Comments on: Boise Mayor’s Secret Trip Betrays Public Trust https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dywann https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110605 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:24:31 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110605 I dare anyone to do a FOI request to find out how much tax payer dollars were spent on this trip so she could connect with business. Someone I know said it was waaaay more than what it should have been.

]]> By: HMMMMmmm https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110288 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:16:27 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110288 I find this entire article beneath the Boise Guardian. Having worked for years in corporate growth strategies, this is a common practice that you try to make sinister with your slant and word choices. You are better than this!

]]> By: Forced Air https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110203 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:52:49 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110203 Boise Lawyer, well…that’s a very consistent position and I applaud it. I’m sure that many from the progressive camp would NOT appreciate a non-disclosed status in that event.

I still demand transparency because I want to know what kind of large economic influences may be coming to our area. I want to know if we will be further infiltrated by Cali-fornication that brings ironic voting patterns from that failed state.

]]> By: Boise Lawyer https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110200 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:12:08 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110200 Forced Air, I think a firearms manufacturer would suit our city very well and I would encourage any mayor to hold talks with that industry. We need more good, manufacturing jobs and Idaho’s relatively liberal gun laws combined with Boise’s proximity to the interstate and a medium-hub airport make it a logical choice. It’s fine with me if a mayor meets prospective firearms manufacturer to explore possibilities and then engages in a public process if it looks like there is a potential deal.

]]> By: Forced Air https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110199 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:44:36 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110199 Wow…you sure got the WOKE crowd to slither out of the shadows with this one!

The TRUE colors of progressive=hubris are flying for sure. I love how it USED to be that ANY corporate/government collusion was swiftly criticized by Leftists and rightly so. Now, in just a few years past…corporations are the new progressive darlings…much like they became in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

Matt Carter, how do you know that she will “attract the right businesses that will create better jobs for its people”….were YOU at the secret meeting? We don’t know any of this other than Micron might be getting more sweet incentives. Just what are the “right businesses” for Boise?

Boise Lawyer….what if a conservative mayor was meeting with a firearms manufacturer in secret, would you want to know that?

JR SIMPLOT faker….thanks for your most honest feelings…we already know how your kind feels.

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110197 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:01:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110197 Point taken, Erico49. (When the weather deviates slightly from the norm, it gets 15 minutes of coverage.)

Oh – and I forgot the regular Ammon Bundy updates. Ol’ Ammon is pretty entertaining. I like the current story – campaigning for governor = community service!

]]> By: Erico49 https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110194 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 01:12:47 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110194 Bikeboy…in your recap of local news you forgot 5 minutes of weather every 10 minutes. And we don’t have a lot of weather!

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110188 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:59:39 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110188 Two schools of thought in the comments:
1) Mayor McLean is indeed growth-at-all-costs to the already-here citizens (similar to the tone of the Guardian article), and
2) Quitcher bitchin, heronner is just taking care of her mayorly duties.

There may be some truth to both… however consider – which other local news outlets are doing ANY scrutiny of the dealings and double-dealings in local government? “The press” is pretty much non-existent anymore in these parts. If you watch the TV news, you see well-coiffed talking heads reading press releases, along with a few crashes and the Daybells. Sports in 30 seconds!

I appreciate the Boise Guardian’s efforts to keep us informed, and I’m happy to entertain his OPINIONS, mixed in with the facts. (Generally in agreement with his opinions, too.)

– Boise Native Growthophobe

]]> By: FunkHobo69 https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110176 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 05:08:12 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110176 Looking back at the 2019 election, it makes sense what their strategy was. Dave Bieter knew he was losing favor with voters after the library and stadium debacles, and cozy relationships with developers: an opportunity for an outsider presented itself. Former Team Dave sycophant Lauren enters the race to “oppose” Bieter, et voila, a runoff between two Team Davers.

NDAs are legal instruments from the business world that have no place interfering with complete honesty between public officials and citizens.

]]> By: Caeth https://boiseguardian.com/2021/12/01/boise-mayor-secret-trip-betrays-public-trust/#comment-110175 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:45:05 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17157#comment-110175 She is my employee. I hired her with my vote. Under what scenario may she usurp some right to conceal and be deceptive in her activities, all activities, to her employer. If she does not like the scrutiny, she may resign or not stand for the position again. I have the right to reprimand by recall or not hiring her again with my vote, next cycle. In the meantime, keep an eye out for me please, Editor. Even if it may appear biased and picky to some of your naysayers. I appreciate your necessary function. Thanks.

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