Comments on: Republican Insider Uses Own Funds Against Bieter Bonds

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:41:23 +0000

Nothing illegal was done in giving the city’s refund to the firefighters. However, contrary to what the city tells, the city was did not have to give its share of the refund to the firefighters. My point is, that refund could have been used for the improvement rather than asking the taxpayers for more money. Remember, city park maintenace was shut down because the funding wasn’t available according to the city. No or minimal raises because the funding wasn’t availabe according to the city. The city’s share of the refund was given quietly to the firefighters. Did you hear about it? Did you hear that the city will contribute to the firefighters’ 401K in place of social security? They CHOSE to not be in it. That’s an important point.

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:44:39 +0000

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.

By: Mike Tracy

Mike Tracy — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 06:50:29 +0000

Brad:

Thank you for the heads up. We will make sure any future mailings to Boise will not include your address. I’ve never found a perfect mailing list in the years I’ve done campaigns. But you and the others that support voting no can let all of their friends in Boise to vote NO on the bonds. The grassroots work is just as important, if not more so, as the postcards.

By: Bill Jarocki

Bill Jarocki — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 02:28:41 +0000

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.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 21:48:26 +0000

Mike,

I received your postcard today. Unfortunately, I live in Garden City. Sorry you wasted a stamp even if you got a junk-mail discount.

If I lived 600 feet away, I could vote No, too.

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:30:04 +0000

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.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 19:06:22 +0000

Good points Bill Jarocki! I’m voting No! No! on the bonds and against the incumbents. I’ve had enough of the Bieter zombies!

By: Bill Jarocki

Bill Jarocki — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:32:35 +0000

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.

By: Bill Jarocki

Bill Jarocki — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:12:01 +0000

Taxes are Great as Long as Everybody Else is Paying Them!

The daily newspaper doesn’t bother to cover how the Boise Axis of Incumbency raised your property taxes already and how TJ Thomson wants you to raise your taxes again so that he can spend your money. Now the democratic interests that want parks and open space are spending $217,000 to convince you of the mis-truth that the bonds will only cost you $1 per month. Yes, that’s for the next twenty years. And 36% of that is interest cost.

They are perfectly happy to take your dollar and give you back 64 cents. Why do you think Jesus was angry at the money-changers.

Makes you wonder how much playground equipment that $217,000 would buy, doesn’t it?

The proponents say this bond election is a turning point. WHAT THEY MEAN IS THAT IF THEY CAN GET THE VOTERS TO APPROVE THIS, WITH MONEY THEY CAN GET YOU TO APPROVE ANYTHING.

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

By: IronDeath

IronDeath — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:40:59 +0000

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!