The final vote count is irrelevant to the merits of my position. EVERY bad law on the books was passed by a majority of votes, many by overwhelming margins. This bill was particularly suspect because it was passed as an emergency law. That was necessary and deliberate to enable this financial benefit solely for the COMPASS charter school.

It is puzzling that ACHD would publicly complain about losing revenue while at the same time quietly promote giving up $200,000 in impact fees they could have otherwise legally retained.

Too bad it has come to lawsuits.

So says Lockheed Martin, maker of a the Javelin:
“Javelin is a lightweight,…. ***urban assault weapon***:
“https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/javelin.html

There is such a thing as an “assault weapon” and there is a such a thing as an “assault rifle” (the intended term).

https://www.britannica.com/technology/assault-rifle

“Army assault rifle”
And from other knuckle-heads at FOX (they never use inaccurate information):
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-army-to-release-major-upgrades-to-decades-old-assault-rifles

The terms are seldom used correctly- just as the two above are doing. Wrong!

Definitions-
assault – a physical attack.

weapon – a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage

Pretty elementary to combine two words. A pistol can be an assault-weapon.

So please, let’s keep the uniformed “socialist” comments in the garbage where they belong.

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The idea of a URD of 2 blocks wide is ridiculous.
Let’s take the salary money of CCDC to spend on Vista instead.
And I like Vista as it is now.

I wonder if we’ll see some sort of legal action between ACHD together with the smaller municipalities in Ada County (Kuna, Meridian, Eagle, Star, Garden City) vs. Team Dave and CCDC. Everyone not in a CCDC URD has their taxes expropriated to pay for services in CCDC URDs, but receives no benefit.

To the main point…..I really wish we had an Adam Smith free market to live in. Blight and eyesores occur because centralized power sabotages opportunity with fiat based debt schemes and then comes in to “save the day” with socialist plots. If we had a sound money policy, there would be no need for URDs and the like. Plenty of capital would be available to create nice and livable streets and business centers. Starving out small businesses with ridiculous banking practices causes blight. Deep pocket liberal outsiders then come in and build fancy chain malls and stores, with government sanctions bulldozing the way with their URDs and CCDCs. Pretty soon, you get politically motivated plastic communities with special agendas that alter the shape of public discourse. It’s a form of social engineering.

Just look at how Mark Zuckerberg is using Facebook as a social control weapon these days. Dance to his tune, or else. URDs and CCDCs are just brick and mortar versions of BigTech’s fascism. Bieter et al are the commissars of such plans.

I admit some of the area around Vista from the NY Canal on the south to Overland Rd. is somewhat of an eyesore, but it has gotten better.

Maybe what should be done is to tie his and the city councils salary into the tax base from an Urban Renewal like that which they contribute to the schools. No money for the schools, oops, sorry no money for you.