government?? This is either a question of complete arrogance or catastrophic stupidity. Either way, we lose!!

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