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Question 3 Response.

by Bill Shurtleff October 30, 2005

The main alternative of course is always private funding. But in many cases the risk is too great. In other words, some situations are not profitable and therefore private enterprise would only be interested in doing it as a philanthropic donation. If your community has a Bill Gates or a Frank Vandersloot or a [...]

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Question 4 Response

by Bill Shurtleff October 30, 2005

Number one is : We have to have a good marketing program in place. That simply gets our name out there to attract responses. Then we have to have an aggressive sales team of which as Mayor, I would like to play a part. Also , we have a new mission at the INL and [...]

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Question 2 Response

by Bill Shurtleff October 30, 2005

Yes, we do use tax money for childrens programs through our recreation deparment. We collect property taxes under a tax levy for recreation. But one of the areas that I would push is to form relationships with other organizations , YWCA, Soccer Associations, Hockey Associations, and others and work with them to create programs for [...]

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Question 7 – Jason

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

I have touched on this in a previous question, but the main point is that we become business friendly. Attitude of personnel makes a difference. You have all gone into stores where employees are friendly, helpful, and go out-of-their-way to serve you. This is exactly what I mean. The people that [...]

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Question 6

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

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question 5– Tammy

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

From the very beginning of this project a naming rights package was part of the plan to raise the money needed to build a new ball park. This is the way it is done across the nation. The person and/or company which provides the bulk of the financing names the ball park or [...]

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question 4- Mark

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

In order to hold property taxes down we must do the following:
First, we must have leadership on the City Council to control spending. As Mayor I would provide

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Question 3–Joe Friendly

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

I can’t answer this question. I don’t know how we get a sports arena in this area if we don’t have a room-tax to fund it. Do you have any ideas?

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Question 2 of Bob Austin

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

We have an economic development group called “Grow Idaho Falls.” They work to answer inquiries from “outside” business and to create programs that will attract business to take a look at our area. We are basically restricted to going after businesses that are a size we can physically handle; ie, infrastructure. One way to [...]

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Answer to question 1 from Chuck

by Bill Shurtleff October 28, 2005

The plan for the city golf courses is as follows:
When I got on the Council the golf courses’ accounting was mixed in with all the various activities of the recreation dept. It was very difficult to see what their financial situation was. Some years it looked as if they were making money and losing [...]

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