Comments on: Mayor Nixes SW Land Swap

By: 2500

2500 — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:04:37 +0000

Or, 10000 > 2500

This story is not about current sewer increases. I saw it, and it is a major repair. You can buy the bonds if you want an offset.

No one pays me to speak, I just abhor blabber.

By: Erico49

Erico49 — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:38:28 +0000

1. When I said I didn’t know the breakdown, I *admitted* that I didn’t know how much the city paid vs. homeowners. I just said it wasn’t a total gift for which we contributed zero. 2. Thinking back, my cost may not have been $10k, but it was certainly more than $6k for the hookup fee to the City. Enough that the City offered low-interest loans on the provision that we signed a doc promising not to oppose annexation–which happened in that area not many years later. Only those of us who hooked up had to pay the fee. Signed up at what was then the Ada County Community Library on Victory. My septic system was fine, but I didn’t want to worry about it anymore.

By: McLean is worse than bieter

McLean is worse than bieter — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 22:19:45 +0000

Dear To erico49

Do you honestly think the city paid for every hookup? Give us a break. The homeowner paid a hook on fee, paid for the pipe from the street to their house AND a portion of extending the trunk line.

I had to hook on to sewer in 1978 and my portion of the LID was $2500.

You see where our sewer bills are going up 53% this year with Boise? And that’s after year after year after year of sewer increases.

If anyone doesn’t know of what they speak, it’s you. Does Lauren pay you to comment?

By: Jo Jo

Jo Jo — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:05:57 +0000

Districts helping? Nope! Consider the example of Luci Willits, who just announced she’s running. Claims she’s been in West Boise for 2 decades. If she was a “good” candidate, why is she waiting until now to run?

Sad, just sad. Prepare for city politics to get even uglier. This makes me sad 🙁

By: FAA

FAA — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 07:44:19 +0000

It’s going to get interesting.

By: To Erico49

To Erico49 — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:53:23 +0000

Your story does not wash. You must have been putting in new construction. That is an outrageous $$ for the ’90’s.

I assert that you are less than truthful. Especially if you don’t know the breakdown. If you were really involved and putting out 10k, you would know.

So many of these commenters are contradicting themselves. Like saying The mayor is awful because she didn’t do something illegal and is not as cagey as the previous mayor.

I think the city council needs some turnover, but the executive is really doing a good job imho.

By: Erico49

Erico49 — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:51:18 +0000

Paul. I don’t know what the breakdown was, but the City didn’t foot the whole bill for the sewer expansion. My share in the 90s was around $10k just to get the line past my house. Not including the line from house to street.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:38:13 +0000

Here is another GOOD reason to have districting of OUR ELECTED PUBLIC SERVANTS, city council members.We ALL experience OUT OF SITE OUT OF MIND!

By: Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:14:24 +0000

Every article about SW should note that the area has strongly rejected becoming part of Boise City at every moment in living memory. We paid to fix their sewer system, now they want a park paid by us (actual Boise residents). What should happen here, instead of trying to weasel more services out of Boise, the residents should incorporate as their own city, buy the sewer system we built them and buy this park land and do whatever they want with it. When this land was bought within the “area of impact” of the city, one would presume the residents of the area would want to be part of Boise City. Yet SW never have until the freebie was possibly going to disappear. (Yes McLean as usual was clueless about the sale price etc, but let’s not forget most of the uproar was over the City not building a park for a bunch of free loading “county” folk.)

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:35:29 +0000

Maybe the mayor is thinking of building a new Interfaith Sanctuary out there with a bunch of “affordable” homes. Then they would out of view of those officials living in the North End.