Comments on: GUARDIAN Library Plan Still Valid After 11 Years

By: Mbjure71160

Mbjure71160 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:34:01 +0000

County library systems are not allowed under Idaho statute. Only districts and municipalities which would increase raxes%, Lobby the legislature for a change,

EDITOR NOTE–It shouldn’t be too difficult to have a county wide DISTRICT. We have that now with EMS

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:26:44 +0000

You need to pay more attention to the lack of retail in downtown Boise and the growth of annoying bike lanes and weird new recycling rules. The library is the.best thing downtown and brings many down here, Your focus is off base.

By: sharon fisher

sharon fisher — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:33:18 +0000

I believe Star is also not in the consortium.

By: erico49

erico49 — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:29:43 +0000

I ended up on Holli Woodings’s mailing list. After the election I got a “thank you” email. I responded to her that what Boise needs is less “vision” and more “conservative management.” I think I was right.

By: western guy

western guy — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:10:45 +0000

the Boise City Council and City Hall dwellers is the petri dish for local politicians. This is where they are created and nurtured.

Notice one of the latest candidates for Ada County Commission: straight outta Capitol Blvd. Frank Walker didn’t make the cut with the voters, so The Machine is annointing another acolyte.

EDITOR NOTE–The puppet master is creating a new puppet?

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:24:02 +0000

It’s time to look for a new Mayor.

EDITOR NOTE–Don’t think you are going to find one in Boise. We have noticed Elaine Clegg becoming “more public” recently. We predict the next mayor will be a woman and she will not be much different than Dave Bieter. Bieter, in our opinion, is the most adept politician in Idaho.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 04:05:22 +0000

Don’t want to fund it with debt?
Easy enough,,, a little shell game and before you know it the city has their money from other funds and with deferred maintenance.
The Bown Crossing library was created without a bond. No problemo.

Statesman: “The project budget [Bown] is $8.6 million, with $7.6 million coming from the city’s capital contingency fund and $1 million provided by Friends of the Boise Public Library and the Library Foundation, Winslow said.”

City statement: “In FY 2017, Library will open the new Library! at Bown Crossing. Library has seen an increase of $800,000 in its FY 2017 operating budget in preparation for the opening of the Library! at Bown Crossing.”:

We see it with the fire stations too. Don’t budget the maintenance, and then it is easy to cry deteriorated property and a new building is an easier sell.
No bond, or easy bond. It’s all a shell game when you’re a bureaucrat playing with millions of tax dollars.

The City basically has free money to spend. Our money. Weird that the council is also spending ‘their’ money. Maybe they just have so much of it, (Ludwig) they don’t mind.

When the economy is good, sales tax revenues RAIN upon the cities. When the economy is good, user fees are easy to charge for all these street closures and public ‘events’. When times are good, it is easy to set the wish-list budget first and then the assessor automatically increases the levy rate on property taxes to match the budgets. Wha-la. Free money!

A new Library! or MRAPS or fancy fire trucks? It’s all the same.
Easy taxpayer money.

If you pay it, they will spend it.
No refunds necessary….

By: TF Boy

TF Boy — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:57:57 +0000

Editor, I bet you coffee and a scone that the library will be placed before the voters. There is no revenue stream to pay CCDC back for any loan.

EDITOR NOTE–Bet accepted! I don’t really have a strong opinion, but if you want library you could have seven $10,000,000 libraries for the same price as the book palace! Think about it.

By: western guy

western guy — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:33:58 +0000

RE: Katie Fite’s comment regarding City Hall makeover:

One reason was ‘water leaking through steps into basement’. Boise airport redid the huge compass logo because of ‘moisture underneath the tiles’.

there’s always enough $$ to do public works projects right, the second time, but not enough to do it right the first time.

By: sharon Email fisher

sharon Email fisher — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:58:54 +0000

Not all Ada County libraries are members of the consortium. It is very expensive.

EDITOR NOTE–I believe Kuna is the exception. As I understand it, the coverage is Caldwell to Twin Falls and includes Hailey.