Comments on: Home Stretch In Boise Political Campaign

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:13:06 +0000

COST CUTTING IDEA!!! for the newly elected: What do ya call five guys with a big red truck and a lawnmower? Multi-taskers… just like they were a long time ago before we started spending money like fools.

By: sam the sham

sam the sham — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:20:45 +0000

as much as i love old “Blisterfoot” (as us young long-hairs called him when he was a cop), I think that he needs to retire. Sorry, man, but I am not voting for you this time around. I am voting against all of you. Can’t say that the other folks will be any better, but once I get them out I’m gonna run.
I am a bit of fresh air in that I’d like to hear what the people have to say and I’d take a few tips from the writer of this blog…as well as the nuts who make comments.

By: AllSeeing

AllSeeing — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:17:49 +0000

I have read some good ideas here, so I would like to give my 2 cents about the City’s Elections.

Mike Murphy and Lucas have some ideas but to make the City Elections fair and balanced, all that needs to be done, is to have each council member live in the district they represent and are voted on only from their district.

This way a liberal or conservative district cannot elect all the council members as it seems now with low voter turn outs.

This is what the County and State elections use. District voting is what is needed.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:13:54 +0000

Good luck, Dan and Lucas! It was a pleasure meeting you both recently. I hope to hear more from Mike in the days to come. It’s good to hear something other than the same old political yada, yada doublespeak I’ve heard for the last 30 years.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:52:02 +0000

Bikegirl, “more credit to those who live here”?? Next Tuesday, it appears that less than 1 in 5 of those “who live here” will get off their dead asses and vote. Just how much credit do you want to give them? The severe levels of apathy that permeate Boise is what has gotten us into this mess. The “let someone else worry about it” attitude must change if we are to fix this mess.

By: Daniel L Dunham

Daniel L Dunham — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:43:48 +0000

Alrighty then- Here is the link to the KBOI debate that happened Saturday:

http://www.670kboi.com/showdj.asp?DJID=42251

By: Mike Murphy for Mayor - 2011

Mike Murphy for Mayor - 2011 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:39:52 +0000

Bikegirl,

I AM one of the people who live here, and give the good people of Boise Beacoup Cred’

It’s the current Mayor, City Council, CCDC, Gbad, DBA, etc., that don’t give you – or anyone else outside of the Developers – ANY credit.

And while I am “In It To Win It”…

If I can contribute at all to the public discourse then I will consider my participation a resounding success.

—

“I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it!”

~ Evelyn Beatrice Hall

By: Lucas Baumbach

Lucas Baumbach — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:58:59 +0000

Mike Murphy and I agree that it would be best to transform the mayorship into a ceremonial position, the council should have the real power and all votes should have to pass a 2/3 council majority. Murphy also promised to give himself a pay cut, when elected.
And, considering the way that appointees now control city government, we need to change the appointee process to something similar to how nominees are chosen for state and county positions.
Is Tibbs the only member that was not appointed? The rest of the council is a thicket of political appointees. AND, I would like to consider parting the city into three districts similar to the county. Two reps from each district would interface with the corresponding county commissioner. And, there could be two more at-large seats to spice things up (and expand representation to eight counselors), interfacing with the state and ACHD respectively. Or, we could just divy up the city in 2012 along with the new districts. Novel idea. If we vote in people with independent perspectives, we will make progress toward equitable representation in this city.

By: bikegirl

bikegirl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:38 +0000

Mike, your rhetoric and fear tactics are yawn-worthy. If you don’t start giving more credit to the people who live here, you’re going to fail harder than you already expect.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:38:05 +0000

I, for one, would be proud to support Mike Murphy as the last mayor of Boise! We have shown over the last few years, this avenue would, most assuredly, be better than where we have been taken by Bieter.