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2007 Boise Mayoral and City Council Races
Boise City Council, Seat 1
 
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Religious Liberty

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

Posting of the Ten Commandments on public property.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Decision to remove Ten Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Continued use of invocations at opening of city council meetings.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

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

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Maintaining "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Right of Boise Rescue Mission to offer voluntary chapel services.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

Social Issues

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

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

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Benefits for homosexual partners of city employees.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

Coverage for abortion services in city employee health care plan.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Fiscal and Tax Policy

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

Taxpayer-subsidized light rail system.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Limit growth in city budget to growth plus inflation.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT*

Transportation and Environment

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

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

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Abolish Ada County Highway District.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Boise environmental policy governed by Kyoto Protocol.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

Land Use Policy

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

Annexation without the consent of those being annexed.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

Changes in zoning to restrict development.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

Simplify and streamline permitting process for builders and developers.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Planned communities in Boise’s area of impact.

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

Other

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

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

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

Boise should be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

OPPOSE

 

Alan Shealy

Frances Wray

Steven C. Kimball

* = Candidate included a written comment with his answer
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