First, and most importantly, you need to consult with a State licensed General Contractor and ask them how the sewage would flow from the newly installed piping and to either: 1. your septic tank, 2. the commercial sewer connection (probably near your street), or 3. your existing lift station. That question must first be investigated and determined IF it is possible, and then what that will cost and then if you want to do it.

Butch Otter is a republican and Keith Allred, not Alfred, is a democrat. If we can get beyond the political parties and having that turn you off, if we can take the time to learn about the candidates themselves, their history and what they stand for, we can get our country back to what it was originally intended.

Keith Allred has a background that focuses on family values. His stance on education is as follows;

This year, Governor Otter cut K-12 education funding by 7.5 percent or $128 million dollars. Why? He said it was because we had no choice. He was wrong. We always have choices.

The choice to make strategic, cost-effective investments in education is the choice that Idaho’s constitution demands and the only choice that will allow our kids to compete in tomorrow’s economy. It’s the choice I’ll make as governor.

Idaho’s founders understood that a thorough, effective education for our kids is absolutely essential. As Idaho’s Constitution explains, “the stability of a republican form of government” depends “mainly upon the intelligence of the people.” Education is our most powerful tool for teaching civic engagement. It’s also at the heart of our American belief that we’re all created equal. Whatever the circumstances of our birth, a thorough system of education ensures that every determined Idahoan can realize the American dream. Finally, education is a powerful tool of economic development. Only an educated workforce will attract the businesses that can grow Idaho’s economy and sustain it through economic downturns.

What I Would Have Done
Governor Otter’s decision to cut education funding by 7.5 percent or $128 million ignored this critical responsibility of state government. Governor Otter told us that we had no choice. He was wrong. We always have choices. There were two good choices that I would have made to keep our K-12 education budget whole. First, four evidence-based projections said we’ll realize more than $80 million in increased revenue next year. Governor Otter ignored these projections. I would have budgeted on evidence, not on gloom. Second, the Tax Commission reported that if they were given additional staff they could net $60 million in increased revenue by going after tax deadbeats. Governor Otter chose to cut Tax Commission staff. With this $140 million in available revenue, I would have kept education whole.

What I Will Do: The Strategy for Improving K-12 Education
Otter’s poor decision aside, the discussion about improving Idaho’s education system gets mired in partisan debate. I hear Democrats and moderate Republicans argue that we need to invest more in education. I hear conservative Republicans argue that just throwing more money into education doesn’t guarantee better results. We’re having the wrong debate.

Instead of arguing about overall funding levels for education, we should look at the most strategic, cost-effective investments we can make. As governor, I would lead this discussion in two parts. First, we should take a hard look at the investments we’re currently making in education. Are they giving us the return they should? Those that aren’t need to be eliminated. Second, we should review the investments that we could be making. What investments have proven to be cost effective here or elsewhere that would be worth making in Idaho?

Quantifying the value of each investment we make or could make in education will allow us to get beyond the ineffective partisan debate about overall funding levels. It would also focus our attention on the reality that, like all investments, investments in K-12 education have costs and benefits. We can quantify these. First, we can quantify the costs of ineffective investment in order to ensure that no Idaho taxpayer watches the state government waste their money. Second, we can quantify the costs of underinvestment. If we spend too little on K-12 education, we end up spending much, much more on prisons and health & welfare. Let’s not grow government by skimping on our kids’ education.

How We’ll Get it Done
To cut through the rancor of the partisan debate, we’ll have to engage our government in the way our founders intended. The founders warned us against the “problem of faction”—what we, today, would call political parties or special interests. They knew that in order to find the best solutions to our problems, we would need to work together across the lines that tend to divide us.

That’s what I’ve done for the last five years. I’ve brought together everyday Idahoans—Republicans, Democrats, and independents—to think about tough problems and offer practical solutions. What’s remarkable is that we’ve succeeded. We’ve demonstrated that our system of government works remarkably well when you engage it the way our founding fathers intended.

As a governor in partnership with everyday Idahoans—Republicans, Democrats, and independents—I will work to identify the most cost-effective, strategic investments we can make in K-12 education. As a result, we’ll realize the smartest level of overall investment. The principle is simple: If the governor partners with everyday Idahoans, then together we can make wise decisions about what’s in our best interests and overcome the self-serving power of political parties and special interests.

Here’s what that will look like. First, I’ll gather together the experts who can give us the best available information on the investments we’re currently making in K-12 education as well as the most strategic and cost-effective investments that we could be making. I’ll work with these experts to quantify the cost that each investment would impose and the benefit that each would bring. I’ll work with them to give their ideas full and fair expression—even when they disagree—in a policy brief. Can we really capture the complexities of the issue? Sure. Can we put it into language that everyday Idahoans understand? Sure. I’ve done it for five years.

Second, I’ll invite thousands of Idahoans, randomly selected from the registered voter list, to read the brief and give their opinion on which investments in K-12 education we should be making. Will everyday Idahoans take the time? They will. When the governor says, “Help me decide which investments we should make in K-12 education in order to prepare our kids to compete in tomorrow’s economy and in order to minimize waste and unnecessary spending on prisons and health & welfare,” Idahoans will weigh in.

Third, I’ll introduce legislation that proposes to make the strategic, cost-effective investments for which everyday Idahoans expressed broad support.

Fourth, I’ll partner with the thousands of everyday Idahoans whose good judgment formed the basis of the bill and with every other concerned Idahoan to see that bill through the legislative process. This is where our partnership is so important. A governor in partnership with thousands of informed and activated Idahoans can cut through the partisan debate to get real results.

When everyday Idahoans are informed and mobilized, we can prevail. As president of The Common Interest, I’ve successfully led efforts to reduce property taxes, protect private property rights, and ensure open government. A governor, in partnership with everyday Idahoans, can find and champion the most strategic and cost-effective level of investing in education. Together we can get it done.

Gov Butch Otter on the other hand, has proved that our children (our future) is not a priority. He is more interested in spending money on our roads than on the education of our children. It's great to try to create new jobs, but I don't agree with doing it at the expense of our education system. I guess at least the teachers that have lost their jobs can get a temporary jobs working on the road crews building new roads that no one is going to use because they have no jobs to go to and no money to get there even if they had somewhere to go to.

Butch Otter's stance on eduation is as follows;

“We need the best and brightest of our Idaho young people to get their educations here and stay here for productive and fulfilling careers. Providing world-class educational opportunities for our citizens isn’t just the smart thing to do; it’s the right thing to do.”

For Governor Otter, education is the key to economic and social well-being and Idaho’s future prosperity, and is a fundamental and proper role of state government. Working with Superintendent Luna and a State Board of Education that is refocused on its constitutional policy-making and oversight role, Governor Otter is committed to rewarding innovation, creativity and what works for Idaho students – K-20. He is committed to raising achievement standards in Idaho classrooms and to creating opportunities in rural Idaho communities on a par with any in the world. The Idaho Education Network is opening doors and expanding horizons for students all over Idaho with state-of-the-art technology and connectivity. The College of Western Idaho is enabling hundreds of new students and mid-career workers to get the more affordable education and training they need. And the Opportunity Scholarship Fund is providing help and hope so financial need won’t keep Idaho’s best students from living up to their own greatest potential.

The reality of all of this is talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words. Unfortunately since we can't believe a single word that any politician says, we have to take a look into their past and see what they really believe in.

My perspective is not just from having children in school, but with my wife as a special education teacher, I have a viewpoint from the inside. Teachers believe the system is corrupt. They are already underpaid but are taking additional paycuts and losing benefits.

We need to reinvest in our future, which is in the education of our children.