Comments on: Ada Treasurer vs Commish Feud Gets Nasty

By: Paul M

Paul M — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:16:55 +0000

Aggrieved Party

“The fact remains that the current commission is the most heavily litigated/litigating BOCC of any in history.”

Facts to support this?

“Are these Commishes the best candidates this valley can come up with?”

I believe they are better than the last bunch – at least two out of the three.

By: Aggrieved Party

Aggrieved Party — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:35:10 +0000

All Commishes are elected by the majority of those who bother to vote and immediately begin their OJT. (On Job Training).

They are merely deciders, not necessarily equipped with the skill sets to make wholly informed decisions about county expenditures.

It is never easy for anyone to speak truth to power especially when ego and temper are the court of first resort when responding to any criticism.

The fact remains that the current commission is the most heavily litigated/litigating BOCC of any in history.

I attribute this to the fact the current “deciding cabal” do not have a background in business law or civil law period.

One would think that coming from a law enforcement background, knowledge of the law would be a given, but there is a big difference between starting a fight because they can and understanding the cost to clean up the complaints they have create.

Ada County taxpayers are currently paying hundreds of thousands of unbudgeted dollars on a number of legal defenses with an equal number of outside counsel providers.

The fact remains that Ada County’s in-house legal staff was overwhelmed long ago.
Nothing short of a paradigm shift in either the Commish management style (or who populates the Board) will stem the tide of taxpayer dollar hemorrhages being spent on their bad decisions.

IMO, the treasurer’s office is doing a far better job of watch dogging taxpayer dollars than the Commishes. Every unnecessary expenditure must cross the treasurer’s desk, so of course she is going to know where the bodies are buried. Accusing her of not playing ball and turning a blind eye to their collective misprision is the real agenda here.

Are these Commishes the best candidates this valley can come up with?

By: Be fair and balanced

Be fair and balanced — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:24:00 +0000

I know the people of Idaho are smart enough to let all the facts come out before rushing to judgement. Let both sides be told and don’t believe everything you read.

By: My Two Cents

My Two Cents — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:43:29 +0000

Good to know the circus at Ada County is still in action, wasting time, energy, and taxpayer money. Lest we forget that Sharon Ullman and Vicky McIntyre are good buddies. We can thank Sharon for Vicky even running for office. And some of the allegations Vicky brought in her request for criminal charges against the Commissioners are the very same negative statements one can read on Ullman’s blog back in 2012. Peas in a pod. Gratefully, Ada County is rid of Ullman. However, just as McIntyre was unopposed in her first run for office, she was reelected this year unopposed as well. Citizens need to pay more attention to elections, particularly when bad incumbents skate through. We seem to be stuck with her through 2018 unless someone figures out how to impeach/remove her.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:07:25 +0000

When there’s this kind of nasty trouble erupting into public view and costing public money, someone simply needs to get fired.

Too bad it’s so difficult to do that these days.

Term limits also need to be in place nation wide in every elected position.

By: Bieter begone

Bieter begone — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:56:45 +0000

How incredibly petty.