Comments on: One Nasty Month From Election Day

By: dog

dog — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:05:54 +0000

Republicans, Kappa TA is right, Just continue to vote against the one who is going to take your guns and
murder babies. Simple.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:53:01 +0000

Additional info on Ada County Commish race: :

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/29/1171615/ada-gop-chooses-sides-in-county.html#ixzz0mWWxyIqS

Attendance at political party central committee meetings by incumbents/candidates is not a requisite for primary race endorsements. Both Simmons and Bisterfeldt have long run as Republicans. They will have R’s after their names, not D’s. They are entitled to the same treatment by fellow Republicans as others. They are entitled as American citizens to vote for or support whomever they choose. (This is not an endorsement of either of them by me.) In my opinion, the ACR central committee showed extremely poor judgment in expressing favoritism and in alluding to “censure” of Bisterfeldt and Simmons without cause. This is not the function of central committees. FYI: Commish Yzaguirre is also a candidate for precinct committeeman as well as for re-election to the BOCC, which will place him on the central committee as a voting member. This is allowed and perfectly appropriate. Most elected officials are already ex officio members of the central committee. This is another example of pre-election spin and should be totally disregarded as a reason to support incumbents over challengers in the primary election. Vote for the candidates you trust or who most closely represent your individual views. Take it from someone who knows the process.

By: I'll have you know

I'll have you know — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:57:07 +0000

The problem with electing both Vern & Roger is that Vern always votes with Roger. The third Commish might as well stay home. If anyone can find a time when that didn’t occur, bring it forth. Conservative Commish Gary Glen, was always outvoted by this blustering duo. Vern was rewarded for this by having his name placed on the Public Safety Building, the concept for which he did not support. If anyone’s name should be on that building it should be Chief John Church or Sheriff Chuck Palmer or both. They worked together to bring the joining of records, dispatch and other support facilities together in that building. Which was approved by a vote of the public, unlike the current County albatross building downtown which was financed by some sort of an end run around the voters of the county. Not sure how that one slipped by The Guardian and maybe it didn’t.

EDITOR NOTE– Without regard to naming rights, the historical record will show it was indeed John Church and former sheriff PAUL BRIGHT who advocated the idea…after I took them to lunch in my capacity of police reporter at the Statesman. The idea of a joint facility came from that original luncheon. I am certain of the historical record because I wrote it!

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:41:07 +0000

In 2005, now BOCC Commish Sharon Ullman criticized commish salary raises and other issues in an e-mail to BG. I presume she is probably the impetus for holding the line on salaries now, as she has fulfilled most of her 2008 campaign promises. Although there is a contested race on the Republican side in the primary, there is an alternative Democratic candidate against Commish Yzaguirre– Larry Rincover– in the general election. Plese don’t overlook an “unknown” who might bring something different to the county table; and please don’t brand all D’s as liberals. Just a thought.

By: medusa

medusa — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:55:32 +0000

what a hypocrite. simmons voted to increase his own pay every year he was a commissioner in the 90’s, and he opposed another commissioner’s attempt to prohibit incumbent commissioners from accepting any raise until after the following election. so he’s arguing now exactly the opposite of what he actually did as a commissioner. more proof that we should never judge politicians by what they say, but what they do.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:08:47 +0000

Vern really cares about the valley. The rest of them are just fine feeding on each other.”Population adjustment at it’s best!”

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:15:20 +0000

Sharon Ullman for Governor!

My heart goes out to the Commissioners who can’t seem to make ends meet for $93K/yr plus a big fat expense account.

Time for a County Manager to replace all of them with a single person. The Commishes become the board and very part time.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:18:05 +0000

Roger Simmons is such a hypocrite. How many raises did he take when he was in office? Did he take any note of the current raises while he was feeding at the public trough at the lottery by testifying at the budget hearings?

And as far as his cohort Vern Bisterfeldt goes, is he going to ask the building at barrister be named for someone else now that he’s not at death’s door and wants to be back as a commissioner? Vern double dips from persi and his tax paid city council salary. Hmmm no mention of this in their crummy little press release.

Roger Simmons was bad for the county before, he’ll be even worse for the county now. He doesn’t care about anything or anybody but himself. Yzaguirre may be not much, but he’s miles ahead of Roger the hypocrite.