Comments on: Citizens Prevail Over Canyon Commishes http://boiseguardian.com/2008/01/25/citizens-prevail-over-canyon-commishes/ A different slant on the news. Tue, 22 May 2012 18:09:18 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: CYCLOPS http://boiseguardian.com/2008/01/25/citizens-prevail-over-canyon-commishes/comment-page-1/#comment-7482 CYCLOPS Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:15:54 +0000 http://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=857#comment-7482 Help me out here Guardian. I fail to see what is accomplished by this ruling. You filed suit on, what I understand to be, the same basic issue. You won both times. Now the county next door does it and the same ruling comes down. But the bottom line is the same. Elected officials ignored the law and got away with it. As long as there are no consequences to illegal actions by elected officials, "moot" seems to mean "Yah, your right. But your still screwed!" Help me out here Guardian. I fail to see what is accomplished by this ruling. You filed suit on, what I understand to be, the same basic issue. You won both times. Now the county next door does it and the same ruling comes down. But the bottom line is the same. Elected officials ignored the law and got away with it. As long as there are no consequences to illegal actions by elected officials, “moot” seems to mean “Yah, your right. But your still screwed!”

]]> By: Billy Idaho http://boiseguardian.com/2008/01/25/citizens-prevail-over-canyon-commishes/comment-page-1/#comment-7481 Billy Idaho Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:54:13 +0000 http://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=857#comment-7481 So now what? Does that automaticly 'fire' the commissioners? Or do they continue on as if nothing happened? EDITOR NOTE--It would be fair to say their chances at re-election are greatly deminished. The significance of the case is that in the future ANY citizen will have the right to go after wrongdoing elected officials. So now what?
Does that automaticly ‘fire’ the commissioners? Or do they continue on as if nothing happened?

EDITOR NOTE–It would be fair to say their chances at re-election are greatly deminished. The significance of the case is that in the future ANY citizen will have the right to go after wrongdoing elected officials.

]]> By: Rod in SE Boise http://boiseguardian.com/2008/01/25/citizens-prevail-over-canyon-commishes/comment-page-1/#comment-7480 Rod in SE Boise Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:05:20 +0000 http://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=857#comment-7480 That is a bit of good news in a world filled with bad news. That is a bit of good news in a world filled with bad news.

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