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2007 Boise Mayoral and City Council Races
Boise City Council, Seat 3
 
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Religious Liberty

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

Posting of the Ten Commandments on public property.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Decision to remove Ten Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Continued use of invocations at opening of city council meetings.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Maintaining "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Right of Boise Rescue Mission to offer voluntary chapel services.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Social Issues

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Benefits for homosexual partners of city employees.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Coverage for abortion services in city employee health care plan.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Fiscal and Tax Policy

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

Taxpayer-subsidized light rail system.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

UNDECIDED

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Limit growth in city budget to growth plus inflation.

NO RESPONSE

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

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Transportation and Environment

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Abolish Ada County Highway District.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Boise environmental policy governed by Kyoto Protocol.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

UNDECIDED

Land Use Policy

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

Annexation without the consent of those being annexed.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

Changes in zoning to restrict development.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

UNDECIDED

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Simplify and streamline permitting process for builders and developers.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Planned communities in Boise’s area of impact.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Other

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

SUPPORT

Boise should be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

OPPOSE

 

David Eberle

Marlene K. Smith

Redgie K. Bigham

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