Comments on: What It Takes To Earn Your Stripes

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:40:32 +0000

If I ever get called for jury duty again I will refuse to show up and they can put me in jail. I hate that part of town and will never go there again on purpose.

Meanwhile the Main St. and Fairview roads west of downtown are ghost towns…what great planning in the past.

By: Serendipity

Serendipity — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:47:59 +0000

Sharon wrote: ” So I will continue to try to get a signalized crosswalk in front of the courthouse to ensure the safety of those folks who have to access services at this inconvenient Front Street location.”
Right ON, Sharon.
As one who cannot jay-walk fast enough to cross Front St safely unless for some weird reason there is no traffic, a signalised crosswalk is a total necessity there.

And while we are at it, ACHD should lower speed lmits through downtown to 25: 25 would get 30, 30 gets 35-40. Traffic in downtown BOI is too fast for everyone’s own good. Tough if commuters can’t leadfoot thru town. It’ll give ’em more time to chitchat on their mobiles.

By: sam the sham

sam the sham — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:41:34 +0000

Yes, they say that crosswalks require wheel chair access by having a ramp cut into the sidewalk… unless that crosswalk is on Vista Avenue. On the south west corner of Vista and Cassia there is no wheel chair access, nor is there one for the crosswalk in front of the Din Fung Cafe in the middle of the block (again, the south west side of Vista between Cassia and Camas Streets).
I am convinced that this city ignores the citizens who live on the Bench when it comes to taking good care of them.
No side walks on Kootenai or Roosevelt Streets even though there are three schools within a few blocks – Sacred Heart, Monroe and South. But this is off topic, sorry.

By: Winco Shopper

Winco Shopper — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:52:09 +0000

So, Mr.s ET and Most Observant, after I spend a healthy chunk of the monthly dole at Winco I am a cheater if I put the bags in the car and cut across the street to pick up tags at the assessor’s office?

By: Casual Observer

Casual Observer — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:07:09 +0000

Carl,

I too don’t know if MK et al paid for their own crossing. And, I don’t really care. Sara and Sharon get style points for fiscal conservatism. However, scrimping on the cost of the crosswalks is a little like the current owner closing the gate after the previous owner let the whole herd out of the barn.

The cost of the courthouse, at over $100 million, and the way it was financed, is a scandal. But, it was done prior to Sara’s and Sharon’s shifts and is money that we will never get back.

To claim that the crosswalk on Front might not be possible because, at $200,000, it is too expensive, is like leaning back in your chair after being treated to a $100 meal, and trying to dodge picking up a 20 cent tip! Frugal is one thing, this comes off as just plain cheap.

By: Eric T

Eric T — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:01:30 +0000

Joe is the most observant one posting in this thread.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:56:15 +0000

I’m sorry, but to both commissioners, you are saying that because city/county employees are too lazy and too self-engrandized to walk to an existing crosswalk, it is incumbent on the county to solve their lack of energy and lack of concern for the law? What a royal crock!! You are both way off base on this one if that is your only reasoning!

By: erico49

erico49 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:08:31 +0000

Right on, Joe.. further.. we hear a lot about 80 per hour (a figure I doubt) but how many pedestrian/car accidents have happened in the last 5 years there? I bet none. We need to quit enabling idiots.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:36:44 +0000

Casual Observer – I don’t know the history but do you know if St. Lukes or MK/Washington Group/URS, or whatever they were called at that point, paid for the installation of the flashing lights. If so I would guess that the issue has more to do with who pays instead of how difficult.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:27:52 +0000

There is almost NO parking south of Front St., across from the courthouse. I know for a fact that the vast majority of the jay walkers have first illegally parked in the Winco parking lot, I see it everday. A crosswalk on Front St. would only serve to accomodate those who tend to disregard the rules, that is why they are going to the courthouse in the first place.