Comments on: Boise Voters Split North-South On Many Issues

By: Bieter's Angels

Bieter's Angels — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 19:13:51 +0000

None of this violence would happen if the City/County would simply rent them houses in a nice neighborhoods. Why not, the homeless are more important than homeowners after all. And it save money at the jail.

https://idahonews.com/news/nation-world/seattle-homeless-camp-shut-down-after-passerby-is-beaten-with-a-baseball-bat

By: Bieter's Angels

Bieter's Angels — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:54:19 +0000

Any estimates of how fast and how much Bieter’s Angles will raise county taxes and fees?

I’m going to say double everything within two years plus several creative new fees to funnel new county revenues to Team Dave.

I’m ashamed of how many people in my rural area fell for this. I’m deeply disappointed in local GOP for wanting to be in 2nd place.

By: Erico49

Erico49 — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:22:04 +0000

Recall?

By: Easterner

Easterner — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:47:49 +0000

city mouse – country mouse.

By: 3rdGenBoise

3rdGenBoise — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:00:40 +0000

I grew up on the Boise Bench – went to Monroe for those who may find this important – and have lived all over this town. But when I was born my folks lived in the North End. My mother grew up in The Bristol Hotel (now a parking lot). Yes, at one time the NorthEnd was where the hippies and rich used to live. There were old homes which often were rentals. It was nice – thanks to Lady Bird Johnson’s Beautification Act those home were saved. People could get low interest loans to repair and update those charming old homes. I loved living in the North End – until a wave of fast driving in the streets became just too popular. So I sold and moved up to a larger (now known as mid century modern) home on the bench not far from where I grew up in a Art Troutner home (a personal friend of my folks). I took a turn and lived in GV for a few years and am now back on The Bench. I find that people up here are just as kind and friendly as the people in the North End were. Not many folks walk up here where I am, but then the neighborhood streets are wide and people drive as if they should have started a half hour ago… especially as they try to escape to get back to their North End home. So enjoy the North End and thank the Democrats for the charm.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:02:14 +0000

I believe that long diagonal line, bisecting Blue America and Red America, is eastbound I-84, rather than the Boise River. (The river runs roughly parallel to it, but 1/2 mile or so northeast.)

Looks like somehow I’m in the blue area. (OK – I confess – I voted for Cindy Wilson for Superintendent. That’s what sent us from purple to full-blue.)

Am I a “north ender” at heart?

By: Two Boises

Two Boises — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:36:39 +0000

I really like the vibe in the North End. You can wander down the streets on the weekend and find open social gatherings everywhere. Lots of very nice, intelligent folks. Unfortunately, I wanted a large piece of land for under a million bucks, so ended up on the Bench. The Bench area seems to mainly consist of ignorant, angry, religious zealot Bible thumping alcoholics. FYI, I’m not a Democrat or a Republican.

EDITOR NOTE–Perhaps we now know why this reader moved away from Boise.

By: TFBoy

TFBoy — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:22:05 +0000

Prop 1 WAS about special interests getting a state sanctioned casino, and horse racing was the straw man. The campaign against the tribes had the shadow of racism. Their gaming is perfectly legit under federal law. And why shouldn’t the tribes want to protect their industry. Amend the Idaho Constitution to permit different forms of gaming.

By: Erico49

Erico49 — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:48:22 +0000

The reason it’s the blue country of Ada is mainly due to the fact that more of them vote. At least that’s the case in the past. I haven’t run the numbers this time.

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:07:07 +0000

I suspect that the blue precincts shown on the map above have a population with a higher rate of public sector employment. As for a reason why they would collect in one area, maybe they like to live in an echo chamber (safe space) and not have their views challenged by neighbors. Or perhaps, a more mundane reason is that those areas are close to many government offices in downtown Boise.