Comments on: City & Schools Team Up For Rec Centers

By: Wonk Vader

Wonk Vader — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:06 +0000

I have long advocated for joint city-school libraries. Reno does it very well. Doing it when building a new school is ideal because you can design the separation, but it’s possible to retrofit. They could do it if they really tried.

By: Werner

Werner — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:41:17 +0000

Hey I guess censorship still exists! Shame on you Guardian, I guess those of us that aren’t in the choir should learn we’re not the ones being preached to.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:02:51 +0000

I agree with Paul. What is wrong with community centers? What if we didn’t have community pools for the kids in the hot summer? There is no way I’d trust my kid with the Boy Scouts or an Idaho Senator.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:16:18 +0000

I am happy to see we have an adult supervised envionment for kids.

The time between school is out and Mom or Dad get home from work is simply a bad societal deal for kids. It gives them an opportunity to make poor choices that can compound over time.

Anything we can do to aleviate this problem simply has to be inherently good for all of us.

Kids deserve to feel safe and get a decent chance to succede in life.

By: The Boise Picayune

The Boise Picayune — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:22:46 +0000

To expand on Mr. Anderson’s comment…

I believe it is truly criminal that here in the High Plains Desert, solar isn’t required in new construction.

Paying to heat water in the desert?!

In the Summer?!

S. T. Upid!

By: Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:03:14 +0000

I think I’d rather sit with a homeless person than a person wearing a suit and tie right now. The ‘suit’ crowd is desparate and dangerous, whereas the homeless person probably has lots of great ideas how to help cut your budget.

Cramming more into buildings saves on heating and cooling, maintenance and a host of other things.

Another thought… for just a little more, 10% I think, we could build super insulated, passive solar buildings that require no heating or cooling except on rare occasion. This should be the ONLY way we build right now.

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:08:05 +0000

Put schools on the list for Neighborhood Association Meeting places also.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:03:47 +0000

Just goes to show that if you throw enough “stuff” on the wall, eventually something will stick!
Never the less, when kudos are due…. This is a high point for Team Dave and they should be pleased with their efforts here.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:22:26 +0000

Hard to believe they’d be doing something that actually seems to make sense.
Must be a bug in it somewhere!