And, of course, ol’ Abe Lincoln was right about most everything.

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Re : Open Governance

With the support of Boise City Councilman TJ Thomson, Boise City Councilwoman and CCDC Board Member Lauren McLean, and GBAD Chairman of the Board Hy Kloc, I – as a Private Citizen – call upon any-and-all present and future “Sub Political” and “Quasi Governmental” entities (i.e. CCDC, GBAD, the “Must Join” DBA and the de facto quasi governmental Capital City Public Market) within the City of Boise to begin immediately Webcasting and Archiving any and all meetings, as does the Boise City Council [ http://www.cityofboise.org/city_clerk/councilvideo ].

Whereas their meetings are presently generally held in the Middle of the Day, in the Middle of the Week, this will allow greater transparency and accountability to the average citizen and the media who may not be able to attend these meetings, nor have the time to pour over transcripts that do not necessarily convey the “whole story” in the first place: and,

Whereas webcams can be had for for as little as $20.00; and,

Whereas services such as YouTube and UStream provide cost free video streaming and archiving; and,

Whereas I can see no reason whatsoever why any “Sub Political” or “Quasi Governmental” entity that purports to operate in an ethical and efficient manner would object to such a proposal;

It is my hope that the Members of the Fourth Estate will consider and present this proposal to their readers, listeners and viewers for their consideration.

In parting, it bears mentioning that while the aforementioned support this call for more open governance, TJ Thomson – and presumably Lauren McLean and Hy Kloc – understandably do not support my previous efforts to provoke the public discourse and awareness of the CCDC [ http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2011/07/06/boise-man-has-choice-words-for-ccdc ].

Additionally, I have no political aspirations, nor an agenda beyond what I have stated herein.

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END OF PRESS RELEASE

Thank You for your time and consideration of this matter,

Sincerely,

Mike Murphy

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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. – – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

And..as I have said many times on BG, successful convention towns have plenty of working girls and full on nudie shows. That’s why Portland is so popular.

Anyone who supports a large convetion center in Boise just wants to take your money.

The easiest thing is the world is to spend other people’s money. The recession we find ourselves in right now is more about self control or should I say lack of self control.

Who would have thought people with no money and bad credit would default on their cookie cutter, over-priced house. Not everyone should own a home and likewise not every city is going to be a major convention city. If we build it they more than likely will not come and the place will sit empty.

I remember when the Lakers left the LA Sports Arena for the Forum. The Sports Arena sat empty for years and years at taxpayer expense. These things are White Elephants and are a huge drain on taxpayers. Not even LA could figure out a use for the Sports Arena when the Lakers left.