Comments on: Pentico Should Appeal

By: James Bond

James Bond — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:24:20 +0000

I would guess he’s a pest, and I would guess that his issue originates with his dispute with Boise State. However, the resolution of this and how the Governor got sucked into the middle of it is just terrible. Like I said, it’s not usual to have pests try to peck you to death in the Statehouse, but this is the first time I can recall a situation ending up like this. Poor handling and a crappy situation.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:24:46 +0000

Rod: That’s true. So you figure this little episode might push him over the edge and he’ll hijack an airliner and crash it into Butch’s office or something?

By: JIMV

JIMV — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:40:20 +0000

“I bet if the so called “pest” was a peace activist or a tree hugger, wolf lover, anti gun nut, anti nuke activist, most of the so called arm chair democracy lovers on this blog would be backing the Guv’s move and be glad he did it.”

If the Governor had thrown the left wing activist out, that would have been one thing and I would have approved. If the Governor had arranged the arrest for trespass in a public building of the same fellow, a patently unconstitutional act, I would have been in court rooting for the confused leftist. The illegality of the law and the lack of due process is the issue, not the politics.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:00:49 +0000

Is this guy a harmless pest or is he a dangerous psycho?? Nobody knows. Not Gov Otter, not the trooper, not the prosecutor, not the judge. Nobody knows what he might do, probably not even the pest himself.

By: dog

dog — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:52:16 +0000

I bet if the so called “pest” was a peace activist or a tree hugger, wolf lover, anti gun nut, anti nuke activist, most of the so called arm chair democracy lovers on this blog would be backing the Guv’s move and be glad he did it. A pest is in the eye of the beholder. Would the Guardian blog about a pro-growth pest? Me thinks not.
The best part of this drama is watching the nutcases (in name only) cannibalize their nutcase spawn. I hope the feast never ends.

By: JIMV

JIMV — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:54:26 +0000

I was in the court…there were maybe 75 people there and none were there in support of the governments position. The Judge said several times that he had ruled the law constitutional and as such he had to find the fellow guilty. I disagree, I do not believe the Judge has the power to make such declarations of Constitutionality, that an appeals court is the proper place to make such decisions. I also believe the Judge was reading the tea leaves on the wall. His initial guilty finding was BS and he knew it. The folk in the court also knew it. He made the smartest move he could. Remember, after the probation the entire conviction goes away, meaning it cannot be used a precedence in future cases. I suspect if the crowd had not been there, the sentencing would have been very different. The real question is, can one appeal a conviction that goes away in less than a month? I doubt it.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:25:50 +0000

Strikes me as funny that a citizen can be barred from accessing his government. Wow, and I thought the Politburo was the only organization that operated this way.
Pest or not, right or wrong, since he (I assume, which is dangerous) pays his taxes to the state he has an inherent right to access the elected officials of the government.

By: James Bond

James Bond — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:38:37 +0000

When Governor Batt was in office, a bunch of constitutionalists showed up to arrest him. He told them he was too busy for such nonsense and left. No one was arrested.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:12:43 +0000

Zippo says: ” they likely have broad powers to prevent pests… as they should.”

Zippo, would you please tell me where in the U.S. or Idaho Constitution or the Idaho laws there is any ban on being a pest?

Troopers have broad powers to deal with law-breakers, but …

Yeah, now I’m being a pest to you (Where’s a cop when you need one?).

And if being a pest is illegal, I’m sure our city, county and state officials would like to file a few thousand criminal charges against The Boise Guardian! 🙂

Sometimes being a persistent pest is what it takes to get anything done by officials (Think how much of a pest Gov. Otter was to the House of Representatives in trying to get them to approve spending more millions on roads.)

Our country was founded and our freedoms created by pests — George Washington, Patrick Henry, Ben and the boys; whatdya figure the Brits thought of them?

OK, I’ll quit pestering you for now cuz I hear sirens coming, but I’ll be back.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:03:38 +0000

Note to Governor’s office:
cc. Department of Education
Boise State University
Idaho State Police

The fruits and nuts come with the territory! What you have done is against the 1st. Amendment and may cause you to lose a load of money in a lawsuit! Smarten up and put up with! You won’t be spending your money in this lawsuit, you will be spending OUR money!