Comments on: Boise Not Good Enough?

By: Razzbar

Razzbar — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:19:03 +0000

Sun Valley? Oh, what FUN! It beats a little old meeting down at the Club time after time… A little break, a little working vacation would spice up the pot indeed!

Not that anyone would notice, much less care too much. People get used to such frolic. Ho, hum.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:32:47 +0000

Thanks, Sharon, for keeping track of the nonsense done by our government officials. This is the wonder of the Internet…we can all stay informed without waiting for the “newspaper, i.e. the Statesman” to do any investigative reporting.

Treva

By: Inside

Inside — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:13:50 +0000

It is all about BUYING influence! Our “leaders” would never want to be seen this close to this gang of “buyers” while in downtown Boise.

If you dig deep enough you can find a “connection” with every “buyer” …. from the city council’s farvorite developers’ laywers to those trying to get the city insurance business.

It is all about the money and the power. Keep digging Guardian.

By: Sharon Ullman

Sharon Ullman — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:59:41 +0000

Thank you, GUARDIAN, for pointing out to your growing readership this ridiculous waste of public funds! As you mentioned, this is an ANNUAL event. These folks go to Sun Valley for this conference EVERY year!

If this conference were held in the local area, it would cost a lot less money, local area businesses could benefit, and regular citizens could actually attend. As the GUARDIAN points out, though, that’s the problem. These folks don’t want regular people to be there. This is a conference of “important” people. I think they have forgotten that the voters are still their bosses.

Please do your readers another service, GUARDIAN: after the conference, post the names of all elected officials who attended. For good measure, you can throw in the names of the other wealthy, powerful people who had almost exclusive access to the politicians.

Let’s start now, by taking a look at who is sponsoring this year’s event:

Presenting Sponsor:
Saint Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center

Sponsors:
Givens Pursley, LLP (The University Place attorneys)
KPMG, LLP
United Heritage

Co-sponsors:
Blue Cross of Idaho
Hawley Troxell Ennis
& Hawley LLP
Hubble Homes
Idaho Power Company
Saint Luke’s Regional
Medical Center
SunCor Idaho, LLC (developers of recently approved AVIMOR project on Hwy 55)
Washington Trust Bank

If you want to see who attended the Sun Valley conference in 2005, go to this link: http://www.boisechamber.org/gov/2005%20Leadership%20Conference%20Summary%207-22-05.pdf

To see who attended in 2004, go here: http://www.boisechamber.org/gov/Leadership%20Conference%20Summary%202004.pdf

Thanks again to the GUARDIAN for having this website and making it so worthwhile!