Comments on: Boise Council Sets Special Meeting https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: rabula https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107711 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:50:05 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107711 What Doan did wrong was:
1) politicize the fire dept.
2) support Bieter when his time was up, which most folks who were paying attn knew (16 years!)—except Bieter (and, apparently, Doan)
3) not offer his resignation when requested.
4) made his leaving a big deal (if you’re gonna play politics, you should expect to leave when your guy loses).

]]> By: XX https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107706 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:40:13 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107706 If he did nothing wrong, why did he resign rather than stand his ground to prove what he claimed to be true?

]]> By: Old White Guy https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107705 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:03:48 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107705 Can the current mayor be held to promises made by the former mayor? I don’t know if KG is correct about everything but he’s right about needing popcorn for the show. I smell an expensive lawsuit coming, and money grows on trees for Boise City leaders. Ego driven missteps have cost taxpayers so much over the years. I wish we could attach the officeholder’s personal finances to such choices.

PS: The big news this week is the economy is shutting down. Look around you. Box stores selling out and empty parking lots everywhere else. Less traffic at rush hour. Entire Seattle metro told to work from home. Seems like the first 20 minutes of an end of the world type movie.

]]> By: Erico49 https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107704 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:20:00 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107704 Some bureaucrat gets fired. Big deal.

]]> By: Caeth https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107703 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:15:29 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107703 XX. It would be illegal, unethical and irresponsible for elected officials to expose the City to a defamation lawsuit from an aggrieved employee solely for political theater. If the employee chooses to expose the info, they can file a wrongful firing suit.

]]> By: Easterner https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107702 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:13:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107702 A county highway Commissioner says, “deliberating behind closed doors” for a significant termination is “completely chicken”?
Even if it is political-

WHAT?

Come on voters in District 4!

]]> By: rabula https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107701 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:57:35 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107701 Deliberating personnel matters “behind closed doors” in executive session is precisely the way it is to be done under Idaho’ Open Meeting Law. The final decision resulting from those deliberations is then taken in an open, public meeting.

Perhaps the ACHD needs a refresher in such matters.

]]> By: XX https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107700 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:15:43 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107700 Personal and private is one thing, but if this involves an issue that did, or would have, impacted the public, I think the City should have to explain this to the public.

]]> By: Caeth https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107698 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:45:34 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107698 Sorry, Kent. Nothing chicken about it. It is done this way to protect the Government’s liability by ensuring the employee’s personal and private information does not become public.

]]> By: Night Watch https://boiseguardian.com/2020/03/05/boise-council-sets-special-meeting/#comment-107695 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:42:19 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=16308#comment-107695 Isn’t also true the Firemen were warned about going public in their support of Bieter being it was illegal?

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