Comments on: You Oughta Be in Movies https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: john dadabay https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-350 Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:48:14 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-350 The Idaho State Department of Commerce, or whatever they call it now, has been spending money for years trying to promote Idaho in the movies. They see it as a way to throw some scratch to towns like Rupert and such but the main idea is it is a great way to advertise the beauty of Idaho and sell, sell, sell. I’m not sure Napoleon did a great job of it but it sure is going to get some potential folks excited when they watch the movie and see the only black person in the show arrive in Idaho on a bus and leave a few days later. And I don’t think she was going back to Salt Lake City.

]]> By: Let's not give Idaho Away https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-349 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:27:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-349 If we added up all the money that the state has spend over the years trying to get movies made in Idaho it would be MORE than what the state has collected from all the movies made in the state.

Blaine County makes more money in property taxes from Hollywood types than the state has collected on all the movies made here as well.

]]> By: Let's not give Idaho Away https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-1236 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:27:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-1236 If we added up all the money that the state has spend over the years trying to get movies made in Idaho it would be MORE than what the state has collected from all the movies made in the state.

Blaine County makes more money in property taxes from Hollywood types than the state has collected on all the movies made here as well.

]]> By: Let's not give Idaho Away https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-2836 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:27:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-2836 If we added up all the money that the state has spend over the years trying to get movies made in Idaho it would be MORE than what the state has collected from all the movies made in the state.

Blaine County makes more money in property taxes from Hollywood types than the state has collected on all the movies made here as well.

]]> By: Let's not give Idaho Away https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-4967 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:27:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-4967 If we added up all the money that the state has spend over the years trying to get movies made in Idaho it would be MORE than what the state has collected from all the movies made in the state.

Blaine County makes more money in property taxes from Hollywood types than the state has collected on all the movies made here as well.

]]> By: Let's not give Idaho Away https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-7209 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:27:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-7209 If we added up all the money that the state has spend over the years trying to get movies made in Idaho it would be MORE than what the state has collected from all the movies made in the state.

Blaine County makes more money in property taxes from Hollywood types than the state has collected on all the movies made here as well.

]]> By: TG https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-348 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:48:28 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-348 Ironically, these schemes are in large part inspired by the success of “Napoleon Dynamite,” an indie sleeper hit that got made on a good old-fashioned shoestring. Now, that film has indeed pumped up the tourist economy in Preston, but that was a complete fluke and who knows how long Napoleon fever will last?

Sure, having a big-time film production come to town can inject some money into the local economy (primarily the service economy), and sure, it’s exciting and all (any other old-timers remember the thrill of “Bronco Billy”?)– but, as usual, the legislature has it ass-backwards. Incentives should be for locally-based, homegrown outfits. There’s plenty of aspiring filmmakers in the city who could use a boost and would be more than happy to film at home. If Hollywood wants to come to town, fine, just make sure they pay their way.

]]> By: Jack https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-347 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:31:39 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-347 What did Manassas, Virginia give Micron that Idaho and Boise didn’t?

Ed Note–$2 million for starters. See the link on the previous comment.

]]> By: ryan https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-346 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:45:03 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-346 Micron expansion pumps 860 jobs, $1.2 billion into Manassas: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/051104/1187600.html?.v=1

]]> By: Curmudgeon https://boiseguardian.com/2005/11/13/you-oughta-be-in-movies/#comment-345 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:45:25 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=152#comment-345 If Jana, Dirk and the rest want to schmooze with the stars they can do it in Sun Valley or in Hollywood. If a business organization wants to come here (even a “hit and run” business like a movie company), let ’em pay their way just like everyone else has to. The only permanent jobs I can see here are those created by the state to “lure” movie producers here.

This sounds suspiciously like a fad-of-the-month someone picked up at an NGA conference.

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