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2007 Boise Mayoral and City Council Races
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Religious Liberty

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Posting of the Ten Commandments on public property.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Decision to remove Ten Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Continued use of invocations at opening of city council meetings.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Right of Christian clergy to offer invocations in the name of Jesus.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Continued use of the Pledge of Allegiance in city council meetings.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Maintaining "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Right of Boise Rescue Mission to offer voluntary chapel services.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Social Issues

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Taxpayer subsidized homeless shelter in addition to the privately funded Boise Rescue Mission.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Benefits for homosexual partners of city employees.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

Inclusion of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in city discrimination policy.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Coverage for abortion services in city employee health care plan.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Fiscal and Tax Policy

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Taxpayer-subsidized light rail system.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Save excess tax revenues or return them to citizens in the form of lower taxes.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Limit growth in city budget to growth plus inflation.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Right of people to vote on long term debt for major projects like police building, libraries, parking garage at airport.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Transportation and Environment

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Adding I-84 off ramps at Maple Grove, Five Mile, and Cloverdale.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Abolish Ada County Highway District.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Boise environmental policy governed by Kyoto Protocol.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Land Use Policy

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Annexation without the consent of those being annexed.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Changes in zoning to restrict development.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Land use restrictions to control growth even if it lowers the value of private property.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Home and property owners should be compensated when city land use laws lower the value of their property.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Simplify and streamline permitting process for builders and developers.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Planned communities in Boise’s area of impact.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Other

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

Runoff elections for city council positions if no candidate gets 50% in general election.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Boise should be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Unionization of all city employees, not just police and firefighters.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

 

Dave Bieter

Jim Tibbs

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