Comments on: Fire Bond is An Open Ended $24,000,000 Line Of Credit To Be Repaid By Taxpayers https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: slim jim https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/#comment-64920 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:48:22 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=10343#comment-64920 Oh tonight over dinner I received a phone call from some sweet young voice offering to meet with me about the Mayor’s new proposal. I asked how all of this great fun was going to be paid….. by a small increase in our property taxes said the sweet voice. I said NO. While I have been a life long Democrat I am not pleased with the city being aware that many citizens are having to live within a budget while the Mayor just keeps on spending. If times were good, I may support this crap, but not now. Count me out and count my support as gone! Then the sweet voice and I bid good evening.

]]> By: slim jim https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/#comment-63374 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:17:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=10343#comment-63374 Live with your budget Mr. Mayor! We all have to….

]]> By: Jack Clark https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/#comment-63275 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:41:40 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=10343#comment-63275 I don’t understand, with the power to collect ” Impact Fees” granted under Idaho Code Title 67 Ch 82, there is even a question about a bond.

EDITOR NOTE–We are aware of at least one public official who has requested, but can’t get an answer to the same question.

]]> By: Nan e mouse https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/#comment-63255 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:02:38 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=10343#comment-63255 Didn’t the city fund depreciation? That would be a great question to ask. If they did, what did they spend the money on? If not, why not as that’s a fiscally responsible thing to do.

Dave, you are absolutely correct with this article. A bond for these items indicates city mismanagement of taxpayer dollars. Just what DO they spend the money on?

]]> By: Brian Vermillion https://boiseguardian.com/2013/09/11/fire-bond-is-an-open-ended-24000000-line-of-credit/#comment-63226 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:26:23 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=10343#comment-63226 It sounds to me like a public admission of failing to maintain city property for decades, of course falling back on the same old solution of asking for more money from already overly squeezed taxpayers. They do this with the knowledge of peoples’ sensitivity to public safety issues. This policy frees up money for what should have gone to maintaining the fire stations, to whatever the hell the mayor wants to waste it on that will get him re-elected.

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