Comments on: CCDC Chief To Get $114,000 Retirement Bonus

By: dog

dog — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:10:36 +0000

The deciders have all sipped kool aid from the chalice of the convention center rainbow cult. Even unicorns couldn’t talk them out of it.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:57:22 +0000

So, while we have witnessed tremendous retail turnover in the downtown core,CCDC’s solution was to build a parking garage???
And all this while we debate a new / remodled convention center? Who the hell are they kidding?
If this wasn’t so important, it would be comical!

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:31:10 +0000

Urban renewal in the 1970’s managed to get the mall, with it’s big stores, built out in the middle of nowhere instead of downtown, to the everlasting shame of urban renewal agencies everywhere.

By: Hubert Osborne

Hubert Osborne — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:19:19 +0000

I think you misspelled Chief I think Thief would be more appropriate and aiding and abbetting for his accomplices

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:43:44 +0000

Cynic, were those projects financially assisted by CCDC? I believe both of those projects would have been accomplished without CCDC’s help. I am sure they assisted with grants and such, but it seems to me that they haven’t done anything that couldn’t have been handled by city hall. (If we had one that was worth a damn.)

EDITOR NOTE– The BoDo parking garage was worth $8 million and 1/3 is dedicated to the Hampton Inn.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:37:58 +0000

CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR!!! And tell them about this situation and tell them it is time to MAN UP during the next session and kill urban renewal districts.

A new district is now in place in Kuna and it is ONLY going to benefit 4-5 people who own a majority of the property there. In fact some landlords are demanding to see renters books so they can raise rents based on the revenue of the renter!!!!!! This has to stop!

The landlords now do not care if renters move out becuase they think the urban renewal district will bail them out – or in fact pay them more than the renters. Urban renew has to STOP.

EDITOR NOTE–Kuna rushed the URA in to beat the July 1 deadline for the new law that requires voter approval to create a district. Word on the street is most people oppose the district.

By: Hickup

Hickup — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:33:45 +0000

Mr. Guardian . . . I don’t think you read the Agreement correctly. Actually Mr. Kushlan will be paid $114,000 and additional $9,500 a month for 12 months for out of pocket expenses. “CCDC shall pay Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($9,500.00), which includes all costs and expenses (which shall cover general out of pocket
expenses, including long distance telephone charges, copying expenses, travel-related expenses,
and the like) to CONSULTANT each month for 12 months.” Total diamond parachute amount $228,000. I believe that Mayor Bieter had a falling out with Mr. Kushlan and Councilman Eberlie executed the Mayor’s plan to remove Mr.Kushlan. You might want to check to see how many years remained on Mr. Kushlan’s contract with CCDC. This Agreement is buyout of his employment contract with CCDC, but is disguised as Professional Service Agreement. What a bunch of BS . . .”after twelve years of exemplary service as CCDC’s Executive Director” Mr. Kushlan never accomplished anything relevant in the past 12 years, except several parkiing garages. BoDo fell into his lap. Evidently, Mayor Bieter recognized Kushlan’s fiddle farting performance and desired the change because CCDC dropped the ball on: the Street Car named DESIRE; the Downtown Multi-modle center, the Pit, the expansion of Urban Renewal Area to 30th Street, and the Legislature’s beating on Urban Renewal Agencies, which was caused by Kushlan’s abuses of the existing law.

EDITOR NOTE– Our read matches the numbers when you divide the $114,000 by 12. Perhaps Bieter can explain this at the state of the city address tomorrow. If CCDC is an “independent body, corporate and politic” with no legal oversight by the city, why is the city meddling in this private quasi agency?

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:52:30 +0000

“Is there anything that has actually come to fruition with regard to the efforts of CCDC in the downtown core during the last 10 years?”

Banner Bank Building and Bodo had CCDC help.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:49:27 +0000

When they’re done messing up Boise they can work for the feds: http://www.usdebtclock.org/#

By: Brad Davis

Brad Davis — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:38:58 +0000

Oh, lets all just whine online and do nothing about it. If the guy is smart enough to pull it off, and we aren’t smart enough to do anything about it, he deserves to walk away with all our money.