Comments on: Mayor Hotline October 18 to 24

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:32:09 +0000

Bikeboy:
Actually, the government entities that own roads do have liability for accidents if the lawyers can convince a judge and/or jury that a wreck was caused by negligence of the entity involved — i.e, if faulty road work, a ditch across the road not properly signed, barricaded, or whatever, or similar negligence caused or at least contributed to a crash.
Lots of court cases on record; the plaintiffs actually won in a few of them.
So, one never knows.

Yeah, re the sidewalks: If the walk is icy or damaged, the city tells the homeowner: It’s yours’ you’re responsible.
But if the homeowner wants to block, remove or otherwise do something to the sidewalk, the city says: No, it’s ours. You can’t do anything to it. Talk about having it both ways!

Mighty strange laws.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:47:31 +0000

Gordon, I doubt there is any more liability (for government entities) on Greenbelts, sidewalks, etc., than there is for roadways.

Although… there IS some liability for homeowners who don’t keep their sidewalks scraped, isn’t there? So you bring up an interesting point. I imagine there are ambulance-chasers who’d be happy to run it through, and see what the judge says.

For the last 2 years, the Greenbelt has been MUCH more well-maintained over the winter, than traditionally. At least in the Boise city limits, they’ve been doing a great job of keeping it cleared.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:49:00 +0000

Just wondering:
If the city sprinkles the Greenbelt and/or sidewalks, and someone slips on the ice and is seriously injured, is there a liability issue there?

Changing the timing on the sprinklers might be a lot cheaper than paying lawyers to deal with the above question.

Duh!

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:47:08 +0000

First… I’m so relieved to see that the lady from Sacramento is still calling! (I’d been worried that she had returned to Neptune.)

Second… regarding the religious group volunteering to help improve their fair community. If they’re serious, maybe Beater could send ’em over to pick up homeless urine bottles around Albertson’s. (Sorry… that was BAD! Seriously, it’s GREAT to hear from somebody who isn’t demanding more government service, but rather offering to help.)

Regarding sprinklers at the golf course (and along the Greenbelt in general)… Personally, I believe it’s considerate for those who schedule such things to not be sprinkling during “rush hour.” But a woman of Ms. Olson’s long bike-commuting experience should understand that there IS going to be wet (or icy) pavement from time to time! It goes with the territory. (Us hardcore bike-commuters love this time of year, when we don’t have to deal with the “posers” any more. They get scared off by wet and cold and dark.) Cheers!

By: The Pica Boiseyune

The Pica Boiseyune — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:33:55 +0000

A Modest Proposal…

Homeless = BioFuel?

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:01:30 +0000

Icy greenbelt, is that like a sticky wicket? What does Terry do when it snows, call God’s hotline? Bikeboy, what’s your opinion on this?

It’s been very warm and dry, I’m running a couple of my sprinkler zones as I write.

Notice at the bottom, they don’t bother transcribing Sacramento screwball sally anymore.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:30:36 +0000

So Dave, did you shorthand the lady from Sacramento called 3x or did that actually come from the Mayor’s Office that way? Because if it was the latter, they must have finally decided to transcribe her calls was a waste of time. If it was the former, then ….sigh.

EDITOR NOTE–Team Dave wisely noted “The lady from Sacramento called” and listed three dates.