Here is all the info…
http://cityclerk.cityofboise.org/city-elections/candidates/keep-boise-safe-and-livable/

Part of this was published in the BW a couple of weeks ago.

Thank you Mike Tracy! I agree and plan to vote No! No! on the bonds.

Good on Mike, direct mail is a great way to get his message out. Autosort in Boise does a very good job of direct mail. Not an ad for the just stating my experience using their services.

Richard Gaona at the front desk of Autosort will guide you through the process quickly. Newspapers are not the most efficient way to get anything done on the cheap if you are trying to connect with voters.

It is not just a buck a month, I have not had a raise in 5 years, but humble and glad through the recession I kept my job. Despite no raise my property taxes have gone up, new school bonds, utilities have increased, etc. Our City leaders are ignoring or oblivious the struggles people are facing to get by and keep up. I do not feel the City has had to tighten their belt like I have.

To adjust for these added expenses I canceled my storage unit rental and sold my boat, dropped cable TV, dropped my home phone and just use my cell phone, I am eating out less, buying less, and drinking at home instead of my favorite bar. While these are not huge sacrifices that I am NOT asking anyone to shed a tear for or even sympathize for me, BUT in the above there is about $400 a month not going into local businesses that used to and due to our leaders tax and spend mentality my quality of life and enjoyment of the retail community has diminished. Politicians like to promote the dollar multiplier theory then they pass laws and taxes that force us to spend less to fund a burgeoning government.

Sorry I forgot to mention the ROBO call I got yesterday from the Dear Leader promoting his game. I have heard this is illegal but being an attorney I’m sure he wasn’t aware of the law.
Please vote NO!!!!

Given all of the mailers that have come to my mailbox either the mayor is spending a lot of city money promoting the bond (sending city money to win) or someone is pumping a lot of cash in for him.

Saturday’s Statesman details donations: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/11/02/2846647/boise-bonds-campaign-attracts.html

Anyone catch this? Gardner Co., developer of Zion’s Bank contributed. Didn’t they get a big concession from CCDC? If so, doesn’t that mean technically they’re spending taxpayer money to sway an election? How about they reimburse CCDC first before playing politics.

Also, Republic Waste donated. Um, that’s technically taxpayer money too, because we have no choice for our garbage collection company. I guess we could refuse to pay the bill, but….

I’m a lib and I’m voting no on the bonds.

There are many other needs this city has. Esther Simplot Park and the Whitewater Park remain unfinished. Sidewalks are missing in many places in the north end and the rest of the city.

Just this spring didn’t Parks and Rec cut spending in some parks by mowing less and not spraying for weeds? In other words, Parks and Rec budget is already razor thin.

No one has even heard of the Department of Community Forestry but I’m betting their budget is razor thin too. People do know they don’t prune our big trees that we’re so proud of. Right?

The Greenbelt has many sections which could use upgrading due to roughness or not being up to modern width standards.

The YES YES clueless folks have sent me FIVE big glossy postcards… each costs about a buck a piece to print and mail.

So glad these folks are spending so much money to try and get me to vote to let them take some of mine.

Meridian has a brand new fire training center, lease that.

23% of Ada County land is publicly owned. We need MORE? Come off it.

When you add the shiny new BOISE SCHOOLS levy of $70 million bucks to these two silly proposals, you’ve got $110 MILLION in new tax burden on Boise residents.

Enough.

Vote NO! NO!

IT’S YOUR MONEY!

Republic Services allegedly is returning $150,000 to the City of Boise after they gained efficiency by switching to natural gas.

My incumbent opponent TJ Thomson says this was his idea.

Well, guess what TJ? That money belongs to the ratepayers! You need to reduce their garbage pickup fees or give them a rebate.

Or better yet, how much playground equipment would that buy TJ?

EDITOR NOTE–Jarocki is a candidate for council running against TJ Thomson. The GUARDIAN does not endorse candidates and welcomes comments from all readers.

That’s correct – millions of dollars. The social security refund that the City received is the TAXPAYERS’ money. The firefighters are now not paying the 6.2% piece of FICA (but they have to pay medicare) and the City is contributing to the firefighters retirement accounts – nice raise firefighters! Remember, you CHOSE to opt out of social security. Why should the taxpayers continue to pay into another retirement fund for you? Would they do that for any other group of employees? The taxpayers lost the city’s refund and whatever the city is putting into the retirement accounts. By the way, I contacted our local media. No one will look into this.

Certainly there is nothing illegal with this action to benefit the firefighters. I’m sure the 50 members of the legal staff figured that out.
But it IS unfair to then raise our property taxes AND then ask us to go (tax) ourselves with two bond issues. Don’t count on the daily newspaper to report any of it.
If the city re-elects the incumbents, then Boiseans get the government they deserve.

Good on Mike Tracy and his direct mail effort to get his message directly to voters.

TV and Newspaper media outlets typically have a love fest with agendas that will cost taxpayers more money. They don’t look at how much people already are forking over to city and county government and never say a word about the return or any savings to those paying for all this pie in the sky stuff.