Before jumping to your varnished conclusions, it might be helpful for your readers to understand whether SPC Mort is entitled to damages if we know the city’s basis for denying the claim. I don’t want to know YOUR varnished version of why the City didn’t tell YOU, I want to know what it told him. I’d also be interested in a time line. The summary indicates the call was sent to Finance and Administration. The letter you’ve posted indicates the city denied the claim. What is the current status?

Having the entire transcript available to readers wouldn’t change the nature of this claim, nor would it change the information we get regarding how the city handled it. On occasion, certain calls to the city spark your interest and you look into the issue further, as you’ve done here. Same result, taxpayers save money. Win-win?

Has it occurred to you that posting transcripts of calls to the hotline, along with names, addresses, and phone numbers, might actually serve as a deterrent to callers who want to report a problem? If I had an issue with the city, I certainly wouldn’t leave a message with my name and address on the hotline for you to broadcast over the internet.

I also wonder if it’s occurred to consider why certain city employees might opt out of communicating with the Guardian? As you’ve repeatedly indicated, the City is hoping for citizens to received unvarnished information … that sure doesn’t happen on this blog.

EDITOR NOTE– Mr. Mort came to the GUARDIAN out of desperation and frustration at receiving no satisfaction from the City. It seems to boil down to him not applying for a financial remedy in a timely fashion. I had no intention of writing about it until reading the condensed Hotline Version which didn’t say he was in the military. No doubt the city will eventually make it right, but only because the light of public opinion is shining brightly.

With his “Landslide Mandate” of 8.7% of those eligible to register and vote in that election – relentless spun as 67.9% – Beiter & Co. merely pay lip service to Participatory Democracy.

And insomuch as the average Boisean would rather be boiled in oil alive than to – gasp – Rock-the-Boat, I suspect it will only get worse.

This institutionalized recalcitrance is amplified at City Hall’s plausible deniabilty factories : Quasi-governmental agency CCDC and political subdivision GBAD.

The government works on the assumption that they have an absolute right to tax money but the services delivered are sort of optional…ALL government relies on a host of pro government court cases to avoid doing their job. In this case the scam is that the sewer line between the home and the main, even though the main is in the middle of the street as is a lot of the supply piping, is the responsibility of the homeowner, which is why we are expected to buy insurance to cover the pipe even on city property. For info, the courts have also ruled the police have no legal responsibility to protect any individual.

Well, There ya go Angry rodent! All the facts are in! Does that suit you? Yup! The city has said “well, maybe it was our fault”. An active member of the military stationed half way across the country, about to be deployed to God knows where, has the city in which he and his family live, try and stomewall it’s responsibilty! That would qualify as a PR nightmare!
We need to go downtown and change the name on that bloody building to “BOISE INSANE ASYLUM”! Because, after all, the people running it are all certifiably NUTS!

Transcribing is a tedious task – not done much anymore. But you were right in pointing out the difference between the full message and the shortened version.

Guardian and Others;

I donated to the guardian today, and encourage others to do the same. I do not have the time to follow local issues as closely as I would like and I truly appreciate the work of the Guardian.

The city sanitizing the mayor hotline is over the top, G-keep the pressure on. Thank you.

EDITOR NOTE– Many thanks JJ. When we have to buy gas to cover the fire, pay fees for records, etc. it really does help. Even more help comes from those who offer research and facts for stories. We will all need to turnout for the election in November to preserve our right to vote on local debt too.