I sure hope that the Idaho GOP will make a decent bid for District 17 in the next election. My feeling is that D17 is much more purple than blue and that apathy on the part of GOP functionaries allowed TEAM 17 to waltz in and steal it. If you go to a D17 townhall meeting, you see them getting an earful from attendees on City issues that would paint D17 as much more conservative than you would expect.

Anti-Constitutional outrages by MaryAnne Jordan are typical when she berates “deplorables” in thinly veiled language. Except she DID go nuclear on the 2nd Amendment one time and declared it void in today’s progressive world view.

Urbanism is the road to Socialism. People control is the agenda, cuz we are all too “stupid” to run our own lives. We all must be protected from ourselves. City policy will carry this agenda out for them, one piece at a time. Feeling cozy, yet?

Where is the outrage! Storm City Hall!

How about Boise City Council meeting in a school auditorium twice a year? Rotate SE, West, NW, etc.

Same for Planning and Zoning and other committees. Stop the madness!

Taxpayers already pay for this facility. Let us use it “for free” to encourage the publics attendance and participation. The once a month noon City Council Meeting would be the exception, as this garage is most likley fully utilized during the day. Anyone who then says parking is a problem downtown will not have this excuse to exempt themself from taking part.

So far, the public isn’t ready to accept the hard truth surrounding the law of exponential growth, which is found at the base of it all. Follow the money. It’s a bargain with the future.

So if you own or live in an area where the next vision of density exists, where “investment” sees a way to promise future profits, you have been notified about the next wave of change that is here and now. This issue is succinctly described here >>> http://www.zonedoutfilm.com/ . –Thank you Katie Fite!

If you want to know what Kushan and Associates (Diane K.) thinks about the Vista Ave Corridor, here’s a quote from her work to produce a report by Urban Land Institutes (ULI).

SUMMARY OF CURRENT VISTA AVE CORRIDOR
“LAND USE: some single-family housing, single story strip commercial, car and tire dealers, auto repair shops, fast food, drive-ins, bars, pawn shops and adult entertainment venues.”

Granted, Vista Ave has its share of what’s listed, but what about the other great things? There are real people who work and live on Vista AVE and have invested there. What about including other thriving and existing categories in the list for a more honest and accurate land use statement: GROCERY, FLOORING, JEWELRY, FLORAL, PHARMACY, DINING, BANKING, SHIPPING, POSTAL, MEDICAL, HOTEL, RETAIL RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, VETERINARY, SALON, LEGAL, ACCOUNTING…

You can see the narrative being developed. And this is the very person who is contracted with the city of Boise to re-write our zoning laws.

The local planning and development willingly violate the restrictions that have been in place. Apparently daddy allows that.

If they are using public money to pay for these people, it is a meeting whereby they cannot restrict the attendance of the public. They must provide a place for the public to sit. Each change that will require a resolution must be put on the public hearing list. (Not the consent agenda – they are supposed to be two separate sections.)

The Kushlan connection is a conflict of interest, and needs to be officially noted at the beginning of every meeting and the Mrs. cannot vote. They should be ashamed.

Let’s get ever single publicly paid for meeting attended by the public. Go away corrupt inner circle.

Maybe the chosen few regular citizens who will get to participate in this Zoning Code process need to remind the consultants, and any city staff who have the AICP credential, that the first principle of conduct is to “Recognize the rights of citizens to participate in planning decisions.”

Ethical Principles In Planning – Planning Process Participants should:

1. Recognize the rights of citizens to participate in planning decisions;

2. Strive to give citizens (including those who lack formal organization or influence) full, clear and accurate information on planning issues and the opportunity to have a meaningful role in the development of plans and programs; 


3. Strive to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of disadvantaged groups and persons; 


4. Assist in the clarification of community goals, objectives and policies in plan-making; 


5. Ensure that reports, records and any other non-confidential information which is, or will 
be, available to decision makers is made available to the public in a convenient format and sufficiently in advance of any decision; 


6. Strive to protect the integrity of the natural environment and the heritage of the built environment; 


7. Pay special attention to the interrelatedness of decisions and the long range consequences of present actions. 


This behavior is not new nor will it change. Nor will the city ever involved a majority of those outside the north end…if they do they loose their power.

Until the city council members are elected by districts that FORCE the council to be from all areas of the city there will be no change.