Canyon County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Idaho. Anyone who has driven through Caldwell or anywhere in the Treasure Valley in the last five years already knows this. New neighborhoods have risen where fields used to be. Schools are filling up. Roads that were adequate a decade ago are struggling because their original design never anticipated the growth being seen.
Growth is good. But growth without the infrastructure to support it can create problems that eventually turn into crises.
For over half a year, I knocked on doors across District 11, listening to residents discuss what they need from their local government, not necessarily more government, but the expectation that the services they pay for are actually being provided. The same issues came up consistently: road maintenance, traffic, green spaces, libraries serving growing families, and law/safety services with adequate resources to protect and serve our community…