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A closer look at the County Commissioner District 2 race

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Larry Rose

GOP -- Incumbent

Local revenues may be down next year as a result of the economy and the collapse in the housing market. What programs do you believe should have priority funding, and why? What programs do you believe should face major cuts, and why?

Idaho code states the county commissioners are required to provide law enforcement, ambulance service, and refuse disposal site for the citizens of Elmore County, but there are many more items or programs that are just as important and must be considered in the overall county government.

As far as programs that should face major cuts. All of the elected officials and department heads try to work as a team to serve the public. We have meetings at least once a month to try and work out what needs attention and share what other departments doing. Elmore County is over 3000 square miles and over 75 percent of it is federal or state property, so we don't have revenue to waste on programs that don't work. If cuts are made in the county budget, they will be made to all departments within the county.

If elected, what ordinances would you propose, change, or eliminate?

With all the land use issues facing Elmore County, the new Planning and Zoning Ordinance is top of our list to work on now.

Water issues have tended to dominate local land use planning. What growth restrictions do you believe may be necessary (if any)?

We are working with the Idaho Department of Water Resourses to come up with guidelines pertaining to the use of ground water. Developers may be required to any or all of the following.

pre-drill and run sustainability tests on wells prior to a conditional use permit being issued. Transfer water rights due to no new appropriations of water. Use 0-scape landscaping. Provide a water conservation plan (water conserving fixtures and appliances required at time of construction). Have a well-head protection plan. Have a well siting plan. Have a water reclamation and reuse plan. Put in monitoring wells so IDWR can measure and provide information on the basin water and on the effects to neighboring property owners.

The County Commissioners are trying to get IDWR to move up the time table on the evaluation of our water basin.

This is not all we are doing as far as water is concerned, but I hope it will answer your questions.

Doug King

Independent- challenger

Local revenues may be down next year as a result of the economy and the collapse in the housing market. What programs do you believe should have priority funding, and why? What programs do you believe should face major cuts, and why?

I would need to review all of the programs to see which ones I believe would benefit the county the most as a whole. We would need to see what kind of money we have. Then you could discuss which programs to cut or possibly all of them. Without being a commissioner I don't really know which programs to cut at this time without doing some research into this.

If elected, what ordinances would you propose, change, or eliminate?

If elected, I believe all old ordinances need to be reviewed. There are probably some outdated ones that could be changed or eliminated all together. I would do some research on this if elected.

Water issues have tended to dominate local land use planning. What growth restrictions do you believe may be necessary (if any)?

The Commissioners would need to look at any business or major subdivision having to bring transferable water nights with them.

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  • I don't believe any ground water permitted by original person authorized by any other use or used on different lands or use should be moved to other uses. When an original permitt was given by the state water department must show what and where and to what usage this water is to be used along with the amount of water to be able to use. I would think any other usage of water from the existing aquifer should not be able just to buy an existing water permit and then used this water to whatever they want to use, like changing crop irrigation useage to the city of mtn. home. If a user no longer wants or stops using the permit, the permited water should go back to the state and then other needs can go back to the state for a new water permit. water permits should not be allowed to sell these, for in some cases, as more money than the total value of proporty.

    -- Posted by goodllama2 on Thu, Oct 23, 2008, at 9:49 AM

  • Let's please vote out Larry Rose for his decision to over turning the Planning and Zoning decision to deny Clear Springs Ranch subdivision a conditional use permit to build about 200 homes on 200 acres with septic tanks.

    Planning and Zoning go it right by denying the application. I believe and most of the residents that live on Beaman, North 18th and Canyon Creek believe the county commissioners ignored citizens concerns and are allowing the subdivision. This is not reasonable. We the citizens hold the power. Please vote him out. If our wells have to be redrilled or water is contaminated with sewage from this subdivision, who is going to pay?? The existing home owner.

    Please write in Doug King for County Commissioner.

    -- Posted by oldcowboy on Fri, Oct 24, 2008, at 7:41 AM

  • Hello again, I and my husband for two, are voteing all the commissioners "OUT".We live in this area of Beaman and 18th and Canyon Creek. After attending a meeting one evening and this same subject came up, they ALL sat there in front of us and said "NO HOUSES TO BE BUILT ON LESS THAN 5 FIVE ACRES OUT IN THIS AREA". They could'nt look at us at all. To tell this "BALL FACE LIE". We need truth and honesty in our local goverment not people who say one thing and go behind the voter's back and allow someone to do the oppisit of what they have allready passed is just plane worng, and if this is not the case we need to impeach tham and get the lier's out of office. There comes a time when we need to clean house and this is definitely one. So please get out and vote this year.

    -- Posted by Green Eyed Lady on Wed, Oct 29, 2008, at 2:55 PM
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