Comments on: Ada Republicans Eat Their Young

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:49:02 +0000

Did Sharon put in? Was she at the meeting?

By: Eric T.

Eric T. — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:05:09 +0000

@Muck: You are really going to try and argue that Andrus was a bad guv? Really?

Or is it that “D” behind his name that makes him bad no matter what his public service record for Idaho reflects?

By: Maybe

Maybe — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:25:08 +0000

Maybe Ada Republicans know what they are doing, afterall. Perhaps Dave Case had his epiphany, but I first met him at the Idaho Department of Corrections when he was trying to sell memberships in the SEIEU, a union not usually (ha!) associated with the Republican party.

By: Muck Raker

Muck Raker — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:23:10 +0000

Idaho’s Republican infighting is nothing new. About the only thing that changes is the list of actors.

Those of us as are able may think back to 1966 when the conservative party “purists” turned on Robert Smylie. This, of course, brought us Don Samuelson.

It was Samuelson’s brilliance and overabundance of competency (sarcasm) that paved the way for Cecil Andrus to become the state’s first Democrat governor in nearly 25 years.

Sort of makes me remember the words of the old Rolling Stones song: You can’t always get what you want.

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:44:18 +0000

If it is true Dave Case (an R) endorsed Minnick ( a D). Then Dave Case just went up in my book. We need more people who are wiling to think acros party lines. I am not sure many people votes for Minnick, versus voted against Sali.

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:30:15 +0000

I do not see a problem with Dunham having a zone violation and being commish so long as the issue is not still outstanding.

By: Interesting

Interesting — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:22:32 +0000

The Idaho Repository does show Dunham had a case having something to do with Planning & Zoning,among other cases reported on there. I sure hope Otter does his research before appointing this fellow. Paul M is right. How can a person be an effective commissioner, even temporarily, if they’ve had zoning enforcement issues placing them at odds with the county? Makes no sense. Anyway, check him out for yourselves: https://www.idcourts.us/repository/start.do Just type his name in for the search.

By: Eric T

Eric T — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:03 +0000

I joined the republican party, first time affiliating with any party, chose a Dem ballot; I live in District 19 aka LCZ, filled out the ballot.

The next day I filled out the party affiliation form found on the SOS website, marked “unafilliated” and turned it in to the election clerk on Benjamin.

It was a bit funny at my new polling place caused by redistricting. The nice lady handing my ballot had to ask the nice lady next to her if I could do what I did.

The PAC nonsense needs to be stopped. What Esposito, Nonini, Denny and Moyle did was exactly why campaign finance reform is desperately needed.

It is going to be interesting to see how Nonini is welcomed into the Senate after going after Cameron the way he did.

Roberts should leapfrog Moyle and go after Denney for Speaker, or get someone to run against Denney while he runs against Moyle.

By: Andre Gensburger

Andre Gensburger — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:24:33 +0000

Those who voted spoke loudly. Party affiliation aside it ends up being about remembering you SERVE the public and not the other way around. Those who forget this simple fact always lose in the end.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:35:43 +0000

I thought I saw Dan Dunham’s name in the court system a while back. How ironic it would be for him to be an Ada County Commissioner and make decisions involving the misdemeanor probation controversy. Can you say conflict of interest?