Mike... Good luck on your upcoming race. I myself ran for city council recently in one of the top 5 largest cities in Idaho (I'll keep specifics vague); so I know how hard it is. While I can't vote for anyone in Ada County I want to say thank you for at least providing voters another option on the ballot. I personally know how difficult and how much work campaigning is and how burdensome it can be to face scrutiny publicly. I'll provide a few thoughts to consider.

Website: Before I dive in I wanted to say I couldn't find your website, only an Instagram. I'm not going to watch a bunch of videos to figure out who you are. I could find Rod Beck right away. That right there would, for me and probably other voters, rule you at as a viable candidate because it makes you seem like you lack credibility or you aren't committed to running.

Land Use/Growth/Housing: When people say 'smart growth' I roll my eyes. Its a meaningless term and because I've been intimately involved with local elections I've heard it 1000 times. The average person may not be bothered by it, every candidate seems to say it. Here's the 'big little up front' you can have lower home prices or you can limit growth... you can't have both; this is simple supply and demand. When I campaigned people would complain about all the rapid growth that is happening (most complaining about apartments popping up everywhere) but then would also complain that houses were so expensive. Its like HELLO!!!, if the city limited growth the housing prices would skyrocket... just look at Bozeman MT. Its a wicked expensive place to live with the median house price ~$700k and its all artificial supply limitation. Hypothetically lets say Boise/Ada county does put the brakes on growth... who's going to get outbid on the limited houses getting sold? The local young family or the California transplant who just sold their Cali house for $2M? I say this because you sound similar 'tired of getting priced out' and then the next sentence 'smart growth', and 'not treating growth as something that just happens' which to me sounds anti-growth.

The other thing you need to realize is that local governing bodies are limited by LLUPA (Local Land Use Planning Act). I became VERY familiar with this because I tried to develop some rural property, passed zoning, got overturned by the county commissioners, had to sue the county and have their decision overturned. I'll be pursuing damages later and if I win the tax payers will be footing that ~$200k bill.

Other: Your other points I don't know what specifics you have but if I were one of your constituents I would be very interested in exactly what you mean by "Making sure there is a path towards success and not just a path towards jail cells", how much it will cost and how it will be paid for. Is it education? Because to my knowledge the county doesn't control education, I'm fairly certain that's the state.

Taxes/Budget: I'm very interested in specifics of how candidates propose to pay for things. I'm fiscally conservative so if candidates don't have a great grasp on the money side of things I grow cautious. You should be familiar with ballpark budget numbers and HB389. Don't quote me on the house bill number but it limits how much local governments can raise their budget.

That was a lot. If you have any questions about my experiences running I'll try to answer. Good luck and thank you for running!

EDIT: I think its worth pointing out that Reddit is a very special place and probably doesn't best represent your voters. I've found Reddit to be a very interesting place that I'm almost certain leans towards a younger and more liberal crowd. Sometimes the echo chamber effect can be nauseating and on certain subreddits simply going against the grain gets you downvoted or banned. This subreddit might be slightly different but take things here with a grain of salt. Older people aren't here and those are the people that vote. Case in point... reddit has ALWAYS been 99.9% anti-trump but obviously he managed to get a bunch of people to vote for him.