Comments on: Dancing With the Wrong Partner

By: Sun Valley real estate

Sun Valley real estate — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:43:03 +0000

They are always like that.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:32:51 +0000

If the city leaders (and ACHD and P&Z) think they know more than we do about what is best for our neighborhoods then it is time for new leaders. These people were elected to act on behalf of the public and represent us – – NOT create their own agenda and shove it down the thoats of the neighborhoods. If they will not represent us then we will elect new officials who will!

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:17:59 +0000

Maybe we should just neuter any male who has already sired two children.

By: Robert Booth

Robert Booth — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:04:45 +0000

After attending one of the Boise Planning & Zoning Commission meetings it was obvious. They have no respect for public imput. They will do as they dang well please. Only thing they are interested in is Tax Base.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:11:32 +0000

As one of the 500 that went to the “Blueprint meetings I can tell you that the process was very bias toward the Smart Growth move. It was by no way a balanced approached to planning or what the citizens really want Boise to be.

By: Megan Montague

Megan Montague — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:25:03 +0000

Dear Guardian:
Your “Dancing With the Wrong Partner” (May 31, 2005) article is right on target.
For over a year the Depot Bench Neighborhood Association and the Neighborhood Preservation Committee have been stonewalled, ignored, and even ridiculed by ACHD and the City because we have the audacity to ask that the Crescent Rim infill development being ramrodded through the development process be slightly scaled-back to better fit our neighborhhood.
I don’t get it – don’t our elected officials realize that once you ruin a neighborhood it doesn’t just bounce back? Can’t they see that if the neighborhoods are against them they are a one-term government?
I voted for Bieter because Winder was a developer. Silly, silly me.

By: Gene Fadness

Gene Fadness — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:21:31 +0000

Thanks for your comments, David. I commend you for your Website. It is always great to hear another perspective. I remember you from my reporter days and you were and are just the kind of pest every city needs.
I would like to say, however, that the Blueprint for Growth, has involved at least 500 Boiseans and is open to as many who want to participate. True, there are outside consultants. I think it’s wise to hear from those who come from cities that have experienced the same growth issues we now face. They tell us what they did wrong, and what they did right. I do agree with you, however, that we have to be aware of duplication and stick to the planning we’ve already done. However, that planning must be flexible to accommodate changing conditions.
And I agree with you that there hasn’t been discussion of “limiting” growth. That’s because I don’t think we want to do that. We don’t want to prevent others who seek our way of life, at least not yet.
And I must disgree with you about neighborhood associations not having access, or having the ability to formulate their own growth plans. Many have and they have been adopted by the city.
Keep up the good work, my friend.
(Editor note: Fadness is chairman of the Boise Planning & Zoning Commission and spokesman for the State Public Utilities Commission.)