Way to go Logan! I don’t know anything else about you but will certainly find out!
Thanks to David Smith as well.

But,but Mayor Dave wants it! You people keep electing this clown overwhelmingly, this is the result. He is used to not having to get a real job and the accountability that goes with it. Recall?

Bieter is addicted to spending money. Unfortunately that money isn’t his. Boise taxes every drop they can and then spends it on foolishness. Millions of dollars on this boondoggle, millions of dollars on the stupid trolley. But not a penny for anywhere other than the downtown or the North End.

Boise voters will most likely coronate Bieter’s Old partner Frank Walker and that failed candidate Holly Woodings, democrats, due to the apathy. Same as the old, they will spend spend spend.

We need new blood and we need Bieter to be gone! If Bieter wants Boise so badly to be like Portland, HE should move there and leave us alone.

We had a similar debacle here in Canyon County. Our Fair Board tried to build a new “fair grounds”at taxpayer expense. It was nothing more than another venue for the Horse Crowd to hold events again at taxpayer expense. County Commissioners wisely put a stop to it, fired the entire fair board along with the fair director and kept the 4-day Fair in their current digs.

The easiest thing to do is spend other people’s money. Thankfully, this boondoggle got stopped. Same thing needs to happen in Boise.

Last year I saw a TV pitch for the stadium during a Hawks game. The stands were virtually empty. When they are filling the stadium they have it might be time to talk about a new stadium.

Your voices resonate here. But the voices need to be submitted to the city council. Write them letters and attend the forums.

and chicago sam: Just say “Idaho Center”. . . that is a perfect soccer venue, don’t you think? That way when the snow is deep the kids can still play.

Spread the Word–Hadn’t thought about soccer as I am not a fan. I am still whining about the loss of the Stampede Basketball team to Boise which eventually folded, and the BSU -Vandal games which were sold out–guess they were too successful.

There is not a problem getting cars in and out of the fairgrounds.! And $$ 170,000 will have to come out of someone’s pocket. It will be homeowners. The greenbelt has a much smaller, quieter footprint than a stadium, and serves a larger good – transportation. Whitewater was a gift – except what the taxpayers had to pay and will continue to pay. The e coli makes the park pretty scary. There are many big problems with this ballpark idea, and using tax dollars is a pretty obvious one.

How many more damn buildings does St. Lukes need in Boise? 27/Fairview, too?

The blob that ate Boise!

Spread the word:

The Whitewater Park and Esther Simplot Park are two separate but adjacent parks. The combined general fund outlays for those 2 have been considerably more than the proposed general fund outlay for the stadium of $3 million.

Frank:

I believe St Luke’s is renting the old Kmart, the 1500 Shoreline office. The owner has to recoup prop. taxes so bumps the rent accordingly. If St Luke’s can get out of there and into their own building then theoretically they can save money in the long run.

To those comparing it to the Idaho Center, ha, I’ll remind you the Idaho Center is in Nampa not downtown Boise.

Property taxes are high downtown because land values are high. One could argue this is due to the success of the last 30 years of urban renewal districts not in spite of them.

EDITOR NOTE–When St. Luke’s uses their MK Plaza property it will no longer pay property taxes. When the State of Idaho takes over Hewlett Packard that property will be tax exempt (state owned). Bottom line is citizens will make up tax difference on two very high revenue parcels. Add the Americana-Shoreline area to the mix and most everything will be off the rolls.