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2007 Boise Mayoral and City Council Races
Boise City Council, Seat 5
 
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Religious Liberty

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

Posting of the Ten Commandments on public property.

OPPOSE*

NO RESPONSE

Decision to remove Ten Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Continued use of invocations at opening of city council meetings.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Maintaining "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Right of Boise Rescue Mission to offer voluntary chapel services.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Social Issues

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Benefits for homosexual partners of city employees.

OPPOSE

NO RESPONSE

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

OPPOSE

NO RESPONSE

Coverage for abortion services in city employee health care plan.

OPPOSE

NO RESPONSE

Fiscal and Tax Policy

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

Taxpayer-subsidized light rail system.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Limit growth in city budget to growth plus inflation.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Transportation and Environment

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Abolish Ada County Highway District.

SUPPORT*

NO RESPONSE

Boise environmental policy governed by Kyoto Protocol.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

Land Use Policy

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

Annexation without the consent of those being annexed.

OPPOSE

NO RESPONSE

Changes in zoning to restrict development.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

Simplify and streamline permitting process for builders and developers.

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

Planned communities in Boise’s area of impact.

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Other

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

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

SUPPORT

NO RESPONSE

Boise should be a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.

OPPOSE

NO RESPONSE

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

NO RESPONSE

NO RESPONSE

 

Carol L. Wingate

Elaine Clegg

* = Candidate included a written comment with his answer
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