Caldwell Guardian

• $7MM TVCC Cat Comes Out of Bag One Leg At A Time

  
  
  THE GUARDIAN received his November 2009 copy of the Caldwell East Urban Renewal Agency minutes yesterday and TVCC downtown building will cost Caldwell taxpayers $7 million in non-voter approved spending. Also, Mayor Nancolas just back from a junket to the National League of Cites has [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  

• Where Does State Revenue Come From?

  
  The following is a summary of where the revenue comes from to finance the Idaho State Government. It was lifted from the Efficiency.Idaho.gov website for your review.
  
  State Totals $2,377,190,000
  
  Individual Income Tax $1,137,130,000
  Corporate Income Tax $132,110,000
  Sales Tax [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:40am EST
  

• Jail Woes Put Jail Bed Costs on Sale! Hurry Before Sale Ends

  
  
  What a deal! It must be Christmas and Black Friday for Jail Beds. Canyon County just got to rent jail beds for $40/day. It now costs Canyon County $84/day to run our jail per comments made by Commissioner Kathy Alder to a public service group [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:45am EST
  

• Team Tom Stalled on Police Building In Downtown Nampa

  
  Mayor Dale and the Urban Renewal crew are, for the moment, stalled out on building a new police station and library for the city of Nampa without voter approvals. Team Tom is content to not have voters weigh in on the projects and wants to cloak [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:53am EST
  

• Freedom of Information Not So Free In Caldwell

  
  THE GUARDIAN is finding freedom of information is not so free in the City of Caldwell. We have filed several public records requests asking to see the due diligence records with the TVCC project and the relationship with Oppenheimer Development.
  
  The city clerk has [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  

• Coupon Clippers, A Lesson In Economics

  
  THE GUARDIAN had the pleasure of meeting with Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation today. Mr. Hoffman is a very interesting guy with lots of insights into the workings of pork and waste in our government at all levels.
  
  The following was taken from [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:05pm EST
  

• Regional Jails Could Solve Overcrowding Woes

  
  
  Regional Jail Could Solve Crowding Woes
  November 9, 2009 by David R. Frazier
  
  Instead of asking Canyon voters to pony up for a new jail, we would suggest that Sheriff Chris Smith follow his own advice and go for a regional jail somewhere [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:19pm EST
  

• 35 Square Miles of Canyon County As Enterprise Zone?

  
  THE GUARDIAN could not help but notice the full page ad in the IPT this Sunday about 35 square miles of prime agricultural land about to be put on the block as an ENTERPRISE ZONE. The Coalition for Agriculture's Future paid for the advertisement and and' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:24am EST
  

• How Much Does Caldwell Urban Renewal Cost Us?

  
  THE GUARDIAN asked Caldwell's Finance Director how much the impact of Urban Renewal has on all property taxes in Caldwell and got the following answer in December of 2008.
  
  Caldwell property taxes are 22% higher in Caldwell and everyone in Canyon County pays 3.5%' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:27am EST
  

• Post Election Analysis

  The low voter turnout in Caldwell screams NOBODY CARES (Or maybe only 34% care)! Given the clear choices between the incumbents and the challengers along with the unbelievable minority who took the time and effort to actually vote. We don't hold much hope out for Caldwell ever pulling out of' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• Pre-Election Analysis

  
  
  Today is the day we all get to decide on the incumbents up for election as well as the jail bond. It will be interesting to see how much interest there is in this election. Typically, only people who are adamantly for or against take [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:15am EST