Comments on: Valley Has $150,000,000 Annual Shortfall

By: Jeff Shinn

Jeff Shinn — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:03:31 +0000

In response to Commissioner Goldthorpe’s comment about winter maintenance, the briefing the Commission received re (street) ‘sweeper teams’, probably didn’t include mention of the lack of sweeping of bike lanes on Five Mile Road. Possibly other roads/streets with bike lanes have been similarly ignored?

Yes, people ride bikes in the winter.

By: Ike

Ike — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:31:18 +0000

Y -22

Team 17 is not a reliable source.

Nor do they represent all of voters of District 17.

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:15:25 +0000

STOP THE GROWTH! They keep promoting this place and expecting some kind of migration of free money swamping in to fill the voids via taxing dreams. I heard through the Team 17 crew that the GOP side of the aisle is trying to put together an attraction plan for retirement couples from California with what they hope will be surplus cash from housing sales, and settle them between Boise/Eagle and Emmett. They want to pour a bunch of $$ into road infrastructure on that corridor for the luring phase. Remember the “M3” wetdream about 10 years ago….yeah, something like that. What ever happened to quality of life and maintaining what you already have?

By: Road Safety

Road Safety — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:51:29 +0000

Considering the number of injuries, deaths, and vehicle damage resulting from ACHD’s failure to make the winter roads safe before the morning commute, I’m thinking all of us will get an insurance premium increase. Thank god these guys are so diligent about chip-seal… maybe they can pray about how to clear ice before 7 am.

By: Kent Goldthorpe

Kent Goldthorpe — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:06:46 +0000

Thanks very much for your suggestion. You’ll be happy to know that all those items are on our Winter maintenance schedule. Just this morning we on the Commission were briefed on the impact of our new sweeper teams and schedules that will positively impact your suggestions.

Please feel free to contact us directly, preferably through the email system on our website with any specific items or areas of concern that you would like ACHD to address. Citizen reports are invaluable to us in our efforts to provide great customer service.

By: NoRiskFunding

NoRiskFunding — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:08:56 +0000

People, if you agree to a 15% beer tax we’ll get you an NFL team! Mayor the tax never goes away, so after the new domed stadium developers are paid you have an outrageous tax windfall… and empty stadium.

It’s about shifting what is traditionally a developer’s risk onto the taxpayer. They want the middleman’s inevitable profit, but want the local governments to take the risk for THEIR development ideas. This way they make money even if the projects are a flop. It’s an expanded version of the old ‘talk the mayor into a new publicly funded stadium so we can profit from the land sale and construction cost’.

Might I point out an increased population automatically results in increased tax and fee revenue… unless they are not taxing the developers enough… or at all?

Mr. Goldthrope, it’s a great time of year to clean up the trash along nearly all of your roadways. It’s visible and accessible now since the weeds and water are low. Workers won’t suffer heat stress either. Might straighten up and replace signage. Overlooked broken sidewalks, curb & gutter, potholes, and protruding manholes are made visible by frost heaves and can be marked for replacement too.

By: Bill Goodnight

Bill Goodnight — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:46:48 +0000

Economists and urban planners in training must never take biological courses. Whether in a petri dish or animal community, the ultimate result of unrestrained growth is always disaster.

World leaders focus on global warming and not the cause. There are twice as many mouths in the world breathing out CO2 as when I was in high school. I remember when the U.S. topped 150 million. Today it is 322 million.

The population of Boise has tripled since I moved here in 1970. Ain’t it great? Jim’s Coffee Shop just closed, but they opened another Del Taco on Overland.

I can throw a rock anywhere in the valley and hit a St. Luke’s facility. I hear they are out to take over our local Veterinary clinic. The Vets are considering it to avoid property taxes.

The boomers have it wrong! Anyway you cut it, GROWTH SUCKS!

By: J Smith

J Smith — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:08:20 +0000

Growth does not just somehow happen because we wish for it. Growth is tied to growth in energy supplies, and migration.
America’s energy supplies peaked in 1970, and have trended down ever since, barring the blip caused by the failed shale-oil scheme. So, America is now dependent on the growth in global energy supplies, via resource theft. Look at the projected growth in world energy supplies and you will realize that growth is over, and contraction is about to begin. Have you seen the Baltic Dry Index recently!! The worlds container ships are currently all at port, nothing is moving across the oceans!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-11/nothing-moving-baltic-dry-crashes-insiders-warn-commerce-has-come-halt
There is the problem of immigration from less desirable areas like California and the Midwest, but closing the borders would cure that problem. Desperate times call for desperate measures!

By: JDB

JDB — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:10:45 +0000

And Easterner don’t forget about the 16 member Regional Coordination Council that advises the 28 member VRT Board.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:55:56 +0000

“but I’m not sure that many here care about common sense solutions in favor of pointing fingers at others.” -Goldthorpe

Says VOLUMES about the personalities on ACHD.