Comments on: Poop Plants Proffered

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:05:11 +0000

I see a good story for the main stream media here, maybe Channel 2 or the Statesman would like to pick up on this and follow through.

So far, Public Works appears to be the only one actually doing their “after hours” moon lighting during normal working hours while using their city vehicles. However, this may be a common benefit that goes with some positions within the city that we just hadn’t heard about. The mayor has made several policy changes…

By: Concerned one

Concerned one — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:43:12 +0000

Ya know…

There is so much of this type of crap going on, no one seems to be outraged anymore. Sad but true.

Take a look at who is on the ethics panel, who is still in their management positions, who was and who wasn’t audited. Not much has really changed at all.

Skinny houses are a problem??? Really. Huh, I would have thought ongoing corruption, cushy jobs for friends and the ghost of Gary wandering around would have people more concerned.

By: tam

tam — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:58:15 +0000

A personal favorite in the moonlighting category is the Boise firefighters who started a business “training” job candidates on how to pass the “competitive” examination…to be a boise firefighter…for a fee, of course. But they did it “on their own time” which they seem to have plenty of. Oh, and fire management saw nothing even remotely wrong with it. The current treatment plant manager is in business with a former supervisor, is my recollection. This is nothing really new. Doesn’t make it right.

By: Wirt

Wirt — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:01:01 +0000

Inside, your missing the point here…

Most employees who do that sort of thing do it on their own time and don’t drive city vehicles.
I support employees who want to moon light, but not at the tax payer’s expense.

Projects like that at Star are major enough to take considerable planning and effort to complete. A majority of that work would have had to of been done during normal working hours which also brings up the point about the City of Boise managers of those involved, you can bet they had to be aware of all this going on.

More details are needed before judgment calls can be made, but among them would be who, when and where this business took place. It shouldn’t be too difficult to track down.

If this turns out to be anything like it now appears, there isn’t a lot of difference between what was done here and what Skinner is accused of doing. It would be in all cases a situation of employees taking advantage of the city for personal gain.

By: Inside

Inside — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:40:33 +0000

There are a lot of folks on the city payroll that “moonlight”.

How many cops “rent” themselves out after being trained at city expense? If the City is really concerned about the “other businesses” that are going on then all they need to do is ask every employee to disclose their other businesses annually and keep it on public file.

If the Mayor and City Council do not require this disclosure then they really don’t care to even know what is going on – or control it.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:45:38 +0000

This Poop Farm story is really starting to smell. Thanks for the “fresh air” Guardian!