Comments on: Boise City Travel Expenses Soar 27% https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dixieland Delight https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46609 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:29:25 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46609 Just to clarify, the $600k spent on travel and training was for the entire City of Boise employees, not just the Mayor’s office. Police, fire, mayor’s office, ect are all included in the $600k number.

EDITOR NOTE–We understood and same was true for previous administrations. Thanks.

]]> By: Mame https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46556 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:33:03 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46556 Aside from the various pointed issues mentioned so far by commenters, there is also the bureaucratic rule: work expands to fill the slots allocated and inversely they expand to provide for more workers — therefore finances continually expand to pay for it all.

This phenom. often accompanies the Peter Principle.

]]> By: Rebecca https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46549 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:49:33 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46549 $600,000 in travel!!! That is ridiculous! There is NO reason Boise City elected officials should be traveling out of state! Who is traveling, where are they going and why? They just gave themselves big fat raises and now going on taxpayer-funded boondoggles?

]]> By: dh https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46544 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:41:05 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46544 Hey Boise residents, Sounds like berry and moochelle obamma, shrillary clinton, and john kerry-heinz, et.al. on a local scale.

Just be glad that Beiter doesn’t control a fleet of AF/Marine Ones and Twos, support airplanes, multi- million dollar busses, limos and golf carts, etc. etc.

He would waste so much money flapping aimlessly around that he might have to exclude citizens from touring their own property, Oh wait, he already locked down the Train Depot to save money, , ,

]]> By: Kathy https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46537 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:49:30 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46537 Lack of receipts? Where I work you are required to pay for travel out of your pocket and then submit your receipts for reimbursement. Maybe the city should try that….

]]> By: Cynic https://boiseguardian.com/2013/03/08/boise-city-travel-expenses-soar-27/#comment-46528 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:45:33 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=9598#comment-46528 How do the travel total stack up with other cities, ACHD and other agencies? That is a lot of tax dollars! What is all this travel for? Taxpayer funded vacations? Can you get us details on where the elected officials are going and how much each is spending at Boise City?

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