Comments on: What Happened To Honesty And Common Sense?

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:25:30 +0000

As long as there is an endless supply of taxpayer dollars handed out before vetting and certificate of need we will continue to suffer all the waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers.

Another thing that really ticks me off is the use of “consultants” to prepare a bunch of pretty pictures neatly bound together and pawned off as the greatest thing since sliced bread and attach a charge of $100k or more for this fluff.

I have seen the “consultant” approach used to justify; jails, fairgrounds, admin. buildings and on and on. And when the project turns out to be a huge blunder it is all blamed on those incompetent “consultants”.

A blue ribbon effort of local residents with the help of a facilitator can come up with better end results at a much lower cost.

Elected and appointed officials hate running projects through the rinse cycle with local citizens who may actually put the stop loss order out on a project they deem a waste of taxpayer dollars.

By: dh

dh — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:23:21 +0000

When I first read it Hemingway’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls,” was required reading.
At the time, I thought Pilar’s description of their treatment of many of the local Spanish “officials” as extremely harsh and unjustified.
I later rediscovered Hemingway’s books as diversions on long deployments for pleasurable reading.
On revisiting “For Whom the Bell Tolls” many years later, and observing the apparent phenomenon of how power can corrupt our own public “servants,” I am no longer so sure that some of those wannabe masters, starting at the local level, may not have had it coming.
P.S. I am NOT advocating the violent overthrow of our government! But we sure could use some accountability and lawful repercussions for those who continually subvert their elected and appointed duties.

By: erico49

erico49 — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:19:27 +0000

Grumpy.. in the what ever happened to the Grand Plan department. What about the big park that was proposed between Maple Grove and Cole. Seems to me they were hyping it when they did the big SW annexation. The City Web site shows a master plan.. but nothing more.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:50:12 +0000

I guess it went with good ole Bob Berrier.

By: Grumpy ole guy

Grumpy ole guy — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:23:57 +0000

Thanks ed. for the added info. Do you (or does anyone in reader land) know the status of the “development plan” to the south and/or south-east with the industrial park purposal of several years ago? Is the new Broadway exchange of I84 a part of this? Where is the City Limits in that area now, are there plans to annex south in that area, or extend City limits along I 84 to the South-East? Anyone know? And, how about south along Cole Road? I seem to remember that, that the area between Curtis and Cole was being eyed as expansion as a housing area once, several years back – anyone know what became of that? Money dry up, or what?

By: David Zarkin

David Zarkin — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:18:32 +0000

I give up. This is overwhelming. I would go crazy just trying to keep up with all the prompts to followup on each and every one of these. But keep after them.
Glad I am reviewing books and movies.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:17:28 +0000

It’s no longer needed. People are so stupid these days they will elect a known liar and give money to known thief. The proof is in Washington DC–The only prospering city in the nation.

By: Grumpy ole guy

Grumpy ole guy — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 05:42:33 +0000

My elderly and ailing mother-in-law has caused my absence from town a couple of times this Summer so, some of these topics are “new news” to me. Where are these 1000 acres? Are the contiguous to one another, or is it multiple parcels? And, to the City Leaders really have much influence over flight schedules? Are they wanting quicker and easier access to centers of financial and political power seats in the East? Or, are their kids going to college out of State?

EDITOR NOTE–The annexation parcels are scattered in most cases, but some are significant as they continue to sprawl to the east where the deer used to feed in winter–several annexations are at request of developers of course. As to the air service it is so, CEO’s will relocate their business in Boise.”