Comments on: Mayor Hotline April 12 to 18

By: Victor Antablian

Victor Antablian — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:20:45 +0000

Hello –
I just recently moved to the area and I’m interested in helping run a new roller rink that hopefully is in the plans. I will be coaching an ice hockey team at Idaho Iceworld, recently joined the chamber of commerce and I just want to be part of something that I think will be a growing entity in this area. Are there any plans to build an outdoor or indoor roller rink? If not, I would like to be a part of this. I am attending the parks and recreation meeting tomorrow and will also bring it up if allowed.

By: Boise No Pants Day

Boise No Pants Day — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:09:41 +0000

Mrs. Whitewing indeed appears to be atypical insomuch as the vast majority of folks west of the Mississippi appear more eager to be boiled-in-oil-alive, than set foot on Mass Transit.

For an undignified way to express her concern about the need for better mass transit solutions, I’d invite her to participate in Boise’s 1st Annual No Pants Day on Friday, May 2nd.

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Boise’s 1st Annual No Pants Day was conceived during a recent forum regarding the dismal state of Mass Transit in the Treasure Valley, and is an amalgamation of International “No Pants Day” , Improv Everywheres’ “No Pants Subway Ride” , and myriad consciousness raising events.

It is not a protest, rather: “It is a day where everyone, be they students, respectable businessmen, or cherished community leaders, leave their pants behind, and have a little fun”.

And… Generate awareness about the Treasure Valley’s need for more intelligent transportation solutions by gathering with friends and family and utilizing existing Public Transportation.

If only to take a “2 Buck Tour” of our fair city (the cost of an all day Bus Pass).

Visit http://www.valleyride.org for Bus Schedules

“Usually this means wearing thick, appropriately modest boxer shorts, but bloomers, slips, briefs, and boxer-briefs all work as well”.

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Participants are encouraged to dress as they normally would, sans pants, and respond to inquiries about their trouserless state with quips such as: “Damn… I forgot my Pants Again”, “Someone Stole ’em”, or simply “It’s No Pants Day Silly”.

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Boise No Pants Day has received support from Hundreds of Citizens, Area Merchants, BSU’s Students for Active Civic Engagement, Finland’s No Pants Day, and received press coverage by the Idaho Press Tribune, Arbiter, and as far away as Detroit, Florida and Virginia.

By: Wade

Wade — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:31:11 +0000

Re: Jen’s comment, I read ValleyRide will be moving from a flag-down-the-bus system to a fixed-stop system. According to the source this must have already happened in Canyon County and will be happening in Ada County this spring/summer ’08. According to ValleyRide it will improve safety. (I’d presume so, I’ve seen a lot of unusual/unsafe driving manuvers around buses stoped in unpredictable spots, as well as people standing on the side of busy roads in any number of places.)

With fewer unpredicatble stops it may be less “stressful,” depending on what your definition of that is. (With stops being farther apart, it might be more stressful on your legs!)

Source: http://www.valleyride.org/Portals/1/MovingToABusStopSystem.pdf
(Watch out, it’s a PDF for no particular reason other than to bar access to the information.)