Exactly what kind of community do you want to live in? I’m not a fan of all the people coming, but I don’t know how to stop them. I won’t shop at the Village, just to show my displeasure. And I shop at the D&B in my neighborhood, because they reused existing construction and are locally owned. Maybe if more people did this, the edge would come off the crazy. But I’d also like to live in a community where providing the type of education called out for in the state constitution is taken seriously. And I love the open space we’ve preserved. How do we pay for that? I’ve voted multiple times to raise my personal taxes (at the Federal, state, and local levels). I understand it takes money to try to preserve the type of community where I want to live.

I do believe in impact fees and local option taxes. But neither are legal right now. If we are going to have growth, I believe it should pay for itself. But since I can’t stop growth very easily, I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is. Why aren’t you?

Just so tired of the “I got mine, the hell with the rest of you” attitude that pervades my country, and especially my state.

On the other hand, let us suppose there is demand for a product or service in the area, say a plumber, architect, or physician. If you are qualified and trained in those areas, you will face tremendous start up costs and will likely barely make it for a while, therefore not contributing much in the way of income tax. You will still be hit paying property tax though. You will struggle to pay your employees.

Coming and being asked to bring your employees should say right off the bat that there is not a qualified work force for you to hire.

And, California is a nice place, but not everywhere. Some parts do have problems just like Boise because excess income in some sectors like tech. and med. push prices up.

Don’t have real answers other than vote the bums out.

There are several issues here, under the growth umbrella:

1) Commercial interests know they can bully local governments into special tax breaks and free stuff, because only BIG business is allowed to create jobs anymore. The concept of promoting thriving small businesses is now a anachronism that enjoys lip service in political campaigns, where the fact that setting up a successful mom and pop is rife with burdensome financial and regulatory hurdles.

2) The ironic phenomenon of Californians escaping that cesspool and flocking to Idaho might carry the same disease to this oasis of open freedom. This is not a given. Many Calis come here to seek what we have in lifestyle and have no intention of altering it. But, there are elements that will transport their bad habits and commie culture to Idaho as well. Team Dave is only so happy to embrace this.

3) How we tax has become very regressive. If you are a long time native resident, keep to yourself and play by the rules, you have to subsidize changes that you DON’T agree with, most of the time. Property taxes basically say that you never truly own your own home or land. You get nicked for just existing. I believe that we should throw away ALL forms of taxation and produce a consumption tax that nicks every payment/settlement event at about 1 tenth of 1% of every P/S. This would yield many times over what all our taxes currently yield, without any massive bureaus needed. This would lower the taxes of 90 to 99% of us and grab trillions of untaxed dollars from the shadow banking community.

4) New political paradigm. There are no more liberals vs conservatives. We are seeing the realization that most people are populists and they are fighting whacked out elitists. Look at this NXIVM indictment. Sicko elites and movie stars are engaged in horrific acts and are politically connected to those more foul in government, in occult dealings. These are the whackos making all the important decisions. Normal people just want to be rid of this. We don’t want to subsidize it anymore. We want our country back, if we ever had it to begin with. The NXIVM deal is just the tip of the iceberg and there are 25,000 more indictments to unseal.

Bottom line is, we need to vet what our growth looks like. Don’t let human trafficking rings get any more of a hook in Idaho, than they already have. This is the poison that influences the centers of power.

It would appear that only those who come to invade get the payouts.

Butch has done nothing but hand out jobs to his friends – Megan Ronk included. What a joke on both counts. It makes Butch look very petty and very self centered – which he has been.

EDITOR NOTE–We have been getting messages that one of her past duties was on the INVASIVE SPECIES council! Great credential for the person who is in charge of doling out cash to attract the invasive businesses.