Comments on: ACHD TO Allow Public Comment Thursday https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/ A different slant on the news. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Matt https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11425 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:03:58 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11425 Here are a few blogs about light rail alternatives. You probably are already aware
of the issues they talk about, but if not…

http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/light-rail-alternative.html
http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/02/update-on-light-rail-alternative.html

http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p2

]]> By: Mike Murphy https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11422 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:44:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11422 Hopefully not too far off topic…

Called the Ada County Commissioner’s Office yesterday to heap praise on a county employee I felt had gone above-and-beyond in assisting me (Heather @ the Coroner’s Office).

Was directed to a voicemail where I left a pleasant message, figuring that’s that.

Amazingly, about an hour later I received a call back thanking me for my feedback and time.

The caller was Commissioner Sharon Ullman.

Damn, I’m glad we voted her in!

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11420 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:03:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11420 It would be interesting to know if the predetermined outcome has EVER been altered by impassioned public testimony at a hearing.

A choo-choo would be a nice thing to have, I s’pose, if we were swimming in black ink. (I’m far from convinced it would solve any traffic problems, but it might be a novelty for downtown visitors, tourists, etc.) Since we’re skittering along on the edge of insolvency, it smacks of a “let them eat cake” attitude on the part of the local aristocracy.

]]> By: Gordon https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11413 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:47:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11413 P.S. Good job, getting them to open up a little bit more. Congrats.

]]> By: Gordon https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11412 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:46:30 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11412 Sure, why not? After all, they spent thousands of dollars tearing out the ones that were already there. Must be time to put new ones in (to be torn out later, then replaced even later, then torn out, then … ad infinitum).

]]> By: Bart https://boiseguardian.com/2009/02/09/achd-to-allow-public-comment-thursday/#comment-11409 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:54:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=1925#comment-11409 Even if you get to speak in front of ACHD and the “Club Boise” leaders they could care less what you have to say.

I was personally in an ACHD meeting where Ms. Huber said – after hours of testimony in which citizens literally quoted the ACHD policy manual – and I quote “let me explain to everyone that we don’t even follow our our policies”.

Whether it be traffic loads on local streets or street cars it is all about power and control and the “Club Boise” team will do whatever they want regardless of what the citizens want, or say or makes common sense.

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