Comments on: Dynamis Looks Like “Garbage In, Garbage Out”

By: Chris Rae

Chris Rae — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:27:32 +0000

…we are going through the 350 page “Request for pre permit construction approval application Dynamis Energy LLC.” For this, $2 million was paid? Astounding! Some cut/paste of others’ verbiage, copies of piece-meal brochures (some are duplicates, so we are pulling suplicates out) Evergreen Engineering out of Eugene Oregeon actually only entity with any sort of experience…but not specific to this. They do have a computer that does renderings….oooooh.

As we sift through the mess, a question:

There is a tipping fee for waste to go to the Dynamis project. If a truck doesn’t want to pay this, can they opt to simply dump in the landfill, leaving Dynamis without fuel?

By: Industry Insider

Industry Insider — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:08:37 +0000

I am close to situation and personally know some of the personalities involved. I think Sharon Ullman is sticking with a bad decision because admitting to an error would be a costly political mistake.

I work inside the solid waste industry and can confidently state that this technology lies outside of the accepted and proven methods. I understand that we have to be open to new ideas but at the same time we need to be critical of how new ideas are implemented. I feel that a large scale trial of this technology in the Boise foothills funded in part by public money is a bad move. If allowed to go forward it should be sited in a more appropriate location, with more proven and tested technology and with private funds or more transparency if public funds are used.

Dave, thanks for your attention and time spent on this issue, you are right on target.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:05:11 +0000

Hey Pablo, good insight. They will probably use our money to bail out of their tax debts. I think it is time that the taxpayers get answers.

By: up2late

up2late — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:44:44 +0000

Ulman’s website states “…we have spent $2 million to purchase site-specific plans…” I’d sure like to see those plans. She also states…”Dynamis’ engineers have taken what existed and improved upon it.”… This implies that Dynamis has engineers on staff or a contract with an engineering firm. I’d sure like to know who he/she/they are.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:54:57 +0000

This dynamis issue with Sharon Ullman’s horrific decision making is awful. I can not believe this woman is a commissioner. I also looked at her own special website. Go figure. Another issue she brought up is her great idea for smoke free employees and she points out all the harmful effects from smoking. Does she not know that obesity is another VERY harmful health problem. Does she want to eliminate them also because the last time I looked, she is about 50 pounds overweight. I guess healthy guidelines do not apply to her.
Gary Rainey, the Sheriff, also has this ridiculous rule while MANY of his staff are also overweight. And get this, he states it is OK to chew tobacco. I’m sorry I might be a little off track, but these county guidelines are weird. Can we please get some new people in office this year and try to get our 2 million dollars back. As a taxpayer, I am very concerned how the county spends our money and decides who gets a job and who does not get a job.

By: Brian Vermillion

Brian Vermillion — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:40:21 +0000

Has Sharon Ullman not heard of the Bujack fiasco? This deal has so many red flags. This needs to be stopped now.

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:24:23 +0000

Given the track record of some of the principles involved I think an appropriate question to ask County Commissioners is How much liability insurance does the county have? I seem to recall that Boise County had to have some special legislation to address a problem by the last legislature.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:32:28 +0000

What is wrong here? How can they get away with spending $2 million taxpayer dollars for something we don’t need. People better vote them out of there. With the economy the way it is … Can somebody cut their pay until they undo this or pay back the $2M?

By: curious

curious — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:56:59 +0000

Exactly.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:46:33 +0000

These and many more questions have been asked about the Dynamis deal. Sharon Ullman stated the money would be returned within 6 months – that was 18 months ago. On her blog she side steps the question with a slight of hand move – Look at the money we saved over here and don’t ask about the 2 million. Dynamis and Sharon Ullman say the plans (if they exist) are site-specific. I guess we have different garbage here in Idaho.
If you do some digging into Dynamis you’ll find that the top officers of the company owe back taxes to another county to the tune of $400,000. Additionally, it doesn’t seem like they have ever actually built anything.