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July 11, 2022
Pocatello For Accountable Government Entities, a local government watchdog group better known as P.A.G.E., urges citizens to speak out and express their concerns about Pocatello’s proposed FY 2023 budget. In a recent social media post, the founders of P.A.G.E. explain the need for Pocatellans to speak to the council:
Rarely does P.A.G.E. offer public comment to the Council. We sit for hours at almost every City Council, Budget and Work Session with little-to-no ability to provide feedback. However, after sitting through many hours of recent budget meetings—particularly the budget meeting on 7/7/22—we finally vented during the evening City Council meeting!
We’re not finished “venting” (limited to 3 minutes speaking time each). The next speaking opportunity will be at the next regular City Council meeting—consider joining us and sharing your thoughts on City spending with the Council!
We believed it necessary to provide Council with a “reality check” and offer them a taxpayer/constituent perspective: a perspective from taxpayers who actually pay for the never-ending annual spending increases proposed by the mayor and approved by the Council.