Comments on: Former Boise Councilor Seeks City-wide Reps

By: Voter

Voter — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 06:19:24 +0000

Is there a map showing the districts? If so please share it.

By: western guy

western guy — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:43:36 +0000

And an Idaho Press reporter referred to the Ustick/Cloverdale area as being in ‘Central Boise’

By: Boise Model

Boise Model — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:24:14 +0000

West Boise? That’s better than the West END!

By: frank

frank — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:30:29 +0000

I am not surprised by this when they mayor of Boise refers to white water park as WEST BOISE?

By: Karen Danley

Karen Danley — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:04:08 +0000

S1111 completes the transition to districts by the 2023 election.

You are welcome to read the bill directly.

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2021&bn=S1111

By: Ridahoan

Ridahoan — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:58:27 +0000

The amendment addresses the delayed census — allows the districts to use this new census, and completes districting, and district elections for the entire cities of Boise, Meridian, and Nampa, by 2023. It avoids needing to truncate any current City Council term to two years, which may have been a poison pill, and it gets districting completed two years earlier than other plans thrown out there. All good.

By: Dave Kangas

Dave Kangas — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:53:34 +0000

This amendment will have council by district fully implemented for the 2023 election cycle. Any council elections in 2021 will only be for a 2 year term. in the 2023 election half of the council seats will be for 2 year terms initially. Thereafter all seats will be for 4 years. A committee has to be formed to determine the districts by 2023. I’ll support this amendment. It is not worth the fight to contest it. IMO

By: Dave Kangas

Dave Kangas — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:46:05 +0000

I strongly supported the original bill and still do. However the city did not and came up with a myriad of reason to not implement it. In the end yes, they could have found a way to implement the bill. It would not really have been that complicated. Now we have an amendment to correct all the “in justices” of the first one. I have not read it yet. To Boise Lawyer it really does not matter how many times you get to vote, if you’re voting into a large pool. The candidates know very well where their votes come from. The current locations of our current councilors mirror that very well. The expense and effort required to run a citywide campaign is very daunting. Those from outside of the north end don’t really stand a chance. Where as candidates in a smaller geographic pool stand a better chance, voters have a local representative, it costs less. Our current legislative process works very well, I see no reason it won’t for city council either. Yes you will end up with a different mix of political ideology, but that’s the way is it supposed to be.

EDITOR NOTE–For the record, we support district residency with citywide vote just like we do with County Commishes. Conversely, would you want councilors to be limited to voting on issues and amounts only within their geographical district rather than the entire city? The council is such a small group–as opposed to congress or the legislature–that the actions of all should be subject to the entire electorate.

By: Boise Lawyer

Boise Lawyer — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:00:55 +0000

XX — doh! You’re right:

Currently Boise voters vote three times, and every two years. That means ever voter has a say as to who holds each of the six council seats.

After this is implemented we will only vote once, every for years, for just one seat. 5/6 of the city would have no say about who 5 of the 6 council people are.

By: Jo Jo

Jo Jo — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:30:51 +0000

This whole thing is just stupid, and reminds me about all the complaining about the mayoral race…

If there is truly a “silent majority” that resents North/East End control of Boise (and please note, I don’t live in either of those areas), I would think they could find some decent candidates who wouldn’t have any trouble gaining support.

Take a look at the count of people who vote in what precincts for city elections, and I think you’ll see the real problem is that lots and lots of people in Boise don’t participate. Drawing lines is only going to result in council members who get elected with very small amounts of support, because people aren’t engaged.

Solve the engagement problem, and the “need” for districts in the city would disappear!