Comments on: 2011 Retrospective, Choose You Favorite GUARDIAN Posts

By: Diane Sower

Diane Sower — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:43:50 +0000

Does nobody see the incongruity of Luna’s two year online degree in measurements, while, thousands of teachers pony up their own money for Master’s and Doctorate degrees? Isn’t anybody out there listening??? Kids are learning NOTHING about computers. Anybody can log in to take a class. They just have to hire techs to take care of the dang things, and just ask a teacher what difference 6 more kids make in a classroom. 6 more kids possibly with ADHD, and we hold these people accountable for No Child Left Behind testing, pit them against the gifted and talented teachers who have the cream of the crop, scream for merit pay based on the fact that some teachers have upwards of 7 different languages spoken in their classrooms, and they’re supposed to fight for the pay that a music teacher will cruise by with. For God’s sake people, pass the levy!! Ask how many Meridian teachers even bother to go into their supply rooms this year.

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:44:30 +0000

For something that actually got changed I would think the right of citizens to vote on future Urban Renewel districts might have the most effect and for second place the ongoing waste to energy story not only in Ada County but statewide and how much more your electricity bill will be if these prposals are implemented

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:29:34 +0000

Most definitely the Bike Ban. Usually the first media source to report how GC snubs their collective official nose at the rest of the community.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:42:12 +0000

My favorite headline is “Nancy Cladis responds to probation concerns”. Right off the bat she starts out sounding high and mighty acting like the Guardian is a joke and that very few people read it. Well SUPRISE Nancy, that’s not the case. It appears that the posts are not just from “disgruntled ex-employee’s” as now there’s a lawsuit with who knows how many defendant’s at this point.

Thank you Guardian for giving us an outlet to get the truth out there. I’ll pay my dues to society because of my crime but I’m glad all the extra hoops we have to jump through have been aired and HOPEFULLY this company will indeed have some oversight, as Sharon has stated, until they are taken over.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:11:51 +0000

Ada County probation corruption was by far the best. Not one poop story this year. Miss the poop scoops!

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:36:08 +0000

IMO, once again the Guardian has provided good coverage of some important local stories… sometimes an insider’s look, sometimes just from the viewpoint of a concerned citizen. (And sometimes MAKING the news!)

You didn’t include Hammer Flat, and the public lands bond levy maneuverings on your list. That was some interesting stuff.

From a personal standpoint, I’ve most appreciated the stories about the ongoing Garden City bike ban. Another “out of the mainstream” story I liked was that of Boise’s Boeing 727. (Every time I bicycle up Gowen Road, I look over and see it, and think of the story.)

For 2012?

By: Clancy

Clancy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:28:25 +0000

What about the “Luna’s Mad Dash to Reform”? His 6-8 credits have now been cut to 2 credit of online classes. The “reform” is now up for a Statewide vote. And school districts are scrambling to pass levy’s to make up the shortcomings. Would all of this been averted with more user input?

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:27:07 +0000

A far better list than the Statesman can show!