Wtf is an “anti COVID-19 mask”??

EDITOR NOTE–It is opposite of a “pro covid-19” mask.

I do not support this corporate marketing B.S. for a municipality, but Bieter’s slogan and actions have led to a city that has become unlivable for many, so it had to be changed.

I agree with XX. Bieter’s “Livability” crusade and “Liv” nonsense was all a marketing gimmick to draw more people to move here and stress our already strained city and its resources. Also, I believe the Bieter regime was paying consultants to churn out Livability crap, get Boise-promoting articles placed in media, etc. If so, perhaps that means some of these $$$ will not be spent?

We are unfortunately living with the legacy of all that Liv marketing crap though. All those articles ‘Boise made the top 20 List in Towns with Most Beer Bike Bars” and the like — have resulted in the city now plowing ahead with various “Toilet to Tap” water re-use schemes, including injecting partially treated sewage water into the aquifer near the airport (what could possibly go wrong and which water wells will it show up in?), and also releasing this water into the Farmers Union Canal. BOTH those schemes have major implications for our drinking water and the health of our community.

Thanks for the info Katie. Our waste water is so loaded with Rx meds we will all be taking a drug cocktail from the tap. Then the city will charge extra for purified drinking water. Nothing better than dirty drinking water for the water purifier businesses.

Hey Think Again. The new chief was chosen because he would kowtow to the union, and the union gives a whole lot of money to the democrats running Boise. Didn’t you see where the union gave its blessing?

Marketing and slogans are generally meaningless and at worst actually meant to mislead. Only when the actions of leaders match the slogan does it have meaning. In other words always judge people, especially politicians by what they do, not what they say, because what they say is carefully calculated for a predetermined outcome.

My favorite example is how all tech companies have Privacy Policies when they should be called “Lack of Privacy Policy” if the title was to actually describe the content and intent.

“Creating a City For Everyone.”

That implies that Boise has NOT been a city for everyone. What does that actually mean? Well…it is supposed to imply that only certain people have enjoyed the hospitality of Boise and that some have never enjoyed the same. I have lived here all of my life (since 1962) and I have witnessed Boise be inclusive more and more of ALL stripes of people, without any special campaigns to encourage inclusion. Boise is a decent city and its own qualities have brought people here. Once the Mall was built in the 1980s, the economic engine began to purr as that signaled we were becoming a growth spot. The Kempthorne and Coles admins oversaw the rapid growth infection and there were no special Be Nice campaigns used to achieve it.

We became cosmopolitan by osmosis. This notion spurred by Lisa Sanchez is ill-founded. It’s mere Marxist struggle session agitprop that is designed to generate white guilt so that no one will stand up and call criticisms to plans that are NOT in the public’s interest…aka Portlandia. It is a false implication and indictment.

Our real problem is that we need to STOP growth outright and maintain the economy that we have. Open spaces and prohibiting stack and packs should be our goal.