Comments on: City Misses Target (again) At Shooting Range

By: wince

wince — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:41:05 +0000

No wonder so many building owners work with out a permit, maybe the city should do the same.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:53:33 +0000

How many pounds of lead do you figure are in that hillside?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:47:45 +0000

Mayor Bieter and his Team are the “DECIDER’S”. Let them conform to their own set of regs for everyone else.

Then the next thing the can do is open the place up for public use. I can’t imagine any member of the public setting the place on fire with tracer ammo.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:30:56 +0000

Inept bungling, yes, but the main point is that city governments have way too much authority over the lives of citizens. Their authority needs to be cut way back. Same for state governments.

And, no the city does not always require developers to put in improvements. I know of one infill development where a house had a big side yard, which now has two new narrow houses but no sidewalks in front of the new homes or the existing one. The city should have required sidewalks, curbs, and gutters.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:32:44 +0000

Geezz, AGAIN!
I Can`t hardly wait to vote these
city folks out of office.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:02:14 +0000

Just how long does the list of ineptness, elitism, and the down right stupidity of this administration’s record have to get before we realize these guys ain’t just stupid.. they are Dangerous!!!!

By: Wonk Vader

Wonk Vader — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:51:20 +0000

Amazing. The city has annexed so much land over the past 20 years yet now objects when it annexes its own land! The city requires developers to pave roads and sidewalks and install running water, yet it wants to get out of those requirements. Also, I always thought enclaves of unincorporated land were bad planning?

By: Muck Raker

Muck Raker — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:12:17 +0000

I, too, found this very interesting and not just a little bit ironic.

If the range were owned by a private business you can bet your bippie the city would be threatening fines, shutdown and more in order to bring about compliance with its rules.

The planner said it was “embarrassing.” It also smacks of incompetence and a we-don’t-have-to-play-by-the-rules mentality.

The city now gets to taste what private enterprise has to deal with on a continuing basis.