http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/idaho/article56336985.html

You must have missed Trump being ridiculed and dismissed at every turn, but somehow creating so much populist support, by speaking clearly, that he has currently overcome the corporate media onslaught. The normal “snake in the grass” political double-speak isn’t very popular this year.

You’ve got it half right. We do get the person with the most support; corporate media support, which “manufactures” the support of the brainwashed citizens, and support of the rich folks who throw ‘campaign parties’ where the big checks flow like water.

So by your standard Mr. Trump is leading because the media has determined him to be “moderate, electable and level headed.” Good to know.

The people do not “get screwed” in elections. We get the person with the most support. I have been involved with many winning campaigns and many losing campaigns. In none of them did the people get screwed – they got their choice.

Like any commission formed from the rank and file of everyday people, the BOCC relied on their counsel to protect taxpayer’s dollars by writing an iron clad contract. Unfortunately, the Dynamis contract was not peer reviewed with an jaundiced eye towards the “what if a worst case scenario occurs”. In hindsight, $2 million should have dictated at least an ounce of prevention (review) instead of the 2 million reasons to engage in finger pointing and CYA after the fact.

Being the political animals they aspire to be, I suspect the cost excuse for not pursuing bad Dynamis’ money wasn’t the real reason the BOCC dropped the Dynamis matter. Political footballs are best dealt with by “calling the game” regardless of the air pressure between the ears of the Commishes. “Calling the game” eliminated the vast majority of the possibility that this mess would continually be rearing its ugly head in the media going forward.

Did the strategy work? To the largest degree…yes. But only until those who were shackled with the blame reappear and bring the matter back into the public spotlight once again.

Besides, the interim loan from the County’s own investment account can always be slipped into the “B” budget for the next year under some innocuous heading and no one would be the was the wiser. Or maybe the 2 million was simply transferred from the Commishes “bad decisions” slush fund. Either way the Dynamis Dollars “only” wasted less than 1% of the annual County budget.

It never ceases to amaze me that outside counsel with a broader opinion base is not brought in by the BOCC until it comes time to for damage control.

Two examples of this is the fact is that the fallout from Dynamis continues in the form of a complaint from Hidden Hollow Energy. The costs of defense continues to rob taxpayers to defend against HHE’s claims of breach etc. with no end in sight?

Add in just a touch of true hubris and political “pay-back” and you have the wrongful dismissal suit of Rich Wright. (Courtesy of the first official act of Mssrs. Case and Tibbs after their canonization in 2013). The Supreme Court will rule on the Wright case someday and you can bet your bottom taxpayer dollar that the cost to settle or fight will be laid at the feet of all of us to pay…again.

Perhaps this can all be explained by the axiom that the “Collective intelligence of any group decision is inversely proportional to the number of members in the group”.

EDITOR NOTE–No. That was ACHD, not county commish.

EDITOR NOTE–Not to worry. TJ has a really well oiled cyber machine and Case has a powerful incumbent backing. Also, Tibbs turned down the “nomination” when Team Dave tried to make him their “Boise guy” on the BOCC.

In the long-run, it may prove more effective than armed and other forms of bullying.

EDITOR NOTE–Rabula, I gotta admit I never thought about things the way you describe them. My readers and friends seem to always mention “Chicago politics” whenever we discuss the takeovers.