Comments on: Ada Commishes To Payoff Bonds They Never Owed

By: My Two Cents

My Two Cents — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:30:59 +0000

While perhaps a good idea to pay it off, it is interesting that they can just dig around in the couch cushions and find $37 million. They find money for what they choose, and they deny they have when they choose. Just saying….

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:00:48 +0000

So they want to build a 911 center but they cannot manage what they have now. Who will run it….the Sherriff or the commish’s? We should get a new Sherriff first. The Sherriff does not need a new palace to match his ego.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:10:19 +0000

It makes me wonder why they have EXCESS cash to pay this off.

Pretty sure the equation is:

Tax too much + what to do with it = spend it.

What’s the (implied) interest rate expense?

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:49:37 +0000

A great example of how to use a lawyer to break the law… even though they are sworn to uphold it.

$37M lump of real money? Or is it some kind of funny money transaction?

Also, does this mean they will no longer have enough money to send a 60,000 lb truck and five firemen racing to every medical call in addition to the two-three man 12,000 lb medic unit? We gotta find somethn else for the fire department to do now that we have so few fires.

By: AintThatAmerica

AintThatAmerica — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:37:34 +0000

I Cringe every time I go by the beautiful Ada County Courthouse stuffed into a way undersized lot facing a major road. I would like for someone to explain the logic for placing the Courthouse there. Its a terrible location.

By: Casmir

Casmir — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:14:16 +0000

Fiscal responsibility, looking out for the folks, and righting a wrong. Wow. It’s so rare to ever see news like this, it almost seems…..weird.

By: erico49

erico49 — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:26:25 +0000

And still have money left over to build a new 911 building that is 20 times bigger than the current space.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:22:41 +0000

Point of clarifications. The county purchased the land separately of the actual building by 7 years or so. Was the original land purchased using the judicial approval in 1993?

If this was a judicial review type purchase/lease, why did Ada County go to the voters with an advisory vote in 1996?

It all seems very complicated and very different depending who you ask.

EDITOR NOTE–Clancy, as usual, your are correct. The advisory vote was along the lines of “if we don’t levy new taxes would you like a new building?” There is an argument of where the “lease payments” originated, but it is all public money and as the current commishes acknowledge, it is debt. Nice to see it paid off early.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:39:48 +0000

paying bills they don’t owe…. I’m sure they don’t owe me anything.. where’s my money????