Comments on: Signs Of The Political Times https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Brat1 https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5933 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:58:46 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5933 I totally agree with Citizen! Am tired of representatives who go into hearings with their minds made up already. Ever go to P&Z or council hearings? Tibbs will at least listen to your ideas and concerns. The present mayor will do anything to circumvent the voters whenever he can, and force his own agenda on all of us… Mr. Bieter thinks we the citizens are too dumb to know what we want!

]]> By: Robert https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5932 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:12:02 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5932 Just what was the reason for Tibbs not being chief of Police? Dang I forget.
Maybe we all forget?

]]> By: shealyisnottheantichrist https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5931 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:32:08 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5931 My thanks to Mike Murie!

I will vote for Tibbs, as will anyone who is tired of the mayor’s lack of public speaking ability, negotiating or listening skills.
Thanks for the photos which are always topnotch.

EDITOR NOTE–Full disclosure: Photo came from the Tibbs Campaign.

]]> By: Feris B. https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5930 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:13:36 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5930 In the interest of full disclosure and as I have stated before:

I know both of the candidates and hold neither one of them in any kind of esteem.

It would be fantastic to find someone to run who is free of party affiliation pay-back baggage. Those folks are rare.

I don’t offer a viable candidate because those I know who could do the job value their families way too much to subject them to extremists in both parties. If you think this is non-partisan, I have some magic dragon dust I want to sell you.

]]> By: IdahoSkeptic https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5929 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:00:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5929 The prank is childish. Period.

]]> By: Issues https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5928 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:05:50 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5928 I go to Tibbs’ Web site and there is NOTHING there about his stands on the issues. The campaign seems like something out a cynical play book: Don’t say anything about your positions and just attack the opponent.

Bieter isn’t much better and his positions are pretty vague. Bieter’s weekly Mayor’s Memos are just a form of election propaganda sponsored by the city.

]]> By: sara https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5927 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:32:54 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5927 When Tibbs took the job as INTERIM Police Chief, he promised Bieter that he would not seek the job.

How then did he become embroiled in the race for the Chief? Apparently people on the search committee BEGGED him to throw his hat in the ring even after he said he would not.

His excuse for reneging on his word? He was not seeking the job on his own, others encouraged him to run.

His campaign against Jerome Mapp for the Council was derived from payback that he didn’t get the Chief’s job. His campaign for Mayor seems to be derived from payback to Bieter. The only rationale I’ve seen for why he wants to be Mayor is that people have said he should run.

]]> By: Robert https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5926 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:14:53 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5926 Isn’t there any Leaders out there?
Tibb’s for Mayor? We digging at the bottom of the barrel?
Kinda like who’s stepping up to run for Mayor of Eagle. Where are the leaders?

]]> By: misc https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5925 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:38:41 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5925 Tibbs is running increasingly thin. This is a man who states on his web site that he retired as Boise Police Chief.

It’s public record that Tibbs was precluded at the start of his interim period from consideration for the permanent position.

I don’t know why, exactly, he was precluded from the process, but his clumsy and embarrassing campaign antics are beginning to illuminate me on that matter.

As other posters have stated, the man has demonstrated he isn’t ready for primetime.

It takes more then an “R” after your name to qualify you for mayor. You need to have a friggin’ clue as well.

]]> By: misc https://boiseguardian.com/2007/08/15/signs-of-the-political-times/#comment-5924 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:37:10 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=724#comment-5924 Tibbs is running increasingly thin. This is a man who states on his web site that he retired as Boise Police Chief.

It’s public record that Tibbs was precluded at the start of his interim period from consideration for the permanent position.

I don’t know why, exactly, he was precluded from the process, but his clumsy and embarrassing campaign antics are beginning to illuminate me on that matter.

As other posters have stated, the man has demonstrated he isn’t ready for primetime.

It takes more then an “R” after your name to qualify you for mayor. You need to have a friggin’ clue as well.

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