Comments on: Ada Director Of Administration Post Eliminated

By: Craig Stevenson

Craig Stevenson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:28:20 +0000

Maybe this is the right move, but Ada Co has a budget of 192 million. A 9K decrease is less than .001 of the total budget, so let’s not call this a cost cutting measure.

By: John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:54:49 +0000

Yeah buddy, honest cop at the top. Maybe it’s time to bust out the hotdog cart, and set up at the Courthouse again.

By: antiphobe

antiphobe — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:47:01 +0000

I was almost impressed for a few paragraphs, until learning that an overhead position of $94k was replaced by a “lower” priced $85k resource. Yawn. Not the type of “progressive” change I’d hoped for.

By: riksha

riksha — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:36:42 +0000

A relief to see that the commission has saved some bucks. Now let’s see if they can save more by getting our 2million back from Dynamis.

By: T F Boy

T F Boy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:54:43 +0000

Finally Ada County will have a stable board of commissioners. The mean spirit that has possessed the commission for years is gone, as is their henchman. The bickering with other public entities will lessen and cooperation will hopefully be the word.

By: Lkvidaho

Lkvidaho — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:04:27 +0000

This was a good move. I’d like to see other levels of government consider eliminating overpaid, unnecessary, politically appointed positions.

By: My Two Cents

My Two Cents — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:17:51 +0000

Mr. Wright now learns the price for aligning himself with inappropriate interests for self-gain, forfeiting ethics and integrity entirely, and believing he and they were absolutely untouchable. Perhaps he now understands how those he removed from their jobs at the County, and those who he threatened to remove, felt. Remember the saying about karma.

By: erico49

erico49 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:57:35 +0000

One has to wonder what the Commission really does. The functions in County government that aren’t run by semi-autonomous elected officials are pretty sparse. Most counties have roads.. but not Ada. So we have landfill, courts, indigent medical care, a minimal parks effort, and zoning. Am I missing something significant? It can’t take three full-time managers plus a chief of staff to manage that can it? Unless they just micromanage to the point of stupidity.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:30:02 +0000

I noticed the Idaho Statesman headline “PROGRESSIVE”. That has only one meaning, higher taxes & fess, spend unlimited money extracted from taxpayers. I’m afraid the new commis are just RINO’s.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:18:06 +0000

Maybe Ullman will hire him to her yardwork