I wonder if your D-listing has anything to do with the fact that Lynn H. is married to a BFD Captain?

As a professional journalist, I stand by the Boise Guardian on this issue. Press releases are not the Holy Grail.

KTA

Lynn Hightower must have got her de-listing G-Man idea from Tea Party icon, Sharron Angle, NV Republican Senate campaign. Turns out her PR machine is not sending news releases to Hispanic media outlets.
If it works for the big dogs….? G-Man, you might be almost as scary as brown people.

Nobody has asked the question why we need “talking heads” for virtually every public department in the city, county, schools, state, and all other public agencies.

WHY CAN’T THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET …LOOK US IN THE EYE AND TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON?

I am getting pretty fed up with paying these talking heads huge salaries so the people in charge can hide in their collective offices and cubicles!

These people are costing taxpayers millions to deceive us with their collective spin and govenment babble about us needing to understand budget increases are in reality a decrease in spending.

POPPYCOCK!

If I were the city, the last person I’d mess with is Dave Frazier! Hasn’t that guy been known to take this kinda stuff to the State Supreme Court? UH OH

DOG:
A completely moronic post.

Gary,

Thank You!

GV observer, your link on all the media types on the public payroll is amazing. Virtually millions and millions are paid to these people becuase the people in charge can’t or won’t take the time to do their own talking.

I wonder what the real cost to taxayers is for these people who have crept into the public payroll? They serve no function but “spin” on issues.

Dave, it’s not you; It’s that you provide a place for the citizen to voice things the government has always been able to ignore until now. The political campaign directors and government lawyers are now dealing one on one with “Joe the Plumber” and really don’t like it. This is why the powers that be on the federal level want to control the internet. It might be ACLU time Dave; as much as I dislike that bunch of liberal crazies, they like this kind of fight.

Zippo,

You are badly misinformed. The “powers that be” on the federal level are NOT trying to control the internet. They are trying to keep Verizon and Google from controling the internet for their own profit. It’s called net neutrality and it is critical to the future of equality and freedom of speech on the internet.

EDITOR NOTE–Correct. Some see it as WHO exactly will control the internet, but we sure as heck don’t want those you mention grabbing control.

RSEB, Editor, The catchy title “Net Neutrality” and the rightful demonization of large internet providers is the bait for a another bait and switch legislative package that further erodes our freedoms and gives internet content controls to the government which would make the old Soviet Politburo envious. “Badly misinformed” is a statement made by a Kool-Aid drinker and propagandist. Even our dear Queen Nancy recently said “you have to pass it first to see what’s in it”. Now that it is law, we are all eagerly and fearfully waiting to find out what is in it. This is not leadership of the people by the people or for the people.

Zippo,

At least we can agree on the “rightful demonization of large internet providers”.

Given a choice between control of the internet by the government or by big business, I would choose the government. But of course the best solution in no control of the internet.

While I normally agree with Dave on most issues, what I find interesting is that he continues to do things in a manner guaranteed to create chaos. Bringing signs seems a norm for him. Kinda like oober evangelical women standing on State Streeet outside Central District Health, as though their pictures will bring people to their religion. For this to happen repeatedly tells me Dave enjoys this kind of attention, for, if he didn’t, he’d act like the other reporters on every scene.

EDITOR NOTE–Diane, it still rankles me that I called the Fire Chief PRIOR to attending the press conference by the river and he agreed that we would work together and I would donate the signs…it went south from there, but the offer of the signs was no surprise to the FD and the sole intent was to make the river safe.