Comments on: Fire Chief Choice Ignites Councilors

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:18:25 +0000

I think Lauren is more pretentious than Marxist. Council member Lisa hit the nail on the head with her reply!

Our tax dollars pay for qualified public servants, working together, for the betterment of the community?!
I think it is great to promote from within a company.
As a tax payer I expect appointments based on qualification vs direction from the local union or political contributors!

By: The Wolf

The Wolf — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 06:49:22 +0000

“Politically astute, without being politically active “
Is that a direct shot at Doan or what? Hysterical.

By: xx

xx — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 20:42:31 +0000

Other story content on this potential Boise fire chief has mentioned that he did not wish to live in Boise. Although there is no law that can require the person in charge of a city department to actually live within the given city they are employed by, when not doing so, one is removed from the impact of their budgetary actions and decisions. This results in a person not having to eat their own cooking.

EDITOR NOTE–You are correct about the LAW, but it has been a POLICY for many years that department heads live within the city limits. We agree with your reasoning.

By: Julie Hulvey

Julie Hulvey — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:47:54 +0000

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore are thou, for another while anyway?

By: erico49

erico49 — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:36:38 +0000

Bust the union.

By: xx

xx — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:06:46 +0000

Now the Council gets a first hand experience of what the citizens have faced on a regular basis.

By: Concerned Neighbor

Concerned Neighbor — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 01:00:55 +0000

Marxist McLean is backtracking politically with the local fire chief decision after a disastrous pick of a police chief from the town of a thousand violent riots.

Having on-the-ground knowledge is critical in a CEO level roll. Look at bean counters made CEOs that turned into disasters like Microsoft’s Balmer and Costco’s Jelinek. Things slid for a long time until their years of bad decisions came to light.

If you want a project to do well then the mayor needs to put their foot down on budget overruns from the start. Then appoint a good Project Manager to run each individual project.