City proposed 26% water rate hike

Boy, Im sure glad I have a well and live in the county. Seems the city is doing great with their spending of our hard earned money. I wonder when the water problems were really known and how long they were put off, Im sure they were known when the economy was good and could have been fixed then. But, lets wait until people are in hard times to bleed them dry. People of Mountain Home wont leave because a nuke plant might come in, or if the base were ever to leave. They will leave because of extremely poor management of this town well before something from the outside does it. This town "could" be a true haven in the desert, but as long as we continue down this path, it will be a relic of the past...

Gee, how bout our hard working (NOT!!) City Council take a pay CUT!! Oh like that would never happen! I work 58 hours a week to pay my bills and just got hit with a 15.75% pay decrease because the state went broke, again! SO, go ahead, hit my wallet where it hurts, I doubt it will hurt yours!!

@ scoutin, The nuke plant is not coming to Mt Home. AEHI went with the Payette site because they bent over backwards to get things done. Guess Payette recognized a great opportunity for their community when the saw it.

Nothing like progress that pays for itself. The builders should have paid into this mess as part of the improvement to infrastructure---oh wait...little of that was added onto building permits and inspection fees. Instead, they made millions, left and taxpayers hold the bag. Sewer lines should be next given the state of most of those. Cha-ching.

How about those electric vehicles that were purchased? Where are they and what are they doing?

tigerfan, really? Great opportunity? Interesting. So was the dairy industry when it came in. It was going to lower taxes and help to improve schools. That story speaks for itself. A levy for the schools and higher taxes. So what was so good about that deal again?

Paychecks keep going down and monthly bills keep going up, can't possibly stretch or keep up anymore...

Just read the article concerning a proposed 26% increase in the water rates. How does the mayor and city council figure older retired folks are going to come up with the added expense. "Oh its just a couple of dollars"" As most people are aware retirements are prettty well fixed and there Ain't no COLA raises coming soon. My house could stand new siding and a new driveway but I can't afford them right now so I will have to put it off for Now. If the city can't afford it right now maybe they ought to put the whistles and bells off till they can afford it.

@tigerfan-I know the nuke plant isnt coming, and thank goodness for that. I prefer to see the peacful turning of the wind generators over the eerily glow of a nuke plant. Im sorry for all those connected to city water "paying" for the same water I get from my well, since the infrastruture is that bad, Im sure its the same.

@GEL- oh they already tried to get me, I own more than 5 acres so they cant annex me, safe for now. But they tried getting some of my land to get me below 5 acres, so they could annex the neighborhood, but we decided NO!!!!