Comments on: Merrill Linked To Avimor Success

By: Math Destruction

Math Destruction — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:09:20 +0000

Wildlifebegone, you are spot on about wildlife. However, you left two zeros off the number of houses projected for the foothills. It is actually tens of thousands of homes, if the developers can accomplish what they want to do.

Also, not to worry about water, according to the developers. They each have a ‘will serve’ letter from United Water. Problem solved.

By: wildlifebegone

wildlifebegone — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:05 +0000

It is not only Suncor & Avimor..but also Kastera wants to build 128 or so homes around the Shadow Valley golf course… and Cartwright rance and Jeker’s place at Brookside and Dry Creek…HUNDREDS of homes are planned for those areas… currently, deer, coyote, fox, quail, pheasant, a few Elk, a badger or two…all visit the areas being developed. Soon after houses are built and sold, complaints about missing cats and dogs will arise and the coyotes will be trapped /killed.. the quail and pheasant habitat will be gone..no more fox and badger, etc. And, where is all this water needed to support the homes, lawns, gardens, etc. going to come from? When I moved here in 87, Boise was in the 3rd year of a drought..people could not water lawns or wash cars except on certain days… a drought will come again…. the cycle continues…

By: JEff

JEff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:07:26 +0000

Hi, I was reading your item on the Nancy Merrill mistake and then read some of the comments and the person referring to themself as an Avimor insider is most likely a PR person for Drake Cooper, they are a company representing Avimor’s public relations. They have joined a community/group web page on Yahoo that has quite a few residents of Eagle that communicate on our city issues, etc.and they always are promoting Avimor for M3 the developer.

EDITOR NOTE–
Actually Jeff, we have confirmed the Insider really is an insider. Thanks for the tip about the PR firm. That firm also has a refugee from Tamarack as well.

By: Legacy?

Legacy? — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:46:11 +0000

Antiphobe,

I don’t have a problem with making money. And, I have no problem with developers. Unless, they make their money by making false promises to their customers, leaving others to pay for their infrastructure, subverting the democratic process and destroying parts of the valley that the public has determined best left undeveloped. In that case they deserve all the scorn they get because they are no better than people who rob banks with the help of the bank managers.

No, I don’t miss not being a liar, a cheat, a scoundrel, and a thief.

By: Vieve

Vieve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:07:43 +0000

Antiphobe, remember that not all of us are motivated by money. 🙂 Dumb luck had my husband and me buying the two homes we’ve owned just before each jump in the market. It was a happy accident, but my thumbs are clean, my bulbs are bright, and I’m not weighed down by jealousy. My opposition to sprawl has nothing to do with my (lack of) desire to capitalize on it.

By: Death in the Family

Death in the Family — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:51:15 +0000

We talked with a person today who has a sister who is worried about unemployment. She works for an outfit in Phoenix. According to our friend, they have had significant layoffs lately. Apparently, it may have something to do with a project in Idaho.

Homework assignment: Think of a PC, and fill in the blanks, rounded to the nearest million:

Earthwork ___
Sewage Treatment plant ___
Land acquisition costs ___
Idaho Power line ___
United Water line ___
Intermountain Gas line ___
Concrete batch plant ___
Paving ___
Build model homes ___
Application fees ___
Build million gallon water tank ___
Advertising ___
Design and engineering fees ___
drill monitoring wells ___
Property taxes ___
Employee wages ___
Legal expenses ___
Loan expenses ___
Other/miscellaneous ___

Total ___

Current return on investment ___

Via Con Dios, Muchachios.

By: Mr. Wizard

Mr. Wizard — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:14:45 +0000

Hi, antiphobe. Nope. Not in the least. I did not feel any envy when speculators and people who could not afford the mortgages they took out were raking in the cash.

I feel just as much sympathy now that their house of cards is falling.

A house, like any commodity, is ‘worth’ exactly what someone is willing to pay for it.

I did things a little differently. I got an eductation, a good job, made a decent salary, saved as much money as I could, paid my bills and paid off my mortgage early.

What I will offer is, when these people need to raise some real cash to pay bills, I may be willing to buy some of their more desirable items, at a steep discount.

No Hummers though.

Bon Voyage!

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:24:02 +0000

Reply to Antiphobe.

NO!

By: Snoop

Snoop — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:46:15 +0000

antiphobe: That is the best post to ever come out of this site!

By: antiphobe

antiphobe — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:58:26 +0000

You know…..sillyness of this blog site and related posts aside (especially this one), it has finally dawned on me why the majority of you local Growthphobes hate developers/builders. You all sat here with your thumbs up your butts and watched real estate prices skyrocket around you, and you were too dim witted and/or scared to get in the game and capatilize on it. Must be painful…I almost feel bad for you. NOT. You sat here and watched little run down 80 year old huts in the North End go from $100k to $300k almost overnight, and you missed the boat. You’re jealous and pissed. Aren’t you?