Comments on: Is Our System Of Government Broken?

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:38:19 +0000

With the 3 month/10 yr Treasury yield curve inverting on Friday, we will likely hear an official recession declared sometime within the next year, and we very well may already be in one. The question is how deep a recession needs to be before the city scraps the library or stadium projects.

By: Really?

Really? — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:54:47 +0000

Samuel was a man of his time. I’m especially empathetic for him with regard to the vineyard and the olives. So if the king takes those, then you can have it if you’re an attendant. It does not say he can take the hotel tax, and declare areas of interest as his own, particularly with regard to tax revenue from development. I think the Bible probably needs a reinterpretation by the powers that be so that they can have those things. Because short of that they seem to be thieves and sinners.

The way they are building and allegedly filling hotels is a concern. What is that GBAD percentage from the hotels? We should compare ours to other small cities and also compare how they are to be used. The hoteliers don’t want to collect any more tax than they have to – it should be their right to collect for their rooms what the market will bear, but taxes, in excessive accumulations?

There is a beautiful stadium at the Ada County fairgrounds. There is parking. Please speak out for support of the existing location. Samuel knows how much Ada is collecting and he could have us direct a very small amount to upgrade and expand the stadium for the people, not just the corporate write offs, developers, and re-elections. It is accessible from several communities. We could vote on a modest improvement like that.

Oh shit, the cattle too?

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:50:45 +0000

Don’t think this is any thing new. If you look in the Bible at 1 Samuel 8:10-18 when Israel begged for a King…. and finally got one. This is what they were told would happen…

10 Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

Are things any different today?

By: Lawrence Robinson

Lawrence Robinson — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:48:22 +0000

They will do whatever they want as long as no one holds them accountable. This entire system of government is based upon the people holding their elected representatives accountable. When we fail to do that, as you continue to do, we get exactly what we deserve. As the prophet Jeremiah noted, “The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can understand it.” (Clearly a paraphrase :-))

By: Diane Stearns (Navillus.55)

Diane Stearns (Navillus.55) — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 03:55:34 +0000

Mr. Frazier,

I so admire your editorial. I am now eighty-one years of age, so I’ve seen quite a bit in my lifetime. Our society, as well as our government is going straight down the tube. I never thought it could be this bad — I just don’t see the ethics or the honor and respect that we so admired all those many years ago. We are also missing the intelligence and the knowledge of history that our politicians were supposed to have in order to run for a position. The human race has become pitiful and, quite frankly, I’m glad that my time on this earth can’t last too much longer. I truly don’t believe we can recover from the disaster we have brought upon ourselves.

By: Forced Air

Forced Air — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:15:16 +0000

I’ve said it before and now again….this nation has been gradually wrapped in a fake democracy that has a sole purpose to undoing the Republic, that took me too long to actually understand how important this really means. Education in this nation is almost pure brainwashing. Repeating over and over again, useless platitudes and garbage concepts, wrapped in social engineering gibberish has reduced us into anti-thinking bots, ready to be programmed by fake news media on a daily basis.

The Bill of Rights has never meant so much as it does right now. Those that believe it is outdated and irrelevant because of their acceptance of this new modern world of shiny objects are just stupid fools. You are trapped in your own mummified cognitive dissonance, as I was when I thought I knew it all and accepted the “progressive” mantras that pervade today’s political discourse. It’s all bunk, built on the PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION model of selling a prescription for a disease that has been misidentified by the fake doctor that you have been trained to believe, without question.

We have a bartender, hired as an actress (verified), telling us all that the world will end in 12 years and that we have to give up cars and cows and planes in 10. I actually swallowed this crap for years, until I woke up. I’m sure Team Dave is not far behind the bartender’s schedule.

So, the system is working just fine, because it was hi-jacked from the REAL system that was put in place after the Revolution, almost 200 years ago, by the very creeps that the Founders fought against. That’s why Ben Franklin said that if they had lost the war, they all would have been hung for “crimes” of their thoughts. Sound familiar?

WAKE UP!

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:09:47 +0000

The sad thing is most people don’t care. That is the reason that your mayor will be elected again if he runs. My guess is 60 or 70% of registered voters turn out for a President election. Out of that number of people how many really care about our local election? Usually your mayor has a very weak person running against him.

When you look at registered to the population of people that could vote you are at 40 to 50% in a good years. Then you look at the cost of what it takes to get elected you understand why it is hard to get good people to run for office. My guess is not a single person that is complaining on this site will run for any political office the next go round. And I don’t blame them. Much easier to sit back and complain.

JMHO

By: Broken

Broken — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 07:15:17 +0000

The “system” is broken, dead, and buried.

Voting – If it worked, it would be illegal.

The rich folk pour money into political candidates.

The Corporate Media tells folks which candidates to vote for.

The “Good ol’ Boys Club” of politicians do the bidding of the Oligarchs.

The Police keep the peasants from rising up against the Oligarchs.

“We the People” are cattle managed and harvested as needed.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:32:53 +0000

I believe we the people have elevated ELECTED PUBLIC SERVANTS! They are refereed to, by the public and themselves as Team Dave, local politicos, “leaders”, Wealthy politicians, to name some.
Once someone is elected to a public office, at any level of government, they, by their own choice, become a public servant! Taking an oath to serve the public! Hence an ELECTED PUBLIC SERVANT!
Why do we keep them in office when they aren’t working for the needs of the public.
Our local media boosts of being community oriented and allows both elected and appointed public servants to read their own scripts!
When no one responds it sends a message that what they said is okay.
Elected public servant Elaine Clegg is offend when the public mentions there is NO representation in their neighborhood! Dah
With all the outstanding neighborly help mentioned over the years about Boise ans Dave Beiter wants to start a be kind initiative? Citing being kind as helping those in need while most all of his decisions are based on what he and lobbyist want VS what Boise ans NEED.
I understand that the CCDC bought Idaho Sporting Goods for $2million plus. Parking Garage? While our elected public servants continue to invest millions of dollars in a study for a downtown street car to FREELY move pedestrians from one CCDC parking garage to another?
As Freddy Mercury said “Is this the world we created”?

By: E.B. Schofield

E.B. Schofield — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:38:49 +0000

DB – The annual budget, financial statements, and annual reports are all on CCDC’s website – under the “Board” tab, go to “Resources, Reports & Studies” for this info.

HB 217 does not need to require financial disclosure because this is already in the existing LEDA.

It is worth taking the time to read this material to see what everyones tax dollars are funding.