By ordinance, City property owners must keep their sidewalks passable by the public. In CCDC’s district, this means that either the individual property owners or the district is responsible for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks. Instead, the Mayor dedicated City dollars to completing the job. First CCDC intercepted tax dollars paid by the most expensive real estate properties in the State, then it somehow convinced the Mayor to dedicate additional tax dollars to shoulder their responsibility. Maybe the Mayor can explain how he was strong-armed into spending City tax dollars on a limited number of business interests while businesses in other sections of the City were left to spend their own resources to assure accessibility. Or maybe he wasn’t strong-armed; maybe this expenditure of City taxpayer dollars is just another example of the incestuous relationships that seem to infuse our City government.
I’m also wondering why people on streets that were not sufficiently plowed weren’t out there with their shovels. Get off the couch, and with two or three hours of shoveling by folks on your street, I’m sure you could tunnel out at least one lane. Yes, ACHD was overwhelmed, perhaps because of incompetent management. Yes, ACHD should have cleared all of our streets in a timely fashion. But it didn’t, or couldn’t. Government can’t do every thing for every body every time. These are trying times. Stop waiting for someone else to solve your problems, on whatever level, and create your own solutions.

A couple of points. First, as our new president would say, WRONG!!!

My bitch wasn’t about the snow removal, my bitch is the ACHD making excuses, as usual.

Second, I stated that the roads were “nearly impassable” and they were, for many vehicles, again, WRONG!!!

Third, my wife drives a very expensive Lexus sedan, again WRONG!!!

Oh, and congratulations on mastering that smug tone in your writing, your hand must be sore from patting yourself on the back…or something!

“Nuff said.

Let’s see if I can translate Shoogi’s comments, then make an observation.

Shoogi:
“I had to drive my wife to work for two weeks because our streets were near impassable.”

Translation #1:
So, Shoogi, let’s make sure I understand this….

YOU drove your wife to work in YOUR car because it was apparently properly equipped to drive in Idaho snow.
Soooo…. the roads WERE actually “passable,” cuz it’s sounding like you “got past.”

Translation #2

Shoogi is a cheapskate as to his wife’s transportation and her ability to go and stop on a deep snow/icy road, but he’s got his own butt covered.

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Pssst….

Planet Earth to Shoogi:

Hey Shoogi !

They just came out with a really cool thing…

It’s called all wheel drive cars with proper clearance and Bridgestone Blizzak Snow Tires !!

Equip your wife with the proper equipment and we guarantee you that this winter she could have driven through any unplowed street, post-snow storm, anytime, anywhere in ACHD’s jurisdiction.

‘Nuff said.

EDITOR NOTE–That issue is likely to “melt away.” There are standing agreements in place between ACHD and Boise City. Logically if ACHD were to actually have responsibility for sidewalks, they would control outdoor restaurant and bar seating, bike racks, flower pots, trees, etc. There is also an argument claiming sidewalks are OWNED by the property owners and the right-of-way is an EASEMENT.