Comments on: Blaine Voters Approve Jail

By: kip wills

kip wills — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:58:05 +0000

Exactly what I as the Boise Police Union President have LONG asked our leaders to do with our police headquarters! There is no doubt we need a new one but geez…quit trying to go around the voters and just explain the situation and ask for the money Mayor Dave!…Tricky financing schemes, court approval, etc. only avoid the taxpayers (whose money it is, or did they forget that). Congrats to Blaine County for EVENTUALLY doing the right thing.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:01:21 +0000

There has to be a better way to vote and get everyone’s input.

By: Joe Moran

Joe Moran — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:15:13 +0000

Score one for Blaine county for demonstrating that ” The American way, a product of Common Sense, is the best way. Paine might have been a financial disaster but he put American freedoms into words of gold!

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:38:04 +0000

The need for “voter approval” implies that our City Fathers might not know what’s best for us. We should just TRUST Mayor Dave. And Councilman Shealy… he gots book-learnin’, you know!(/sarcasm)

The Blaine vote also demonstrates Voter Power! Think about it – if 67 percent of 12 percent of the voters thought a new jail was a good idea, that means roughly 7% of the total voters may have prevailed. (It really doesn’t matter what the 88% of voters who stayed home think, since they elected not to make their voices heard.)

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:14:53 +0000

A tip of the hat to the Blaine officials? Hey, they did the right thing — but only after the court forced them to.

I’d say a tip of the hat to the court for upholding the law and taxpayers’ rights, and a nyah, nyah, nyah to the county for getting nailed on its attempt at illegal spending.