Comments on: Growthophobe Movement Gaining Ground

By: HH

HH — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:22:59 +0000

It appears that traffic and lack of affordable housing are not issues concerning Team Dave. So what is really behind the “gotta be downtown” sports stadium? Put it out near Micron.

By: nimby

nimby — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:09:06 +0000

Local expertise schmectertise.

By: westernguy

westernguy — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 16:09:32 +0000

Per HH:

ACHD is terminally addicted to signs and traffic ‘control’. Look at the ‘candles’ they are plopping down in the middle lane of streets. Then look for the candles two months later… many are gone, never to be replaced.

Look at the lights and speed limit signs all over the place. Several of the latter in the same block of many streets.

I guess you gotta ‘control’ the traffic somehow. But wait, there’s more! How about a Streetcar named (un)Desire(able) to save Boise’s Downtown?

By: Easterner

Easterner — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 03:12:54 +0000

Thank you to Bikeboy for pointing out the true story.
The CVS is still possible. Just not with the current drive-thru design.

By: The Wolf

The Wolf — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:20:43 +0000

Chuck Thomas: Agreed that Boise is spreading out, but the impact area is just south of 150 sq. mi. LA is 500. But it’s a good point.
Agreed, also, that it’s time for a change, but changing the mayor won’t change annexation laws.

By: HH

HH — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 03:33:08 +0000

In our Mayor’s desire to have a stadium does he ever consider the traffic problems? NO? I thought not. He appears to want everything in one area with no consideration of how it will affect the traffic as well as the citizens of this city.
Wait – he doesn’t consider the people of this city at all.

By: nimby

nimby — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 03:25:20 +0000

CVS only builds if the Boise property owners agree to sell. Offers must have been slightly rich, but the sellers are probably naive regarding the amount they could get and and extremely disengaged as to their contributions to the community to which we are all exiled.

There are empty buildings CVS could inhabit. They want to own downtown Boise property, which begs the question of why don’t the current owners want to own it. My opinion – they are lazy. Boiseans are lazy and naive. They don’t vote, they sell out, and they believe life is good.

Try breathing in February.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:06:41 +0000

According to the coverage on the Daily Paper website, only the drive-up window was denied for the proposed CVS pharmacy, and “it is unclear how the decision will affect the project.” (Existing zoning allows them to build a store on the property without further approvals.)

By: HH

HH — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:08:33 +0000

Dave, as a Boise Bench resident you are aware of how delightfully challenging it has become to travel from your home to downtown. Capital Blvd’s stop lights are increaseing in numbers (is another crosswalk needed – is the walk under the bridge just “too far” to manage?)
Perhaps to avoid that mess just travel down Protest Ave. – which works until you get to Broadway, which is also filled to capacity. So now to think of Americana – which works… but I hear a rumor that the City is thinking of cutting out a lane for a bike path. Add a stadium to the mix and the only way to get downtown would be to travel though Garden City or catch the connector – Orchard. Whew! Is anyone really awake in Planning and Zoning or is it the Highway District?
Yes, this is slightly off topic, but thank you for all that you do!

By: Chuck Thomas

Chuck Thomas — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:42:03 +0000

~GROWTH VIA THEFT~

Idaho’s Forced Annexation law allows the development industry to confiscate property rights of County property owners & force city & county property owners. Taxpayers are forced to become unwilling partners in their business ventures & pay costly infrastructures for schools, streets, sewers, police, fire, etc., etc.
While attending years of legislative hearings to pass legislation to replace Forced Annexation with Voting Rights for the community effected we we’re constantly told by the Lobby Cartel & their Politicians that if your not growing your dying.
During these years we corresponded with citizen organizations in several states who were also fighting the same level of political corruption that controls both political parties & driving taxes up.

BOISE’S AREA OF IMPACT FOOTPRINT IS THE SIZE OF LAS ANGELES, IS THIS SMART GROWTH ?

Enforcing Representative Government requires civic participation, it’s way past time to clean our swamp & send Bieter & our Rinos packing !!