Comments on: Team Dave Suporters Run For G-BAD, Is Baseball Park The Motive?

By: Curious

Curious — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:58:16 +0000

Where did you find the filing information for the candidates? Doesn’t appear to be listed anywhere on the GBAD website or Ada County Elections website.

EDITOR NOTE–Got it from the G-BAD Director.

By: Betty

Betty — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:57:18 +0000

Hey Ivan, whatever happened to the Chuck and the boys? They promised us they would take GBAD down, but after they took Bobbie down, they seemed to lose all interest…

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:40:32 +0000

Any debate this community has about a baseball park needs to seriously deal with the fact that baseball is dying. Here is an excellent article about it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576232753156582750.html

I am not a fan of public funding of private enterprise, but if we want to argue about sporting arenas, it is clearly more important to have a field that could serve football, soccer and lacrosse, as well as a few other similar sports (rugby, etc.) a larger indoor arena might also make some sense. Baseball, however, is an archaic, slow, dying game. If Bieter actually is trying to do this, he needs to get out of the 1950’s.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:30:03 +0000

and again…each of the new (and old) candidates have no knowledge of the Tourism industry, which is vital for the Valley’s success (with the exception of John May). Bill Connors from the Chamber, Schmader from the River Fest and IFEA president, Beacham, who is a turncoat and works for the RedLion and Mike McKnight (BW Lodge hotel manager) have sneaked behind everyone’s backs and made a promise to the Mayor…”we will get you your stadium” if you help us get the Convention Bureau moved to the Chamber (the Chamber has its eyes on the $850k Idaho Travel Council grant)…oh-so-sad situation. Have heard that there is a movement to “dismiss” GBAD next election due to their incompetence of spending lots of $$$ on study after study…and then deciding NOT to build a new convention center…what a bunch of complete fools. If you are inclined to vote – do your homework and select a candidate that KNOWS the ins and outs of HOW tourism works. Perez seems to be a logical person…May has the experience…

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:22:25 +0000

There are a lot of people who aren’t really fans of the game, but they don’t pay much attention to it and are oblivious to the fact that baseball is dying and has been dying for quite some time. I tend to trace it back to the strike in 1994. But we cannot let this fundamental knowledge gap fool us or guide us. Moreover, we cannot let baseball pollyanna’s slide one by. A baseball stadium is a foolish, foolish investment.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:22:58 +0000

Excellent point Erico49! Dictator-wannabe Dave doesn’t care. He can’t get his little streetcar done so now he is focusing more attention on the stadium – he just wants his name on something! Ego out of control. Bieter is bad for Boise, bad for Idaho

By: Ducky56

Ducky56 — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:21:13 +0000

Guess what, boise has created yet another RAA called the 30th Street U/R and guess where it is located…..right where team dave wanted the baseball stadium. Conicedence>>>>>you be the judge

By: erico49

erico49 — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:14:42 +0000

It really doesn’t matter whether baseball is a good investment. The point is that it’s not an investment government should make.. either way. It’s a private enterprise decision and should be done solely with private money.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:31:00 +0000

We should all be alarmed by what Dictator-wannabe Dave is doing! He is diverting funds from many sources and he is absolutely dumb enough to use what he amasses for a street car or for the idiotic baseball park – JamesBond is right, baseball is not a good investment.

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:44:19 +0000

Baseball is a dying sport, as evidenced by several years’ worth of youth participation, empty seats everywhere, and poor television ratings. It is too slow for the modern world. Wasting money on a baseball park might have made sense back when baseball mattered, in like the 1950s.