https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/company-backs-out-of-major-star-housing-development-project/277-0f303726-ca40-4d44-9d92-08607fdefa4a

Lastly, they once again proved it takes no talent to spend other peoples money.

What this boils down to is we can only employ so many lawyers, waiters, realtors, landscapers, nurses, and bureaucrats (which only circulate funds within the local area) before we experience a decline in general prosperity and economic complexity. There are a few things that are concerning in the report like a rise in poverty from 2007-2017 and a 6.3% decline in aggregate earnings despite a rise in population.

My opinion is that the growth we have experienced has aspects of a Ponzi-scheme built on debt which enriches only a few and is not sustainable over the long term. For example, land developers make a one time windfall on a building project and then they have to continue to develop or else they go out of business. There are limits to this. Compare this to an industrial manufacturer which may build a plant and provide jobs and generate income and tax revenue for decades. This Ponzi growth may come to a screeching halt after the boom ends and people leave the area for employment elsewhere.

EDITOR NOTE–For years we have lamented having an economy based on growth. Like a cake walk, when the music stops someone will be the loser.

https://boisedev.com/news/2019/05/21/boise-brookings-growth-change/

I surely hope that Ada voters smell the rat of expansionist gravy train addicts in our City Council agenda. This city has plenty of growth generating value in its own right. It does NOT need artificial means to grow faster. Team Dave is trying to build a Lefty voting base to supplant Idaho pragmatism. They want a Portland right here and now.

This goes way beyond greasing palms and short term profits. This is about individual freedom being threatened. Go read today’s headlines about China’s Social Control System. If you don’t think that is headed for US, then you are fooling yourself. Team Dave et al will be more than happy to invite such a system, in the form of Facebook and Twitter platforms, geared toward promoting THEIR policies. Be Nice will be their mantra. Be Nice just means don’t oppose City Hall.

If you attended one of the open houses you were treated with contempt and arrogance on their part and neither Tom Dale or Pam White (from Nampa) could be bothered to to attend the open house in Nampa.

Seniors and others on fixed incomes who know their property tax burden was going to increase were essentially ignored. 2C residents already have the highest taxes in Idaho and now they want more.

With the new jail it will also be further for a Nampa city officer to drive for an arrested individual thus adding a burden to the city for overtime and vehicle maintenance, etc.

Last I heard from Sheriff Donahue was his jail is at 75-80% capacity and considers that overcrowded, but you have lots of open space for a dayroom. It’s Jail, not a retirement home, well maybe for politicians, but I digress. Oh and stop locking people up because you are mad at them, or they offended your entitled sense of well, whatever.