Comments on: 266 Fireworks Complaints, Just One Ticket

By: Best guess

Best guess — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:36:35 +0000

Easterner,
I’ll bet Bones in his heart of hearts knows he cannot solve the problem. He is glad to be alive and headed toward retirement.

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:40:34 +0000

“…don’t you bickering idiots understand what an amazing thing we have here?”

Why don’t you ask that question to the people displaced at Edgewater Apartments? Or ask the people up at Warm Springs Mesa and Table Rock area about last year’s fire.

Look, it’a big city and there are lots of people. Many many thousands. Heck, who needs stop lights and stop signs? Just because a few cause accidents in uncontrolled interceptions why should the rest of us have to be inconvenienced?

Same thing with the dogs at Esther Simplot Park, there’s just too many of them so rules have to be enacted and enforced.

Far as I can tell, there’s no constitutional guarantee for aerial fireworks or taking your dog everywhere you go.

Simple.

By: The worst violence

The worst violence — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 05:39:12 +0000

The worst violence related to the 4th of July in Boise is on this page… don’t you bickering idiots understand what an amazing thing we have here?

By: The wolf

The wolf — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:52:19 +0000

‘the pyro-fan can simply go to the nearest Indian Reservation”
You’re assuming that everyone who now drives to Canyon would go that far. Silly.

“July 4th to noon on the fifth there were 10 DUI arrests in Ada County.”
Apples and oranges, babe. Silly.

“So what does Chief Bones say about it ?”
Good question. Did you ask him?

By: Easterner

Easterner — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:17:16 +0000

Erico49, here’s one:
http://www.idahopress.com/news/crime_courts/multi-jurisdictional-task-force-investigates-marijuana-distribution-in-oregon-idaho/article_dbaacece-fc51-11e1-ae72-0019bb2963f4.html
While the task-force coordinates all law enforcement issues, when Oregon legalized rec use, it became a priority. No one said, ‘the problem is too big’ instead they said, “we’ve taken it head-on”. Instead DOJ funding provided additional training targeting drug apprehensions, equipment, etc. And there is always the $ incentive of seizures. Drug money can pay for more MRAPS baby!
>http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/idaho-cops-worry-about-cross-border-pot-shopping-trips

Wolf states, “Law enforcement state wide knows they can’t tackle the volume of illegal fireworks.”
. “It’s too big. We can’t handle it”.
266 complaints. 1 citation.

Meanwhile from noon July 4th to noon on the fifth there were 10 DUI arrests in Ada County. I’ll bet there were a lot more than 266 drunk drivers on the 4th- and 10 were busted.
The “size” of the problem is not the issue.

Yes, it is a state-wide issue. So if the legislature passes no sales in places like Canyon County, the pyro-fan can simply go to the nearest Indian Reservation. Just like the weed-fans go to the nearest dispensary.
The problem will continue where there is no enforcement; that’s a fact.

So what does Chief Bones say about it ?

By: The wolf

The wolf — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:31:10 +0000

And back to the top of the page for a moment, “firetruck full of kids”?
Where was that?
That seems inappropriate to me.

By: erico49

erico49 — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:09:41 +0000

Eastie… do you have more info on the multi-agency task force to go after Oregon weed?

By: Let 'er burn

Let 'er burn — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 01:37:29 +0000

Eastie,

What I propose is to vote out the legislators that have been there more than 3 terms. They’re just relishing in the power and travel.

Really, this is not a new issue. But it is not a church issue, a human rights issue, a republican issue or a womens’ issue, so they shove it back in the drawer without much attention.

There are fewer coppers in Boise now than 5 years ago. What does that say?

leb

By: The wolf

The wolf — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:21:05 +0000

Your hyperbole and high blood pressure won’t help.
Eliminating in-state sale of illegal fireworks will reduce the problem to a manageable volume.
You single out Boise and Ada cops apparently because you don’t like those guys, but the problem is state wide. Law enforcement state wide knows they can’t tackle the volume of illegal fireworks.
Your blather about marijuana and meth labs is as silly as the rest of your argument.
Eliminate in-state sales of illegal fireworks and the problem is reduced to the point that local law enforcement can handle it.
Until the Legislature fixes the law, the problem is simply too large.
By the way, thanks for giving me credit for being able to OK what the police do. Not sure what I’ll do with my new found power…

By: Easterner

Easterner — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 21:18:24 +0000

Wolf, Not quite.
What do you propose the Idaho legislature does to prevent me from buying fireworks out of state and lighting those in my backyard?
Still illegal, right? Boise and Ada police are not interested in pursuing such a violation. Apparently, even YOU don’t care if I burn your house down with stuff I bought outside of Idaho. Party on!
One citation?

The mess of the Idaho law is ONLY that it allows someone to buy something that is illegal of which using it within Idaho is illegal. It allows me to buy something- private property. So what?
Suppose Eperling and others get their wish. So it’s illegal to buy aerial fireworks within Idaho- then what? Problem may be reduced but it is not gone. Then will you and Boise police change your mind? “Oh, okay, now we’ll go enforce the ban…” That is ridiculous.
There still needs to be enforcement at the point of the offence.

Whether I buy it in Idaho or elsewhere, it is still ILLEGAL to use.
VERY MUCH like Oregon marijuana. ISP is more than happy to pursue people who buy it LEGALLY and possess it illegally within Idaho. Why? Well, there is much more more opportunity for fines and civil forfeiture for that ‘crime’. They even develop a multi-unit task force for the explicit purpose of pursuing Oregon weed.
No official says, ‘Well, that’s an unfunded mandate to chase the out-of-state drugs so we’re not gonna do it.” Boise police is not saying, “that’s impossible, so we’re not even going to try. And The Wolf agrees with us”.
One citation?

Imagine, calling your police to report your neighbor has a meth house and hearing, “Don’t call the police. Call your legislator.”