Comments on: What Citizens And Candidates Should Know

By: davis

davis — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:53:43 +0000

“EDITOR NOTE–Fed-X carries most of the U.S. first class mail between destinations.”
Ah yes–no wonder the USPS is going broke.

By: diggity

diggity — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:42 +0000

We need to pay overtime to the cops. The kids keep smoking pot!Look at the money the cops make. It actually is an investment in job growth. Cops are job creators. They bust the kids, and support the court system and keep lawyers in business. This is a perfect example of why we need to support our job creators in America. No job creators should have to pay taxes because they create so many jobs.

I think cops should be able to make as much money as they want so we can be safe from pot smokers.
Next time you talk to a cop, thank him for keeping us safe and creating jobs.

By: Eye on Numbers

Eye on Numbers — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:44:24 +0000

We have what I call disregard for where tax dollars come from and an unquenchable thirst on the part of elected officials to spend money when it is not cost justified. Taxpayers are guilty of letting these people get away with all this unnecessary spending of our money.

New toys and trinkets of little or no value to taxpayers continue to get funded even when we are broke. How many times have you heard “its a great time to build a new_____________, with the depressed economy we can get this _____________ done on the cheap for only XXXXX million dollars we don’t have. How these grifters continue to get away with it amazes me.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:34:28 +0000

Rod, big government peoples like you is how we got the overpriced out of control local government to begin with… do you pay sticker prices for cars? Leave a 35% tip? Then why not control spending just a little?

I agree with you on “stupid laws” This happens mostly because people don’t settle minor issues on their own. I wonder how many times a week some norender calls to report the neighbor’s trash can is still visible from the sidewalk etc. Or poop in the park. Just for fun walk around the parks with a dog leash, but leave the dog at home. My oh my all the norenders with their cell phones at the ready?

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:20:28 +0000

We have a Cadillac (gold standard, world class, or whatever you want to call it) PD. Do we really need that? Side issue: They waste a lot of time and effort enforcing stupid laws – consider that.

Is our FD a Cadillac FD? I don’t know, but maybe it should be.

We have a really good city park system. Thats nice.

Bottom line, if you want stuff, you have to pay for it.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:27:08 +0000

7 years, 8 years, 2 years! It’s still a shame that the city fails to open the damn place!!!

By: Georgia Marshall

Georgia Marshall — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:27:33 +0000

2011 is the seventh year since the Depot has been closed, not “for at least 8 years.”
EDITOR NOTE–We stand corrected from the one who previously kept it open!

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:37:09 +0000

I think the best thing to to with the hole is to push it full of dirt and make a parking lot for the UPS truck which is now preventing everyone else from parking on 8th street. If there was anything viable which could be done with it, it would have been done by now.

PS: Did ya know that UPS/FedEx gets lots of parking tickets all over the country. It’s just part of the business cost. I love them anyway and would like them to replace the post office.

EDITOR NOTE–Fed-X carries most of the U.S. first class mail between destinations.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:25:32 +0000

You forgot the Boise Hole!! (A declared Council candidate has the “hole” as his #1 priority – he’s ready to seize it through eminent domain, if necessary.)

Props to you, Mr. Guardian, for your efforts to make the upcoming election interesting. I’d guess that local politicians have more sway on our everyday quality of life, than the far-off (comparatively speaking) “public servants” at the Statehouse or D.C.

(I didn’t perceive your points about cops and firefighters to be “bashing” in any way. Those are two HUGE components of the city budget, and people should be thinking about it, and questioning how their dollars are being spent.)

I’d like every candidate to be very clear on fiscal issues – services the city is currently providing and shouldn’t be, and services the city is NOT providing, and should be.

Thank you!

By: SUMF

SUMF — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:14:30 +0000

You show all these annual budgets and numbers of employees. So, why does it matter how much some police officers allegedly make, but yet, don’t say squat about what some firefighters may make. If you are going to be a cop basher, at least spread the wealth and bash them a bit too!! Or, even look at a few other offices in the city, ie the Ombudsmans office, see the amount of work they have done for what they have a budget for.

EDITOR NOTE–No bashing, just sharing what readers have gleaned from public records. If you know some firefighters and drivers making $139,000 please share.
The overtime could well be justified as we noted.