Comments on: City Land Deals Raise Warning Flags

By: Treva

Treva — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:51:58 +0000

I own a little rental property near the 30th street project.I lived there for several years. When I say little, I mean little. The county already has the property tax based on some weird assessment up to being close to the tax I pay on 1/3 acre and 1900 SF house in Eagle. My rental house is barely worth keeping up – when I bought it in 1974 it needed serious updating and I did all that I could afford. If my tenants, whom we love, ever have to move, we would probably demolish the house and start over, or not.

If the city of Boise would sell all that land between Fairview and Main next to the river maybe someone could start determining the course of action in the area. Right now we are all in limbo. I don’t even know if the area will go commercial, although we are two houses away from Whittier School. If the school is closed (which it probably should be, since it is no longer a neighborhood school) then the whole situation could change. Then we could be looking at commercial development. This is a really nice little neighborhood, where I grew up, and would think about moving back to if I had any idea of what the city of Boise has in mind.

EDITOR NOTE–We agree with all you say. The important issue is to have your taxes go to the City coffers and NOT just to the CCDC or a similar development agency.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:22:18 +0000

Once again, the Guardian is right on. The city should not be developing land. That puts them in competition with their bosses (the real developers).

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:28:48 +0000

Moral? Fair? Guardian, you know better!
Morality and fair play hasn’t entered Team Dave’s mind in years. Of course they meet in private! How else could you explain two members of the council finding out about the Winco deal at the press conference?(That’s all the state of the city address is)
Be certain that the CCDC will be doing the 30th. and Fairview project (not to mention a couple of other strip malls, and without the audit) The library block will return in short order. The city will not dispose of the land they voted to dispose of, and we still will have a completely dysfunctional bus system.
And every time someone questions Team Dave about these “strange” activities, they will point to the “mandate” they received at the polls.
The best advice that can be given to the citizens is “Take a deep breath, bend over and hold on, because this is really going to hurt!”
And that will be OK because we deserve what we are about to go through.