Dave Frazier
Police K-9 Has Bad Taste
A convicted druggie at the Idaho Pen is looking for $1 million from the Boise PD just because a police dog chomped his cajones while he had his hands cuffed behind his back. He would probably have ENJOYED a Taser in retrospect. No doubt the new U.S. Attorney General would have no problem if your […]
Mayor Hotline Oct 27 to Nov 2
CLOSED BRIDGES, PARKING AT AIRPORT, CODE ENFORCEMENT 11/1/07 Stuart Cooper 2609 Woody Dr. Boise, ID Greenbelt Closure: I’m calling to comment on all the bridges that access the Greenbelt between Veterans Park and the Greenbelt have been closed with fencing. No explanation, no signs, nothing to tell you which way to go, who did it, […]
The Skinny On Mexican Politics
Seems the GUARDIAN just can’t get away from politics, even in Mexico City during a business trip last week. At a major intersection with the Latin American Tower on one corner and the Palace of Fine Arts on another we found protesters from the state of Varacruz who claimed the government had left them practically […]
Ambiguous Eagle Vote Law
UPDATED VERSION If one of our reader’s concerns turns out to be true, the city of Eagle is playing sloppy with the election process and Saundra McDavid may have a claim to the office of mayor. Idaho law leaves the conduct of local elections up to the local jurisdictions within general guidelines. Such is the […]
Election Thoughts From Mexico City
Listening to blaring car horns, shrill police whistles and riding a metro metro with 5,000,000 daily passengers here in Mexico City, it is easy to become a growthophobe. Amazing how concerned these people really are about the environment and good government (really)–more when the GUARDIAN editor returns. We wanted to provide readers with this forum […]
It Is About Time–Buying Or Selling
Pay taxes, file a divorce, testify in a trial or just stop by and chat up the Commishes and you can park for an hour FREE! Courthouse visitors will now receive one free hour of parking as they access county services on the Courthouse Complex located at 200 W. Front Street in Boise. The Ada […]
Follow The Money Trail
The GUARDIAN editor is working in Mexico at the moment–voted absentee prior to departure. We have had several requests to urge people to vote and this just came in. “It is too bad more mention is not made of the fact that you can get the list of campaign contributions off the city site. With […]
Punch Out Boise Candidates
For those who thought they had seen the end of the old “hanging chad” punch card ballots, think again. Boise City is rolling out the cards November 6 for what will probably be one last hurrah. The system is being replaced at the county level with optical scanners and #2 lead pencil dots because there […]
City Mum On Financing Vision
Boise City Councilor Alan Shealy should be proud of his Planning and Zoning Department for being “pro-active” with the color drawing and unquestioning text on the front page of the Daily Paper Tuesday. The city has put forth a major planning effort in the area of 30th Street between State and Fairview for the past […]
Derail Amtrak In Idaho
What is it with politicos and trains? Seems they are all fascinated with the “concept” of having passenger trains…like the people riding the “Pumpkin Express” from Horseshoe Bend to Montour. Europe and Japan have trains, why can’t Americans have trains? One reason they have trains in other places is because they have massive amounts of […]
More PIGs At City Hall?
At the noon Council meeting of October 23, there was lengthy discussion about hiring a spin meister to shape public opinion on council issues. Some wanted to expand the “Public Information Group” (PIGs) in City Hall and others wanted a council staffer to handle “constituent services.” There are currently spin meisters in the office of […]
Lackluster Boise Election Part Two
The GUARDIAN story last week about the low interest Boise City election caused folks at City Hall to scramble–probably when we posted the blank “Candidate Profile” page from the Clerk’s site. VISIT TODAY and the site is crammed with data from all the incumbents and only one challenger, Council candidate Steve Kimball. If you don’t […]
Mayor Hotline October 13 to 19
WHY IS EVERYBODY PICKING ON ME?, SPEEDING FUND RAISER, PARK N PARK 10/16/07 Arlen Potts 10921 Montana Ave. Boise, ID 83713 JD Park towing: I’m calling in regards to the towing of BSU tailgaters from Julia Davis Park. It seems to me that the Parks Department has gutted the citizens of Boise again and I’m […]
Taxes To Increase Eagle Rd. Traffic
Meridian politicos are aiming to deprive the citizens of Idaho of at least $15 million in sales taxes to help a commercial developer create more traffic on Eagle Road at Fairview where he wants to build another retail mall. A new law passed by the Idaho legislature to subsidize a Cabela’s in North Idaho will […]
ELECTION! What Election? Who Cares?
To call the upcoming Boise City election LACKLUSTER is an understatement. With the exception of the Bieter-Tibbs yawner for mayor, there is no interest…from the mainstream, the candidates, or the city officials. The campaign payoff (contribution) page is difficult to find, but with enough clicks we found PDF files among seven years of candidates and […]
One Belt Too Many
Looks like we’ll have to dust off the old GUARDIAN “Dope Reporter Award” and pass it along to KIVI-TV Channel 6 reporter Shane Johnson for brandishing a leather belt while reporting on a strangulation murder trial Thursday evening during the 6 p.m. newscast. We were fearful he would drop trou in front of the Ada […]
Inside Scoop On Exclusive Interview
Larry Craig has worked hard at portraying himself as “victim” in his media appearances, but make no mistake, the senior Senator from Idaho knows a thing or two about media manipulation. NBC’s Matt Lauer didn’t “land the interview” because he has a reputation for being fair and balanced. He got it–according to GUARDIAN insiders–because Craig […]
Wanna Pay For 200 Jobs?
We admit it isn’t real sexy, but the GUARDIAN is not comfortable with the way Team Dave is managing the City land holdings and real estate speculation. The latest cause for concern evolves around a political announcement by Team Dave that WinCo would build a 700,000 square foot “distribution center” adjacent to a big block […]
KTVB Gets Craig Interview
Gotta hand it to the TV newsies at KTVB–they get the interviews the other mainstreamers only wish for. Mark Johnson did a teaser on the Sunday Channel 7 newscast and revealed Craig waited two months to tell his wife about getting busted in the Minneapolis airport crapper. Craig said he planned to “exercise his constitutional […]
C Of I Grant No Factor To CWI
When the Albertson Foundation ponied up $50 mill to the College of Idaho and apparently endorsed dropping the family name off the college letterhead, at least one GUARDIAN reader voiced concern about the future of the new College of WESTERN IDAHO Community College. We did some checking and were assured by both the Albertson Foundation […]
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