Dave Frazier
How To Spend $200 Million
Gotta give the Ada Commishes a little pat on the back for soliciting spending ideas from the public. The intent is great, but the survey falls short. In a press release today they are seeking some guidance with the nearly $200,000,000 they plan to spend in the coming year. That’s two hundred MILLION in hard […]
Mayor Hotline April 12 to 18
HOTLINE April 12 – 18, 2008 UNUSUAL NORTHEND WIFE, GET ENVIRONMENTAL, FEARFUL RESIDENT, MESS AT NEW LIBRARY SITE, FIX THE ECONOMY, FIX THE TRANSPORTATION, FIX THE TRFFIC 4/12/08 Jen Whitewing Misc: I’m not your normal Northend housewife. I very much appreciate living in Boise, Idaho; it’s brought my family tremendous blessings. Even my son’s high […]
Little Sympathy For Tamarack Demise
Growthophobia is likely to break out in the wake of recent events surrounding a failing resort in Valley County. Small businesses, bankers, and contractors are suffering as a result of the “troubled Tamarack Resort.” The “trouble” is they don’t pay their bills or live up to promises made. The latest hit is the closure of […]
Boise City For Sale
Seems that lobbyists, economic development people, and even elected officials couldn’t get the job done. Now Team Dave has hired a guy to “market the city,” according to a story in the Daily Paper. Ross Borden has been hired full time to “help forge better relationships with local leaders and push the city’s agenda in […]
Mayor Hotline April 5 to 11
INCOMING CHOPPER, GROWTHOPHOBES UNITED, BARKING DOG, DUMPSTER 4/10/08 Doug Stuart 5416 Hill Rd. Boise, ID Plano Lane Development: I was one of the residents at the River Glen Jr. High School concerning the Capital Development in the foothills (the 333 acres, 154 single-family homes between Collister and Plato Ln. above Hill Rd.) I feel that […]
Technology Changes Workplace Ethics
Comments at both the GUARDIAN and the Daily paper about the moonlighting poop plant personnel tell us technology has changed the face of the USA workplace in ways we never envisioned just a few years ago. If Boise officials do a sincere investigation and review of the case, they will probably come up with more […]
Potential Poop Practice Conflict
Potential conflict of interest at Boise’s poop plants and the poop plants at Avimor and Hidden Springs are subject of a newly opened probe by Boise officials–thanks to a story in the Daily Paper. Statesman reporter Kathleen Kreller did some digging into the poop business and came up with documentation showing the operators of Boise’s […]
Boise Refuses Voter Voice In Funding
Boise skies will be filled with big airplanes and the freeway will be crowded with trucks if Team Dave gets its way and industrializes the area around the airport. Based on testimony before the Idaho Legislature last week, the city needed a constitutional amendment to make it easier to obtain financing for facilities because the […]
Mayor Hotline March 29 to April 4
CHRISTIANS VIOLATE PARKING LAWS 3/31/08 Susan Graham 1009 W. Fort St. Boise, ID 83702 Parking: I’m calling about continuing parking violations in the next block over. The First United Methodist Church has an entire block and they own only one-quarter of it on the southwest quarter on the corner of 12th and Hays is paved; […]
Power To The People Prevails
Wow! What an intense week of positive events for the rights of citizens to vote on long term debt by local government. Just a week ago the Idaho Senate pushed a proposed constitutional amendment through in an attempt to get around the Supreme Court FRAZIER decision which reconfirmed the fact local governments must get approval […]
Mayor Hotline March 22 to 28
PLEASE PROVIDE A PROPER PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO POOP AND PEE 3/24/08 Tim Johnson 495 S. 15th St. Boise Cold Storage BPR: As you guys know, we are getting an increasingly large population of transients coming back and forth through this area, which is a real problem for us. Just recently, it’s increased several fold; […]
Local Government vs Citizens
Things have been pretty slow at the GUARDIAN of late. Spring break plays a big part to be sure, but we think citizens are fed up with the legislature-governor bickering, cities and counties adversary relationship with citizens, and the never ending presidential race. We took a trip to the Everglades where we made this neat […]
Flood First Sandbags Second
Mike Baker is a 46 year resident of N. 9th in Boise and has seen his property flooded at least three times by runnoff from Hulls Gulch. When a Boy Scout left him a brochure urging him to “be prepared” in the event of flood, Mike took the message from Ada County Emergency Management office […]
Guard Offers Shooting Range To Cops
Nice gesture on the part of the Idaho National Guard to local cops to offer use of a shooting range. Besides, after the National Guard shooting team dude (who was also a BPD member) set fire to the foothills with an M-16 popping tracers, they probably OWE it to the citizens of Boise. They are […]
Mayor Hotline March 15 to 21
SIRENS-BUT NO SANDBAGS, SEND THE POLICE 3/17/08 Mike Baker 2217 N. 9th St. Boise, ID Flooding: I live in a flood plain right at the mouth of Hulls Gulch. Because we have some flooding every year, and this year because of the snow pack, I believe that we’re going to have a little higher flood […]
Insider Commodity Trading Stinks
We posted a story January 8 NO AVIMOR POOP FOR BOISE regarding City Council plans for a policy to preclude poop from the Avimor planned community on Highway 55 north of Eagle. Seems State and County officials approved Avimor’s plans to truck their poop to the Boise sewer plant after it is treated on site. […]
Defending The Idaho Constitution
The GUARDIAN editor appeared before the Senate State Affairs Committee Wednesday to testify against a proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT aimed at limiting citizen oversight of long term debt by local government. To call the experience frustrating is an understatement. In short, they ate our lunch, punched us in the face, yawned, walked out as we spoke […]
ACHD Assets Used For Race
After the local TV newsies ran a press release from the Ada County Highway District about clearing snow for the Race to Robie Creek, the GUARDIAN got a couple of inquiries questioning the propriety of plowing the road for the event. ACHD maintains they remove snow on the road each spring and are just doing […]
Mayor Hotline MArch 8 to 14
BUTTERSCOTCH WANTS ONLINE PAYMENT, LONG BUS STORY, CITY HALL BLOWS SMOKE 3/12/08 Delbert Coon 1911 Spaulding St. Boise, ID Electronic Payments: I tried to renew my dog license over the phon for my little dog, Butterscotch, and called the City Clerk and they don’t take debit cards. I just wondered if there’s a logical reason […]
Developer Has Illegal Water Company
Ada County developer Greg Johnson has been operating an illegal water system without approval of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission according to 4th District Judge Michael McLoughlin. The judge ruled in favor of homeowners who became ensnared in a property owner nightmare when they hooked up to a community well owned and operated by Johnson. […]
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