Oh I do like to use lyrics: “We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control…” I find it quite insulting that those who have been voted in now think that the public needs to be taught (because so many voted for them). Obviously they don’t wish to find out what the voters want from them, but what they want us to want them to do.

I distinctly remember the city of Boise and its urban renewal committee proposing a first of its kind urban renewal district and/or tax increment financing district in downtown Boise. buiolding in the downtown core would be encouraged therough the construction of parking and other infrastructure developments and the tax revenue from new construction going to the district and not to the school district and other taxing agencies for a period of “X” years. thiss had to be approved by the legilature and governor. It was supppose to jump start downtown after the city fathers gave up on Penneys. the school district went along to get “Boise” started. It was to be a one and only district. Now there are two more and a fourth has been proposed along the Boise River if I am not mistaken. Ther esulting developmeents bring in empoyees whose employers pay no property taxes to the schools or certain otheer agencies as that money goes to pay for the district’s infrastructure costs etal. Isn’t it about time to let the downtown corridor growth pay their taxes to the agencies and pay for their own necessary infrastructure ? just wondering….

$3,500 a month to SPREAD PROPAGANDA.

It is hard to understand how Ms. Bilbao will present only the facts when her employers clearly want a bond issue passed. Part of the problem is they haven’t even put a price tag on the bond issue. Clearly the horse is hitched in backwards.
If the Sheriff and Commissioners do campaign on their own I hope they are smart enough to use their own cars and gas.

Yeah….this is a reoccurring theme in social control. China leads the way on “educating the public” with their new Dragonfly system. Coming to an American city near you.

Elitist thought control, dressed up as “progress” and “economic viability.” I actually used to buy into all of this crap. NO MORE.

The only thing that I see positive about Canyon County trying to attract more businesses is that it takes that growth pressure off Boise and Meridian. People are coming here because they hate where they came from. We should try to discourage too fast of growth as much as we can, but if we can prevent stack-n-packs of city density models, all the better.

They call us “slow and sleepy” here in Idaho. Well, I for one want it to stay that way. They can keep their fast moving, big money and corrupt laden lifestyles in the Big Blue dens of craziness.

I used to hate the likes of IFF. But now I see myself agreeing more than not. Medicaid has always been highly discriminatory and based on ability to pay. Translated….you can only get it if you REMAIN super poor. No one addresses the real cost issue, they just write a check and reward the whacked out pricing of health care. Medicaid is slavery. Too many people are put in that basket. No incentive to leave it if your job or lack of one can’t afford ridiculous premiums that pay for insurance that you can’t even use until your deductibles are met.

Educate yourself by looking up Karl Dellinger’s arguments against the HC industry. That will wake you up.

Just how dumb do they think the voters really are in all of this? If anything it will only serve to remind voters to turn out and once again vote down the Santa Claus effort at a $200MM jail. There are only 7% dorm beds in this proposed monster with cells for everyone else. Cells are the most expensive way to build a jail. With steel doors everywhere why the need for a jail that has more cells than a prison? The short answer is the DLR Group listened to the Sheriff make his Santa Claus plea thinking taxpayers are really stupid. There have been no numbers presented on the operational costs of this monster with respect to labor, fuel and power, water and sewer, and other sundry costs of operation.
The Sheriff has forgotten it costs about $100/day to keep someone in jail or prison. We have entirely too many people in jail and prison for petty stuff. We have people in jail and prison for things that would never have resulted in jail or prison when I was coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s.

The State of Idaho is looking at a $500 MM new prison. Where does this stop. Crime rates continue to decrease across the nation but we want more jails and prisons. I don’t feel any serious need for more jail beds with the statistics not supporting a need for more jail beds.