Actions by our elected and appointed government officials at the local levels hearken back to the French Revolution and the famous phrase "let them eat cake". The people had no bread to eat and the Queen responded.."let them eat cake".
Local newspaper stories indicated our local politicos have very little intention of cutting back anywhere for anything that will bring property valuations, current levy rates and spending into alignment. They in fact, want to spend even more money on stuff none of us asked for nor want. Think new city hall in Caldwell, Police and Library in Nampa, and a new jail along with other goodies at the County level.
Housing values are down around 20% in twenty metropolitan areas monitored by the S&P Case-Shiller Index. This valley follows those values quite closely when held up for comparison. Caldwell, Nampa, and Canyon County have yet to demonstrate to the taxpayers they are pulling in their horns on spending at any serious level.
The cat is out of the bag on raising the levy rates plus 3% to the highest rates over the past three years. Meanwhile the unwashed masses have to figure out how to do more with much less income. Somehow this just does not seem right.
Life goes on at the city and county levels. Our state Legislature is making painful cuts to balance their budget but life goes on pretty much as usual for the locals. They are just going to raise the levy rates and take a tax increase. Ditto for the Urban Renewal Boards. They get to stay "revenue neutral" thru this economy.
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