I am extremely sad and disturbed our City council is willing to work on an ordinance for noisy vehicals downtown, but is willing to let thousands of citizens in our wonderful valley of Boise down approving the F35’s be stationed at Gowan field.

What about the in-home daycare my wife runs – apparently not all businesses are created equal.

Goes back to what I asked earlier: Why does our mayor and congressional delegation hate children? (Two elementary schools and two parks in the true F35 impact zone)

Well that just gives the growing body of folks outraged over the actions of the Mayor and his Zombie Council more Ammo!

Will the cops have decibel meters?

I love The Guardian! Thank you for Good Noisy, Bad Noisy. I live on the bench. I ride motorcycles. I do not own a Harley. I sometimes ride my Ducati Monster with Leo Vince pipes. How do I know what 92 decibels sound like? When I get a ticket? I hope the F35s are not really planning on coming to Boise.

Per 10-25-06(C)(6), This ordinance pertains to loud motorcycles too. Good.

And… just like the norm on this blog, it took an astounding ONE comment before someone linked this to the damned F-35s

Every one that is unhappy about the noise in Boise you are welcome in Idaho City. 36 miles away. Easy drive to Boise. Maybe 2 planes a week at the airport. And down town closes up at around 8:00 PM.

Most people in Idaho City think Boise is just a little to fast for them.

Almost forgot the YMCA whatever at Esther Simplot Park blasting their amplified music right at the Whitewater Apartments last Saturday morning.

Hey, I like loud music as much as anyone, just not your loud music. I just listen to it in my private jet as I’m flying low over your houses on my way to get coffee in SV.

What’s up with that?

Boise is not alone, Denver too.

http://www.denverpost.com/2014/05/23/carroll-when-motorcycles-ruin-your-day/

This evening at 7:30 pm, two F-15s approached Boise/Gowen Field for a landing. What is the rationale of our Mayor’s statement that the IANG/Gowen Field is a 10 min. disruption from Monday-Friday during the hours of 8-5? Don’t shift workers, babies and toddlers routinely sleep at 7:30 pm?

To quote George Santayana “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Back in the 1970’s I worked for the City of Boise, and the city purchased sound level meters for patrol officers to use.

They used them to write tickets for “excessive noise”. because the “cruse” in downtown Boise was keeping patrons of the hotels awake.

Voting works really well, but voter turnout is terrible low, or very predictable within some demographic groups.

Voting really does work. Proof. Voting in a bloc exactly the way their elders tell them to is how the Somali and other *minority groups have taken over the politics of so many cities. The stupid ignorant long term residents refuse to vote then complain they got a muslim congressional representative. See Minneapolis right now for proof. ((*minority in number by a large margin))

The people/businesses in downtown Boise vote and don’t like noise. The people under the new F-35 flight path don’t vote… or always vote party line. Simple as that.

EDITOR NOTE– From our “GUARDIAN SNOPES” researcher: On a lark, I pulled down voting records from the last mayoral election (2015). I compared precincts north of the river with those south of the river and to the west. The comment was correct. 38% voted in the north end. 25% on the bench and around the airport.

Since almost every Idaho politician voiced his or her support for F-35 mission inside Boise city limits, voting will not change anything, in this case.
Any politician who speaks against F-35 mission will get replaced in the next election by the one who is for F-35, via the corporate or lobbyist money.
Therefore only term limits, and campaign finance law change will help, politically.
Holding every significant political figure who supported F-35 legally responsible via a class action lawsuit is the only way out of the “F-35 in the city limits” quagmire.
The other thing, at least half of the population is against F-35 in Boise (and at large). Why have they been silent?

Editor: Do you recall back in December of 1999 there was a bunch of yoyos buying up propane, canned food, and bullets? Some even had their pastor mark their forehead.

Well, they are still here. Still driving their per-electronic ignition Chevy. Still very frustrated with all that wasted money back in 1999. They’re now posting on your blog about the accuracy of their failed philosophy regarding the United States body politic.

I encourage limitations upon said philosophers and other powered egg consumers.

EDITOR NOTE–Your comment and my concurrence about detracting from the quality of comments will hopefully decrease the posts. However, our own GUARDIAN SNOPES researcher offers this on a previous comment: On a lark, I pulled down voting records from the last mayoral election (2015). I compared precincts north of the river with those south of the river and to the west. The comment was correct. 38% voted in the north end. 25% on the bench and around the airport.