Comments on: Naomi Johnson Offers Council Pitch

By: Ridahoan

Ridahoan — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:34:40 +0000

I heard Naomi last night at the candidate forum at St John’s. I thought that she was one of the best speakers — articulate and decisive.
She seems committed to process and involving people rather than sidelining us — oh she would be So Much Better than that developer’s boy TJ.

By: Ridahoan

Ridahoan — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:43:16 +0000

Hi Naomi,

I’d like to hear from all the candidates their view on how Boise forcibly annexed the NW open spaces into the City over the last few years, catalyzing the homogenization of little old houses, small pastures and big gardens into high density housing.

You may not have heard much as the Idaho Statesman seems to have little space for this issue, and we haven’t had much political power out here. Let me prime the pump: the annexation process, in which one gets to ‘appeal’ to the city that wants your neighborhood, was a sham.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 18:56:15 +0000

BB, it would be nice if we lived in a gender-neutral world. But we don’t.
Demographics do matter.

Ordinances about sexual harassment, sanctuary cities, homelessness, child care, or baseball- it can make a difference. Let’s call it “girl power”. 🙂

True for a city mayor (council) all the way up to Justice Sotomayor.
Nice play on her name, right?

By: idaholc

idaholc — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:56:01 +0000

Just a reminder to you folk on City Council elections:

TJ Thompson voted for giving Jefferson Street to St. Lukes!

By: Bieter Begone

Bieter Begone — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:59:49 +0000

Easterner. It doesn’t matter if the Council is majority female or male or whatever. It’s whether they are Bieter bots or not. Woodings definitely would be. So would Frank Walker,

Naomi provided some good answers. However she did not say how she would vote on taxes. Currently the City takes every penny they can and more. That’s why they have all this money to spend on things like going FOR the F35 and spending millions to “study” the trolley and millions to give to a developer for a stadium.

Oh and has anyone noticed how much the sewer/trash bills went up this year? What the city can’t fleece you for in taxes, they will get you in fees.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:09:35 +0000

SEAT 4 candidates:
TJ Thomson (Incumbent)
Naomi Johnson
Crispin Gravatt
Nicolas Way

Each City Council Seat represents the full population of the City and are voted on by all. Not a geographic region, as is done with other elections.

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Johnson (Seat 4), Sanchez (Seat 2), and Woodings (Seat 6) would put a majority female presence on the council.
Just pointing out the obvious. 😉

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:19:54 +0000

@Bieter Begone – I actually totally agree. I am a renter in the East End who lucked out with a good deal, but we have a major representation problem. I am not going to avoid an issue that I feel very strongly about simply because I live in the East End – I am going to call us out. We need someone to represent each neighborhood, and we need accountability.

As for the trolley – NO, we should not spend $111 million on a Downtown trolley before making changes to the transportation system we already have. That would not be reflective of a council representing all of Boise.

The stadium should absolutely be voted on. Our relationships with developers should not outweigh our relationship with community members.

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:39:35 +0000

Thank you for standing up for us who will be negatively impacted by the F-35 flying out of our city. I wish some of the other on the council had sense enough to.

By: Voter

Voter — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:43:14 +0000

Ms Johnson – do you support a public vote for the stadium rather than the backdoor funding through the CCDC?
yes or no

By: jj

jj — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:30:59 +0000

first read sounds good.