Comments on: Despite Weeds, Post Office Is Open

By: GregN

GregN — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:15:09 +0000

Check out the Cole/Overland overpass as another example of the grimy side of Boise. Also, travel east bound on Parkcenter. Note the roadside adjacent to DL Evans Bank and Delta Dental. Go a little further and look at the overgrown weed infested strip by Pier Pointe.

By: David Klinger

David Klinger — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 03:50:12 +0000

Ever thought about just showing up one morning and pulling a few weeds? I did that with an orphan corner at 26th and State, and then added a few flowers out of my own pocket. Yes, the Postal Service and ACHD are big bureaucracies that theoretically should be able to afford a better job. But it isn’t happening. So perhaps lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness is a better approach. I take my cues from the Mennonites, who, after a hurricane of other natural disaster in the South, simply show up and start to work. No one calls them, no one issues a contract … they simply show up and begin with their hammers and nails, doing good.

By: Chickenhawk

Chickenhawk — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:58:49 +0000

Wow! Back in my day, our Boy Scout troop would simply show up with weed eaters, shovels, rakes, etc on a Tuesday evening and get the job done, no questions asked, no gimmicks offered, no kickbacks taken. Just good old-fashioned community service and teaching young men how to give back to their community.

Now we have to ask permission, sign waivers and jump through endless hoops just so we can help people out? One can’t simply roll up their sleeves and take the initiative? What kind of America are we becoming?

By: Agreed

Agreed — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 01:42:50 +0000

Chicago Sam is a man after my neighbor’s trash. Love you in this post.

By: Western gou

Western gou — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:30:15 +0000

Dear Caeth:

Not a nanny state. A clean, livable city — everywhere, not just the high-end subs and new (poorly-built) apartments and condos.

‘Livable’. Wasn’t that part of the former Mayor’s catchphrase??

By: Easterner

Easterner — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:28:23 +0000

Comr Goldthorpe says, “as a past CHAIR of the southwest Idaho postal customer council”: they are terrible and ineffective, as was the council apparently.

Interpretation- I didn’t solve the problem back then and I have no intention of solving the communication problems of ACHD today, even as the board president.

Proven leadership. 🙂
“Not a concern then, not a concern now.”

By: frank

frank — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:00:47 +0000

We should be more concerned about someone thinking it is okay to throw cigarette butts on the ground like we see in the picture!

By: Caeth

Caeth — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 18:46:39 +0000

Western guy: Nanny Gestapo? Interesting concept.

By: PD

PD — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:03:02 +0000

Come on Guardian. You have been here in Boise a long time. And you are just now discovering the lack of access to our US Postal Service management? Hilarious! Even the online Google image shows weeds growing all over the property and a terrible turf area.
Suggestion: Go visit the Idaho Veterans Memorial Park on VMParkway. And then let us know about their weed problem. Do people care?

By: western guy

western guy — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:03:15 +0000

Still on the topic of Boise Code Enforcement process, they are reactive, not proactive. They only respond to complaints, which is a joke.

They should cruise their assigned sectors and leave warning cards on every RV, trailer, house, trash pile, etc.