Comments on: “Gowen Strong” Is Private Non-Profit Using City Staff In Violation Of “Public Purpose Doctrine,” Ethics Conflict Waived

By: westernguy

westernguy — Sat, 20 May 2017 18:52:00 +0000

Last night two F-15’s took off from Gowen, flying NW direction. Noisy as hell on take off.

I think we are being conditioned to the noise: start slow… then BAM. Real noise.

By: this bs

this bs — Thu, 18 May 2017 04:35:46 +0000

This bs does rankle me to the core. Someone will have to write to the Add County Prosecuting attorney for her/him to even ask questions. This is before a lawsuit.

As educate is not preservation, govern is not eradication and destruction.

By: G Murray

G Murray — Mon, 15 May 2017 05:46:58 +0000

Is the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney looking the other way as well?

Maybe they have an ethics waiver system there too.

By: Heinrich Wiebe

Heinrich Wiebe — Sat, 13 May 2017 18:01:53 +0000

READ –>ARTICLE 2: “To educate the community about the role and importance of the Idaho Air National Guard.”

Since when is this the responsibility of the Boise City Airport director as her second job?

Since when did the IDANG become unable to do this on their own?

As written on Gowenstrong.com
“GOALS: Gowen Strong is a partnership between the City of Boise, Idaho Commerce, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and Boise Valley Economic Partnership to support the preservation of military resources in Boise and favorably position the Idaho National Guard and Gowen Field for future changes and potential expansion. ”

This goal isn’t the same as Article 2 above. Educate is NOT the same thing as preservation.

Since this is a corporation, and there’s a stated partnership with the City of Boise, there’s got to be an agreement somewhere. What does it say?

SOMEONE, ANYONE>>>> please do a FOIA on this! IT’S EASY. http://cityclerk.cityofboise.org/public-records/records-request-form/

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 12 May 2017 20:52:13 +0000

I agree with the comment from “Problem”.

Every city council member that voted for the waiver is contributing to the illegal action.

You cannot waive ethics – unless you do not have any yourself!

By: Waiver

Waiver — Fri, 12 May 2017 16:22:18 +0000

Is there a section of the code that allows for or lays out the process for a waiver? Or, are they making up laws now? The code. Not the conference room of omission.

EDITOR NOTE–Reread the hyperlink decision in the top paragraph. The actual city codes are printed as part of the decision.

By: BigCity

BigCity — Thu, 11 May 2017 20:26:23 +0000

As a Chicago resident I am shocked by how sleazy the politics of Boise and Idaho are. I read about this exceptional publication, the Boise Guardian, in Counterpunch. It’s always good to know that sleaze bags gravitate to government, and that Boise, and Idaho can give Chicago, and Illinois, where we probably have more convicted criminals who used to be politicians than any other state in the nation, a run for our money.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/11/the-city-and-the-war-machine-crosshairs-on-people-and-public-lands/

By: Problem

Problem — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:11:27 +0000

The problem with the waiver is that there IS a conflict of interest and the action of the waiver does not remove the conflict.

In fact the waiver shows that the Mayor and Council condone the conflict and allow it to occur.

It is a mom telling a child it is ok to shoplift – it is still illegal.

By: jj

jj — Wed, 10 May 2017 16:59:35 +0000

Time for a public records request of the emails and browser history of airport officials to see if their work computer was used for private business.

EDITOR NOTE–We have already done as you ask and the answer is YES. The issue now is at least one city official claims they never implemented the GOWEN STRONG plan.

By: No Good Reporters

No Good Reporters — Wed, 10 May 2017 14:55:39 +0000

Thanks to the Guardian for the forum.

It seems there are no reporters good enough to report on these issues.

The companies they work for must be too closely involved with City Hall and unable and unwilling to cover this real news. They seem to prefer just repeating fake news.