Comments on: Mayor Hotline December 27 to 31, 2008

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:17:06 +0000

I just love it when politicians make laws that are pretty much unenforceable.

By: slim jim

slim jim — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Only residents are required to clear their walks!? Why, that double standard is an outrage! Is it because businesses slip a bit of “support” to the lawmakers or because they have the lawyers in case you slip, fall, get hurt and sue?
I do need to give a call to clarify this.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:41:22 +0000

There are many people in the North End who are old and cannot shovel sidewalks. There has to be another way to solve this problem. Perhaps students could get organized and earn merit points or something for helping out.

By the way, I had to pay to fix a sidewalk next to a rental I own in what used to be west Boise (now considered North End) and ACHD reimbursed half the amount.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:01:09 +0000

It’s still nuts that the city owns the sidewalk but the property owners are required to clean it and sometimes even repair it.
But the property owner can’t take it out and plant flowers there, or anything else, because it’s city property.
If it’s city property, the city logically is responsible for its care and cleaning.

And they wonder why people don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions!

C’mon, city; either it’s your property and your responsibility, or it isn’t yours and the property owner can do whatever he/she wants with it.
You can’t have it both ways.

Next, ACHD could decide that, while it owns the streets (even though it never bought them), the homeowners must pave, repair and plow them.

Probably could tell you and me that we have to go clean up and paint City Hall, too.

The insane sidewalk laws MUST be changed!!!

By: The Boise Picayune

The Boise Picayune — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:49:38 +0000

Actually…

Part of the reason some people don’t shovel is because it’s nearly impossible to sue them if they DON’T, and much, much easier if they DO shovel their walk.

Don’t Shovel = “Act of God”

Do = Possible “Negligence”

Probably why Mr. One Call’s walk wasn’t shoveled.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:01:47 +0000

I bet the Lady from Sacramento has some good ideas about snow on sidewalks… BUT SHE IS BEING CENSORED BY THE AUTHORITARIAN BIETER REGIME!!

I mentioned this previously, but it is SO TIMELY!…

Recently I was walking along N. Cole Road, experiencing firsthand how some people diligently clear their walks and others don’t. And one of the scofflaws was the “One Call That’s All” ambulance-chasing TV attorney. He’s lucky I didn’t slip and hurt myself! (By nature I’m not sue-happy, but I’d make an exception for him.)