Comments on: City Land Speculation Unabated

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:23:51 +0000

I believe it is apathy. Their thoughts and feelings seem like that if they don’t take care of the customer, maybe we’ll stop bugging them. They don’t give us enough credit because they can’t stay elected forever, even though it seems like it at times.

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:12:54 +0000

Joe is right to say that all this is driven by greed.

Our Mayor and City Council, as well as our “civic leaders”, and unfortunately, most of the voters, care more about the profits of businesses than the quality of life of the people who live here.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:01:41 +0000

Can you say recall? Criminal charges of malfeasance?
Guess I’d better not suggest tar and feathers — that’s probably illegal.
A few (way too few) of our Congress members have faced investigations and occasional charges, but so far governor, legislators, mayor, city councilbeings, county commissioners, ACHD comishes etc. just go their merry way, doing whatever they want to.

There must be some legal way to deal with the whole damned batch of them.
Of course, we should vote them all out of office when their turn comes, but, unfortunately, we seem to just get more of the same. I’m sure at least some of the candidates go in with the best of intentions, but all but a very few seem to be quickly infected with the power-and-greed virus. Unfortunately, I don’t know of any vaccine to prevent the continuing spread.

By: Joe moran

Joe moran — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:22:58 +0000

I can only think of one reason for ” Team Dave’s” lack of organized ,intelligent response to our growing problems of taxation, lack of reasonable public transportation, and uncontrolled growth. Greed is the answer. Especially when the city is continually making large land grabs, worth mucho millions, that it does nothing with. Greed, again,is all too obvious.
Team Bieter’s plan is to work with these developer’s by buying up all this valuable land which will supply the developer’s building needs for years. At the same time these rich builders/contractors will keep ” Team Dave” and the like in political camapign funds just as long.

Meanwhile, the real needs of the people of Boise, will go unnoticed or ignored, at least by our incumbent local politicians who seem to be learning from our State and Federal reps. how easy it is to ignore the needs of your constituents while enriching yourself at the expense of that same taxpayer.