Dave Frazier
PINKY, Inspires Councilor Shealy
With family and friends in attendance, the Boise City Council held its first meeting of 2008 and got to do something for free that costs most people over a grand–they had a reception at the Boise Depot. While a wet snow silently fell outside, the scene inside was warm and friendly. Mayor Dave Bieter was […]
No Avimor Poop For Boise
We recently got a whiff of pending plans on the prospects of placing poop from Avimor in Boise. The GUARDIAN broke what is really a significant story last month in the saga of the planned community in northern Ada County and the subject of AVIMOR POOP . We revealed the developer wants to use a […]
Mayor Media Maven To Head South
Now that Team Dave has won re-election we hear from our “Down Under” sources that spokeslady Elizabeth Duncan will be leaving the team. Instead of waltzing the media, our sources say she will be “Waltzing Matilda.” Apparently she is off to Australia for an extended visit to be near relatives who live there. She told […]
Horny Growthophobes Rank 5th
A GUARDIAN reader with too much time on his hands asks why we haven’t had any comments from Team Dave or the mainstream media folks about the recent FORBES MAGAZINE ranking of Boise, that’s right BOISE, as one of the top five most lustful cities in America. Regular readers know we don’t put much stock […]
Low Price Is Not Low Worth?
The Daily Paper had one of those business page stories by Joe Estrella that left us scratching our heads Friday. Seems a bank economist told legislators the Treasure Valley has an unsold inventory of 7,000 homes and it will take a 15% drop in prices to get the housing market back on track. Since Idaho’s […]
Mayor Hotline January 2 to 4
CARPET REVIEW, MORE FROM GLENN 1/3/07 Anonymous New Carpet: I’m calling in regards to the embarrassingly hideous carpet in city hall. I recently visited the third floor and I got out of the elevator and was completely nauseated to see the carpet. On the first floor, there isn’t that much carpet, but what there was […]
Council To Meet In Depot
We got a nice note from Team Dave’s leader Wednesday. Dear David: I invite all of you to join us at the Boise Depot next Tuesday, Jan. 8, for the swearing-in of your mayor and three city council members. I’ll be taking the oath of office, as will re-elected council members Elaine Clegg, David Eberle […]
Mayor Hotline December 22 to 31
12/27/07 A.J. Smith 1407 Jefferson Boise Police Academy: Good evening, this is a message for Mayor Bieter. My name is A.J. Smith of Boise, 1407 Jefferson. I am calling as a citizen, someone who voted for the mayor, someone who is very concerned over a Channel 7 news report regarding the police academy graduation using […]
Irrigation Proposal Makes Sense
Monday’s mail provided an “official check” from the Nampa Meridian Irrigation District in the amount of $4.78 and a note saying the Board of Directors had reviewed the plight of Brian Bandhauer and waived the taxes previously paid by the GUARDIAN. As a certified GROWTHOPHOBE, we have given the issue of charging homeowners for water […]
Chamber Hype Is Merely Hype
Remember all the euphoria coming out of the Chamber of Commerce, Boise State, and the Idaho Tourism Development folks after BSU won the Fiesta Bowl. There were claims of intense interest on the part of businesses wishing to locate corporate headquarters in Boise, brilliant students standing in line to attend the place with the blue […]
Good Sports, Tough Sports
After years of scandal in the ranks of college football, it is refreshing to see some of those high salaried coaches apparently “doing the right thing” when it comes to making the game “clean.” As the bowl season got into full swing we heard of Boise State’s Coach Pete not only benching a couple of […]
Mayor Hotline December 15 to 21
SLUSH FUNDS, GOOSE POOP, NY SNOW, NO WAY HALFWAY 12/21/07 Karen Crapser Boise, ID 83709 Unallocated Funds: My complaint is about the over-budgeting of our city government and how they can over spend with our extra $14 million. I would like part of that back in my pocket instead of the government’s and let me […]
Share Your 2007 Favorites
The GUARDIAN continues to grow each year and 2007 is no exception. We had nearly 10 million hits and 640,000 unique visits. Monthly average is about 53,000 visits, but thanks to Senator Wide Stance we had 108,000 visits in September–nearly 1 million “hits” in one day. Your exchange of ideas and thought provoking comments have […]
GUARDIAN Stops Lien On Home
The Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District has placed a lien on the home of a Meridian man over a disputed $4.78 late fee. The insanity of a government agency spending untold cash to chase $4.78 so outraged the GUARDIAN that we drove to Nampa to pay the bill ourselves and put an end to the childish behavior. […]
Avimor Plans Place Poop In Boise
COPYRIGHT BOISE GUARDIAN The Avimor planned community north of Eagle along Highway 55 plans to use Boise City sewage facilities to treat sewage before dumping it into the Boise River. Boise officials have never heard about it. The GUARDIAN has confirmed Avimor plans to build an “activated sludge” plant in the foothills and clarify raw […]
Mayor Hotline December 8 to 14
IDLING CARS, BAD COP, NO COP 12/14/07 Diane Leaverton 3907 Oak Park Place Boise, ID 83703 City Car: This morning when I was out walking my dogs in my neighborhood, I noticed a city vehicle (a van) which may have been from the Building Department. It was parked in front of the house across the […]
Attempt To Liven Up Coroner Office
Claiming “All images will be appropriate viewing for all ages,” Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg has launched a new web page he describes as “exciting.” The INVESTIGATIONS PAGE is part of the official county website. The first “exciting entry” consists of a grisly close up photo showing a dog’s severed paw compared to X-rays of […]
In Light Of Christmas Spirit
Mrs. GUARDIAN decided it was time to pack up the cute little foo-foo dog and take a low speed drive around Boise to look at Christmas decorations. The GUARDIAN reasoned the dog should stay home and it was really not very green to drive around burning gas and polluting the air. At the very least […]
Mayor Hotline December 1 to 7
12/4/07 Tami Wong 10423 Treeline St. Boise, ID 83704 Half-Way Houses: I’m calling because I just found out that right around the corner from us there’s one of Dennis Mansfield’s halfway houses and I’m very upset about it. We were given absolutely no notice and for a month this house was in our neighborhood without […]
Low Stakes Gambling Hall
Not to be confused with LIBRARY!, Boise has resumed the old Catholic cultural icon BINGO! Like the fairgrounds, the all park, and Plantation Golf Course, BINGO! is actually located in Garden City. Three charities will share the take. Northwest Alternatives, Treasure Valley Community Television, and Sacred Heart School and Church have re-opened the Bingo facility […]
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