Archive for May, 2006
Parks Credibility On The Line
If you want to visit the Historic Boise Depot or show it off to out of town visitors this summer, don’t hold your breath. Boise Parks has a history of broken promises with the Depot. A sign on the front door claims to open the Spanish Mission Style building during summer months, June-September Monday only […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 22 to 26
Library fines, code enforcement, drug house?, foothills development, cops 5/19/06 Mert Wright 2185 Bruneau Code Enforcement: There’s a house down the corner from where I live. There’s trash all around the house and it’s a real disgrace. I wish there was some way the City could get them to clean this up. I have no […]
Take a Trip To Table Rock
While attention is directed to various Foothills developments, we Boiseans have ignored one of the greatest natural wonders of our City–TABLE ROCK. The flat topped outcropping of sandstone with the white “B”, cross and dozens of communication antennae overlooks the city and the entire valley. From Table Rock you can easily see in excess of […]
Boise BS On Poop Farm
The GUARDIAN has obtained a draft of Boise’s Poop Farm audit. It has taken nearly a year to be released due to criminal investigations. It is a damning document which paints a picture of deceit, forgery, preferential treatment, inept and shoddy accounting, outright theft, falsified documents, misuse of public funds and property, unethical practices by […]
Eagle Voters Burned In “Stealth Election”
About 90% of Eagle residents who went to the polls Tuesday missed out on an important Fire District vote because that election was held at a single location apart from the other 6 polling precincts. About 3,000 residents voted in Eagle in the primary, but the permanent Fire override tax levy had fewer than 300 […]
Eagle Voters Burned In “Stealth Election”
About 90% of Eagle residents who went to the polls Tuesday missed out on an important Fire District vote because that election was held at a single location apart from the other 6 polling precincts. About 3,000 residents voted in Eagle in the primary, but the permanent Fire override tax levy had fewer than 300 […]
Eagle Voters Burned In “Stealth Election”
About 90% of Eagle residents who went to the polls Tuesday missed out on an important Fire District vote because that election was held at a single location apart from the other 6 polling precincts. About 3,000 residents voted in Eagle in the primary, but the permanent Fire override tax levy had fewer than 300 […]
Eagle Voters Burned In “Stealth Election”
About 90% of Eagle residents who went to the polls Tuesday missed out on an important Fire District vote because that election was held at a single location apart from the other 6 polling precincts. About 3,000 residents voted in Eagle in the primary, but the permanent Fire override tax levy had fewer than 300 […]
Insider Trading at City Hall
Cruising through the Mayor’s Hotline list we came across an entry which raised an alarm with a fireman: 5/16/06 Perry Oldenburg re: Political Material in City Mail: I work for the Boise Fire Department. I’m calling in regards to the pamphlets and flyers that we received in the cities’ mail. I work at a fire […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
Republicans Vote “NO” On Ada Commishes
UPDATED POSTING It looks like Judy Peavey-Derr, and even the Ada County Commission got a “NO” vote from Republicans–and perhaps some crossover Demos– in the Tuesday primary election. Veteran politician and incumbent Peavey-Derr was ousted from her $84,000 job by a low profile political unknown by the name of Steven Kimball with a solid 55% […]
Star Mayor on Growthophobia
A BOISEGUARDIAN EXCLUSIVE Star Mayor Nathan Mitchell poured out his guts on the GUARDIAN over the weekend and while he may not be “growthophobe” positive, he certainly has many of the symptoms. Team Nate and most of the City Councilors are subject of a recall effort that needs only 250 signatures to get on the […]
Developers Spell Canyon Crop Failure
Developers have eaten up much of Ada County’s open spaces, plan to eat more and now have a craving to devour Canyon County. Because Ada County has tougher zoning for “planned communities” than our neighbors to the west, the guys with the big appetites to make big bucks want to build along the Snake River […]
The Down Side on The Foothills
Monday marks 5 years since voters passed the so called “Foothills Levy which created a fund to to keep parts of the Boise Front open to the public. Results have been mixed. The election was conducted in a fraudulent manner using taxpayer funds to promote passage of the levy. About $50,000 in city money was […]
Beautiful Theater, Bad Movie
Z-GRAM By Dave Zarkin, former Statesman writer who revisited Boise after a 38 year absence. Drawn into the mystical beauty of ancient Egypt inspired by watching Universal’s The Mummy — that best describes my motivation in seeing the fabulous renovation of the historic Egyptian (Ada) Theater in Boise this week. Built in 1927, it provided […]
Rip Van Winkle Story
Another Z-Gram from former Statesman reporter David Zarkin who made a return visit after a 38 year absence. “Where’s Boise?” my friend Floyd asked as I gushed on about my triumphant return to the Capital City after leaving my job as local government reporter at The Statesman from 1964 to 1969. “It’s in the same […]
Award Winning TV Flood Coverage
Mike Vogel at KTVB Channel 7 has joined the ranks of “award winning” TV reporters caught wading in flood waters. A DOPE REPORTER award is automatically bestowed on any TV reporter caught on camera wading in flood waters…the GUARDIAN source said Vogel was wearing boots and reporting at noon Friday from the Hailey area where […]
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