Dave Frazier
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
Republicans Vote “NO” On Ada Commishes
UPDATED POSTING It looks like Judy Peavey-Derr, and even the Ada County Commission got a “NO” vote from Republicans–and perhaps some crossover Demos– in the Tuesday primary election. Veteran politician and incumbent Peavey-Derr was ousted from her $84,000 job by a low profile political unknown by the name of Steven Kimball with a solid 55% […]
Star Mayor on Growthophobia
A BOISEGUARDIAN EXCLUSIVE Star Mayor Nathan Mitchell poured out his guts on the GUARDIAN over the weekend and while he may not be “growthophobe” positive, he certainly has many of the symptoms. Team Nate and most of the City Councilors are subject of a recall effort that needs only 250 signatures to get on the […]
Developers Spell Canyon Crop Failure
Developers have eaten up much of Ada County’s open spaces, plan to eat more and now have a craving to devour Canyon County. Because Ada County has tougher zoning for “planned communities” than our neighbors to the west, the guys with the big appetites to make big bucks want to build along the Snake River […]
The Down Side on The Foothills
Monday marks 5 years since voters passed the so called “Foothills Levy which created a fund to to keep parts of the Boise Front open to the public. Results have been mixed. The election was conducted in a fraudulent manner using taxpayer funds to promote passage of the levy. About $50,000 in city money was […]
Beautiful Theater, Bad Movie
Z-GRAM By Dave Zarkin, former Statesman writer who revisited Boise after a 38 year absence. Drawn into the mystical beauty of ancient Egypt inspired by watching Universal’s The Mummy — that best describes my motivation in seeing the fabulous renovation of the historic Egyptian (Ada) Theater in Boise this week. Built in 1927, it provided […]
Rip Van Winkle Story
Another Z-Gram from former Statesman reporter David Zarkin who made a return visit after a 38 year absence. “Where’s Boise?” my friend Floyd asked as I gushed on about my triumphant return to the Capital City after leaving my job as local government reporter at The Statesman from 1964 to 1969. “It’s in the same […]
Award Winning TV Flood Coverage
Mike Vogel at KTVB Channel 7 has joined the ranks of “award winning” TV reporters caught wading in flood waters. A DOPE REPORTER award is automatically bestowed on any TV reporter caught on camera wading in flood waters…the GUARDIAN source said Vogel was wearing boots and reporting at noon Friday from the Hailey area where […]
Growthophobia Outbreak In Star
A severe outbreak of growthophobia has been reported in Star where resident growthophobes are uniting to oust the mayor and most of the councilors following a 158% increase in population in the past year. Thanh Tan at KBCI-TV 2 did a nice job on the story of Pamela Leverett’s effort to circulate a recall petition […]
Another Flood Plain Subdivision
Whew! Looks like Eagle dodged the flood bullet! They’ve announced that river flows probably won’t get any higher; in fact they might soon be receding. And, as if in celebration, the Eagle City Council has unanimously approved the new “Laguna Pointe” subdivision, on Eagle Island, near the notorious South Channel. Laguna Pointe sounds pretty sweet […]
Free At Last!!
This is the first of a series of “Z-GRAMS” from former Statesman reporter David Zarkin who revisited Boise May 15-17after a 38 year absence. “Are you still in the elevator?,” the woman asks on the emergency phone as I sweat like a pig at 2 pm Tueday in the parking ramp at Boise State Univesity. […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
No Signs of Tourist Attractions
While the G-BAD boys are scheming to build a new convention center, tourists are not well served in Idaho’s Capitol City. A recent trip to Ohio prompted the GUARDIAN to share an idea that needs some immediate attention–tourist related signs. We have included samples from Cleveland and Columbus. There are just a few official highway […]
Cure For Growthophobia
As a young boy the GUARDIAN editor savored the occasional weekend at Grandpa Norm Alverson’s Farm in Lenawee County, Michigan. “Stay outta the pen with the bull, he’s a mean one,” was the standard warning as the 8-year-old great grandson headed outside to explore the big gray barn and pyramid-roofed garage with a 1941 black […]
Hedden-Nicely Claims Victory
Andy-Hidden Nicely has claimed the first victory in his third party congressional race. He issued the following statement regarding a clash he had with the Idaho Statesman: “It is with great pleasure that we announce the cessation of all boycott activities against the Idaho Statesman. “As of this week they have started listing all […]
Scooter Parking Update
Reader Hillary Haymond’s GAS SAVING IDEA has been met with a polite “thanks for the letter” reply at city hall and she is lookiong for more support from her two wheeler colleagues. She sent a letter to the mayor and Boise City Council two weeks ago. Haymond proposes to allow free parking for scooters and […]
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