Comments on: Boise Officials Skirt Bid Law

By: Werner

Werner — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:19:42 +0000

Okay Growthophobes this is the other side of the coin when it comes to government regulation and city planning. Most would agree they would rather have a medical building at 25th and Fairview than say another strip club and a low rent car dealership. But in order to get it there you had back room dealings and possible corruption.

The same goes for City Side Lofts which got the land to build that development from CCDC for free! The reason? The land was in urban renewal and the city wanted more downtown housing, CCDC kicked in the funds.

The means might justify the ends but either way the taxpayer ponies up the money and somebody got a hell of a deal.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:29:28 +0000

“They even testified in court documents there was a “public safety issue” demanding that coppers be centrally located at 2900 Fairview.”

I imagine the recent terror report that discussed the potential damage if the upstream dams broke and took out downtown may have ended the Fairview Police Department plans. If you have a natural disaster…it is probably a good thing to not have the Police Department under water too.

By: Stupid Times Three

Stupid Times Three — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:48:12 +0000

Let’s see, the coppers showed how reckless it is to have a firing range in the foothills when they started the Foothills Fire 12 years ago with an errant shot into the brush. That one may have been an accident. Not learning from your accidents and putting another range in the foothills is stupid.

Any first year account will tell you that building and maintaining two facilities is more costly than one. It follows that knowingly having the people pay for the city and the county to have separate ranges is stupid.

Finally, politicians only do complicated things, like multiple simultaneous land swaps, when they are trying to hide the ugly truth from the people. Trouble is, the people always find out. It follows that this land swap scenario is stupid.

Stupid times three.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:53:30 +0000

This is just a classic example of RULE #6 FOR LIFE, Insider deals and nepotism are not tolerated unless you are a friend or a realative.

The above rule applies at all levels of government and in the private sector. We just need to get used to it and call the politicos and insiders out when they are caught behaving badly.

By: erico49

erico49 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:02:33 +0000

“That means residents of the city will have to pony up the cash not only for Boise, but for Ada County deputies as well. The county mounties are currently driving clear out past the Boise Stage Stop to a National Guard range in the desert to do their practice shooting.”

Time for a county-wide police force and disband the BPD and GCPD?