Comments on: Hotline Summary Is Tip Of Iceberg

By: Sara Baker

Sara Baker — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:17:54 +0000

NW Boise Victim: Who was your claim with? If it was ACHD, please call Steve Price at 387-6112 and let him know so we can look into it. Three years is too long for you to have to wait. If it was Boise City, I’d get in touch with Maryanne Jordan or TJ Thompson and have them follow it up for you.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:16:08 +0000

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.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:31:18 +0000

If it is indeed tedious, then the bloody city needs to change the answering system verbage. “Your call will be transcribed and forwarded to the mayor’s office” is now a load of manure! It should read ” your call will be sanitized and forwarded to one of the mayor’s minions, because he is not really smart enough to respond”!!

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:07:12 +0000

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.

By: JIMV

JIMV — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:40:01 +0000

The amusing part of this is in the knowledge that if you refused to pay your sewer bill they would get a lien against your property…I say ‘amusing’ because anyone that expects government to do its job or be held accountable is fooling themselves.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:12:35 +0000

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!

By: NWBoiseVictim

NWBoiseVictim — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:33:22 +0000

I can tell you the explanation I was given as to why they wouldn’t pay the claim on my house! According to a case in Blackfoot it was ruled that if the city maintains its flushing program as they have funds to do so, they are not liable for any damage done due to sewage flooding.

Beware! You’re regular homeowners doesn’t cover things that are from causes outside your property!!!

I had 6″ of sewage flood my 2000 sq ft finished basement due to ACHD’s road construction in the city when they crushed a sewer main in 2007 – I’m still waiting settlement. When everything was just about reconstructed last year, it was flooded again because they never cleared out the 12″+ boulders in 2007 & they eventually caused a blockage & flooded everything again. Even though because I had a basement & it saved many other homes from having damage, the city of Boise “kindly” gave me a month’s sewage charge credit but I’ve paid all utilities & mortgage & everything on a house I wasn’t able to live in for almost 3 years!!!

By: JIMV

JIMV — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:14:55 +0000

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.

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:06:05 +0000

In addition to the format change to the hotline transcriptions, the PDS Online section of the city’s website used to list code violations. It was a database searchable by address. That info is no longer available online even though all other PDS info is, i.e., building permits.

By: Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:45:30 +0000

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.