Comments on: G-BAD Treasurer Stiffs Visitor Bureau

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:10:09 +0000

CYCLOPS: I can guarantee you that without the BCVB the Special Olympics would not have been successful. Were you there to witness them hard at work? Highly doubtful you were. The BCVB was hard at work to bring groups in and get them a place to stay.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:01:04 +0000

EYE ON NUMBERS: You call the BCVB cretins and symbiotic parasites? Shame on you for talking this way. The BCVB is an outstanding group of people. They have done nothing but help the city of Boise and try to make it through this tough time. Stephanie Astorquia needs to do her job and sign the check.

CYCLOPS: Your analogy does not coincide with this argument. Death sentence to funding for BCVB? Stephanie Astorquia had a job to sign the check and she didn’t do it. She should be taken down from her position of Treasurer.

By: Chris Blanchard

Chris Blanchard — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:34:47 +0000

It’s great that there are so many people so well informed on this issue. What section of Justice Horton’s ruling in Ameritel Inns, Inc. v. the Pocatello-Chubbuck Auditorium or Community Center District do you all think was the real nail in the coffin for the BCVB?

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:57:11 +0000

This is certainly off topic dog, but just a quick question. The republicans certainly screwed up the economy, with a tremendous amount of help from Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. But he has been president for three years! What has he done to fix anything?
(sorry Guardian, I couldn’t resist)

By: dog

dog — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:54:08 +0000

Hey Cyclops, What’s new, the Republicans blame Obama for the economy.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:54:26 +0000

To say that BCVB had anything substantive to do with bringing the special olympics to Boise is just, flat, false! The only thing they did do was to point out what hotel rooms were available to house the athletes. The Special Olympics happened as a result of countless hours by a group of dedicated volunteers to bring it to fruition. For the BCVB to take credit for it is ludicrous! I don’t care what kind of bonus they were paid, they aren’t worth the powder to blow them to #@%$!
And let’s not lose sight of the court ruling that clearly states the BGAD cannot pay the BCVB any money from tax income!

By: dog

dog — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:41:35 +0000

This would be so much more fun if we could settle it with a food fight or mud wrestling match. How about beer pong?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:52:37 +0000

To say that the BCVB took credit for events they had nothing to do with is a colossal understatement. Each employee had a market segment. Their bonuses were set up so if any event in their segment came to town, they would get credit. They spent hours every week calling the hotels and the Grove to find out who was in their buildings so they could get a bonus for it. If the event came back year after year, they would get a bonus for it year after year. Even better than that….. the Executive Director of the BCVB was getting a bonus from their bonuses.

By: Nate2

Nate2 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:38:28 +0000

Nan- So, if the majority votes that the treasurer should rob a bank, then the treasurer “doesn’t get to substitute her judgment for the majority’s -period”. Correct? See the problem here? The Treasurer has an Attorney General opinion that tells this Board that the action itself is illegal. The other 3 (Mike, Gail, Hy) are saying, “let someone sue us if they want to”. Doesn’t sound like good reasoning to me.

Why the name calling anyway? I don’t condone your behaviour or that of “Eye”.

Do you have any reply to Lisa’s comments? Maybe you would like to add some legitimate conversation to the rolls here. Or, are you simply drinking the koolaide and getting emotional as well?

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:22:46 +0000

The proper term is “Madame Board Member”, but if you insist on being nasty with someone who truly believes that the action is illegal,I guess you could call her “nan emouse”! You have promoted the “team dave” reaction to the public’s disgust with elected official’s actions. Just try to crucify those that don’t agree with you! Call them all sorts of names and try to “belittle” them. You must have forgotten that I have the t-shirt and have retired the trophy on name calling elected officials. You are just acting like the “rookie” you are!!! So have a great evening and have pleasant thoughts!!!!