Comments on: Mayor Hotline May 12 to 18

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:13:06 +0000

Anthony

As far as the Depot goes….. It wasn’t totally tax payer’s money… some of us got sucked into donating money to buy it…( see bricks out front) and we are locked out just the same as the taxpayers….

By: RiverCity

RiverCity — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:34:27 +0000

Garden City has an ordinance on where sex offenders can live? Dang, I was hoping that Boise’s ordinance would mandate that they all have to live in Garden City,,,or Kuna.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:27:45 +0000

As a transplanted Boisean to the D.C. area for work it amazes me that after all the years I grew up in Boise that the Train Depot is still an issue. With all the wonderful museums out here in D.C. that are free of charge since the taxpayers pay for their upkeep that a similar building in Boise that well codename, Boise Train Depot, does not follow along the same guidelines.

If the Smithsonian can be open and free to the public except when specific museums close for renovations, then why can’t the Boise Train Depot (paid for with tax dollars) be open to the public? Maybe the Boise staff should use the Idaho congressional delegation to set up a VTC or phone call between the Smithsonian and whoever is running the train depot to find out how they can open a public building to the public. Just a thought.

By: Jason Walker

Jason Walker — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:08:25 +0000

Google Maps of Boise, ID

Someone please go to the above web address and point out to me a location that is 1000 feet from all schools, pre-schools, day cares, bus stops, parks, boys and girls clubs, after school programs, etc. I’m having a difficult time a) finding all those locations on any map, and b) finding any location in the entirety of Boise that fits these constraints. Thank you in advance.

…

Did you try it yet?

No?

My point is that it is next to impossible to satisfy this condition. Passing this kind of law would be nothing more than a band-aid fix to soothe exaggerated fears (something our country seems to have more than enough of right now). Also, someone please explain to me how all sex criminals are child molesters? I wasn’t aware of that fact.

Respectfully,
~jw