Comments on: Has Boise Shared Citizen Views In D.C.?

By: s rhodes

s rhodes — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:26:59 +0000

live on Kootenai and was never aware this was a project until the first airing this month. I spent most of the time listening to these loud jets this summer and things giving off noise and clatter sounds in my home.
Lack of attention to the 10% living in the closest range to the airport. Why not move gowen to mtn. home and give them the money into their economy and save the quality of life for those of us 10 percenters living close to the airport. The north end gets the bike trails, we get the plane tails and trails. MOVE TO MT. HOME for their training!

By: Bill Goodnight

Bill Goodnight — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:04:47 +0000

That must be Floyd the barber from Mayberry. He doesn’t have a clue about the F35’s. Their noise triples the noise found at any civilian airport.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:17:53 +0000

If you build a home by an airport, I really don’t think it is anyone’s fault but your own when you hear airplane noise. I can’t see how the community becomes obligated to solve or ameliorate a problem you created in the first place. Common sense should dictate that as the community grows, so does the amount of air traffic and thus airport noise. You going to have a neighborhood meeting when car traffic increases on your nearby streets? Move to McCall if you want piece and quiet.

By: Henry Wiebe

Henry Wiebe — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:13:48 +0000

This summer was a trial run. Planes are coming. The decision has been made. All that’s left is to tell you about it. UNLESS ??? we reject the plan openly and notoriously.

If you know something or see something on this story, bring it here… https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/boi-noise

The City leaders years ago passed a resolution in support. http://mayor.cityofboise.org/news-releases/2010/02/city-council-passes-resolution-supporting-the-f-35-in-idaho/

City Gov’t affairs has issued the memo
http://www.cityofboise.org/city_clerk/020910/f-35.pdf

Dave Bieter is posting Editorials
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/02/16/3647186_boise-idaho-air-guard-must-be.html?rh=1

He’s on youtube expressing worry about losing planes at the Guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbo2M8V3U0A

March 2014 the Air Force said they were coming to Gowen. “According to the Air Force, the Idaho unit would form a classic association wing next year with an active-component unit at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Boise, Idaho, that flies F-15E aircraft.”
http://www.ngaus.org/newsroom/news/new-aircraft-planned-guard-10-wings

The secretary of the Air Force has already come to town and met with all of Idaho’s elected officials. 2015. http://nationalguard.idaho.gov/PublicAffairs%5Cguardian%5CSECAF%20Visits%20Idaho,%20Gowen.pdf

The chamber of commerce has been marketing it. http://www.gowenstrong.com/

The BOI Noise Study is just one more little part to the established flight path and check list.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:56:15 +0000

Well said, and entirely correct.

Our Washington DC Senators and Representatives are all pulling very hard for a fighter base at Boise. We need them to pull their heads out also. Wide circulation of this fine outline of the problem will help them see the light. Lockheed/Boeing etc have given them all a lot of money to ignore us, so a huge effort needs to be made.

I welcome a quite Air Force aircraft in Boise. We had noisy jets 20+ years ago, but the areas near the airport have been allowed to pack tight with residential… Can’t have cake and eat it too.

Lastly, the September noise was in the daylight… because they wanted to tread lightly. F-35 and F-15 do their training mostly at night. Also expect many visitors from other bases and other countries training at night. 400 a month is probably a lie.

By: kim

kim — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 01:47:00 +0000

Thank you Monty