Comments on: Political Payoffs Perpetuate

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 04:23:07 +0000

Lisa Mayer: Yes, Mayor Ridgeway was elected originally to fix the problems caused by the Merrill and Reynolds governments. Nancy Merrill was very gung-ho in developing the foothills.

By: Lisa Mayer

Lisa Mayer — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:33:20 +0000

From what I understand much of the development in Eagle over the last 4 years (too rapid & so many multiple units in my opinion)
during Mayor Ridgeway’s tenure occurred as a result of contracts put in place by PREVIOUS Mayors/Councils. With the 2008 financial down turn slowed, building projects halted. Many(leveraged)developers sold land WITH development agreements attached to the land. Please correct me, but I believe that has tied current Mayor Ridgeway’s hands with regard to implementation of those existing contracts.

On the Avimore dilemma. This huge plot of land, across multiple jurisdictions will require that very smart people stand firm what will and will not work for our community as outside investors will take the path of least resistance. Very challenging reality! And we need representatives who will not back down.

Years ago, out of state investors/developers took advantage of our grid roads, cheap land, acres of foothills. As long as profitable future for them,they will not go away & will continue to promote to Eagle residents that annexing & developing another 22,100 acres (beyond the current 900 approved by ADA county)is a wonderful idea for our sweet town.

Is it possible that ADA county and Eagle could agree to
get together & say FORGET It Avimore, your type of development is too big of an intrusion & too sprawling for our way of life.

By: Eagle Writer

Eagle Writer — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:02:08 +0000

Eamonn Harter, this isn’t FB so I won’t continue the argument here. It is clear you do not understand my point, the example, or how campaign politics work. But you have asserted that candidates are being paid off – if you have evidence of crimes being committed please notify the authorities.

EDITOR NOTE–The GUARDIAN is likely a contributing factor here. We use the “payoff term” because we feel “contribution” is a sanitized version of what amounts to “quid pro quo.” No one contributes to candidate with the understanding the candidate will NOT reflect the views of the donor or refuse the donor an audience etc. You can bet Frank VanderSloot gets his calls returned by Republican politicos.

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:46:27 +0000

Eagle Writer, we are not talking about guns or gays here. We are talking about a land developer trying to buy a city government. Ada County is a no-go for expanding Avimor due to recent election results, so the next best thing is Eagle. Overturning the 2nd amendment would require a constitutional amendment ratified by 3/4 of the states, so that will not happen in our lifetimes. But the results of a city election with the mayor and 2 council members could annex Avimor. This is an apples to oranges comparison.

By: Forced Air

Forced Air — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:32:56 +0000

This is starting to look like Brazil when the Marxists were in power. Thankfully, they are OUT of power and running for the hills.

The $$ machine down there corrupted as many as they could and Brazilian taxpayers were robbed to support candidates that robbed them even more. DisMisInfo ops kept us up here totally in the dark as to what was going on.

Thanks to Guardian and BoiseDev for shining lights on our own Marxist activities.

By: Eagle Writer

Eagle Writer — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:09:39 +0000

Eamonn Harter: Let’s review how this works. If I ran for Congress (I will not) I would campaign on a strong 2nd Amendment. I would likely get contributions from people and organizations who agree with my position. Critics would shout that I was bought and paid for by gun rights advocates. But I was already a gun rights advocate.

A payoff would occur if an anti-gun rights advocate gave me money and I then changed my position to theirs.

Having worked in the campaign world for decades I fully remember the Ronald Reagan episode when his campaign received a sizeable donation from a gay rights groups. His staff thought he should refuse it and send it back, but Reagan said (paraphrase), “no, they are giving me money because they agree with my position, not because I will change my position to theirs.”

By: Idaholc

Idaholc — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 05:20:01 +0000

Our financial system is based on gambling (the stock market), and our political system is based on bribery!

By: Idaholc

Idaholc — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 05:17:38 +0000

Why shouldn’t the firemen support Hizzonor? They got a 7% raise this year.

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:29:23 +0000

Eagle Writer, did you even read the article about political payoffs?

By: Eamonn Harter

Eamonn Harter — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:45:49 +0000

What’s a Growthophobe like me to do? Vote for Avimor or more apartment buildings, I guess. Apartments seem like the lesser of the 2 evils when looking at the donors behind Pierce, Pike and Baun.