Comments on: Caldwell GUARDIAN Vindicated Over Nampa Library

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:03:47 +0000

Library was needed but many mistakes were made including location. An easy way to say there are no willing tenants is to put the price too high. Gardner and Mr. Ahlquist have bigger fish to fry including subdivisions in Eagle, a partnership in a nursing home, building medical facility’s all over the valley and having a very good association with the premier law firm in Boise Hawley and company. Mr. Ahlquist also serves on a board overseeing Idaho State with the wife of Jon Huntsman, former Gov. of Utah and one of the country’s richest men. Mr. Ahlquist’s rise to power is remarkable after his merger with the Gardner Company. Follow the money–if you can

By: DO

DO — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:37:02 +0000

Sad really. I just happen to know someone who wished to relocate his business there, but the Gardner Company indicated the following.

1. Costs of rent and maintenance would be excessively prohibitive.

2. The idea of having a service industry business in the same complex as the library, etc. seemed to be extremely offensive to the folks at Gardner.

On another note, the only restaurant I know for a fact was willing to located there pulled out because the terms of the contract were just too vague. Basically it has come down to nobody will “rent” or buy if they cannot make any profit beyond monies to Gardner.

Finally, the library was needed and has been for some time, the Police Station was not needed. The people I know would have voted for the Library, but not the Police Station. Mayor Dale was wrong and the voters pretty much told him so last November. It is a shame that most of the voters supported Bob Henry. He is almost cut from the same cloth as Dale.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:25:19 +0000

This is a great example why urban renewal districts should be eliminated. It is a giving hard earned tax money to a board for their pet projects. Their is no accountability and the taxpayers are the loosers.

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:03:13 +0000

I asked Phil Rogers one of the NDC board members why there was such opposition to voting on projects like the police building and library and his comment was “they would never approve the projects”.

Amazing that a URA board considers itself the “supreme authority” in spending other people’s tax dollars.

The Gardner Company are just another developer looking for a handout of property tax money. They have zero interest in assuming any role in doing much more than fleecing the public and those who serve on URA boards.

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:17:38 +0000

Gunstream, Madoff and now the Gardner Company. Of course the city slickers in Boise are so much smarter than the rubes in Nampa–Oh wait it was one of Boise’s premier law firms who wrote the contract with Gardner. A pox on unelected officials and their refusal to allow a vote