City Government
Wisconsin Has A better Transportation Idea
Seems like the cheesehead state is getting a lot of attention these days here in Idaho. Team Dave holds out Kenosha, Wisconsin as the poster child for a Trolley Folly, former Greenbay Packer Bret Favre has everyone’s attention, we got a police chief from the capital city of Madison and now the politicos in Madison […]
Take Two Sneaky Trolley Resolution
Based on the content of a Team Dave press release and the overwhelming public opposition to awarding a $90,000 contract to Dave Bieter’s campaign ad agency, it would be fair to conclude Boise City Hall is in a bit of upheaval. Team Dave tried to sneak the bid award resolution past the council buried among […]
City Tries To Hide New PR Expense
Boise’s Team Dave is a step away from a legal land mine as they seek council approval of a PR/marketing agency to promote one side of a public policy issue. The GUARDIAN sees it as a blatant violation of the “public purpose doctrine” in law which dictates that all expenditures should be in the “public […]
Mayor Hotline Sept 26 to Oct 2
LOTS OF DERAIL THE TROLLEY, ONE ABOARD TROLLEY, STINK OVER SEWER, HEALTH RESOLUTION OFF TRACK, SWANS NEAR BRIDGE, NO BUS FOR BLIND 9/30/09 Lance Danger P.O. Box 986 Boise, ID 83701 Trolley: Gee Mayor, you’re a fricking idiot. Why don’t you just go back to the horse-and-buggy? Wouldn’t that be a good idea if a […]
Trolley Open House Not So Open
A Thursday event in a vacant downtown store billed as an “Open House” to discuss Team Dave’s Trolley Folly turned out to not be so open. GUARDIAN reader “Cyclops” made an appearance and asked if the event was to educate people about the proposed trolley. Adam Park, the press secretary for Mayor Dave Bieter confirmed […]
It’s Litster vs Thomson
The GUARDIAN has had a standing offer to all candidates to post their initial campaign blurb and profile. Dave Litster is running for the Boise City Council seat being vacated by Jim Tibbs. Today he was flanked on the steps of City Hall by two candidates who have quit the race and endorse him–Steve Siebers […]
STATESMAN Readers Bash Bieter Trolley
Mayor Dave Bieter continued his pitch for a trolley in the narrow streets of Downtown Boise with an op-ed piece in the Daily Paper Wednesday. Out of 10 comments posted so far, there was one flat out supporter, one “sorta for it” and eight who flat out were against it. Count the GUARDIAN in the […]
Mayor Hotline September 19 to 25
AGAINST TROLLEY AND TRAIN, AGAINST TROLLEY FOR TRAIN, COPPERS ON PHONE IGNORE CITIZEN, TRASH TALK, NO FREE PARKING 9/23/09 Vicki Morrison 5424 Eugene St. Boise, ID 83703 Streetcar & Amtrak: I’m calling about two concerns. One is the streetcar that Mayor Bieter is proposing, which I think is a complete waste of our taxpayer dollars. […]
Boise FD To Sell Services To North Ada District
Another “business plan” to come out of Thursday’s “strategic planning” meeting with city officials is the planned expansion of the Boise Fire Department by two dozen personnel in a “take over” deal which will have Boise selling fire protection to Garden City, Hidden Springs, and the rest of the North Ada County Fire Rescue (NACFR) […]
Items Of Little Interest, But Important To Pols
Here is a list of current news topics with a typically cynical GUARDIAN SLANT. –The Park Center Bridge that Harris Ranch Developers stuck taxpayers to build so they would benefit is about to open with great fanfare from Ada County Highway District. –Micron is still slurping at the public trough. This time they got $5 […]
Council Cools Fire Ambulance Plans
Boise City councilors worked on “strategic planning” Thursday, engaging in some give-and-take with department heads to exchange ideas and goals and offer direction from the council. If that sounds like “corporate speak” with the young and restless bouncing their dreams off the board of directors, you got the picture. The meetings are open to the […]
Mayor Hotline September 12 to 18
OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO THE HEALTH CARE RESOLUTION WHICH WAS IGNORED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, USUAL PARKING AND TRASH ISSUES, TOTAL OF 22 PAGES, MUCH OF IT JUST NAMES and “AGAINST.” Walt Baker 10189 Edna St. Boise, ID 83704 853-0192 Health Care Resolution: I’m concerned about the thought of supporting universal health care as put forth […]
AMBUS Every Minute For Cost Of AMTRAK
For the cost of a daily AMTRAK train or two, the GUARDIAN can provide bus service that would run a bus EVERY MINUTE 24/7. That’s right. We got out the ol’ electronic calculator and punched in the numbers for the cost of the GUARDIAN’s fantasy AMBUS plan versus the cost of AMTRAK. Here’s how it […]
Study Shows Boise Amtrak Not In Financial Best Interest Of USA
After spending at least $374,000,000 to get the tracks and people up to speed, Amtrak would have to charge passengers an average of $353 for each ticket–IF they could get 102,000 riders–just to break even on the cheapest option for trail service to Boise, according to figures released in an Amtrak report. Politicos with overly […]
BPD Union President Offers Swan Song
KIP WILLS HAS BEEN A FREQUENT COMMENTER ON THE GUARDIAN–USING HIS REAL NAME–AS PRESIDENT OF THE COPPERS UNION. HE IS HEADED FOR THE BIG LEAGUES WITH THE FEDS AND ASKED THAT WE POST HIS FAREWELL. I wanted to take a moment and thank you for your efforts for a more open government process. As you […]
Boise Weighs In On Health Care
Mayor Bieter and Team Dave need a lesson in priorities. They snubbed the GUARDIAN town hall meeting on ambulance service, but weigh in on a national political health issue. They still haven’t had any public discussion on Boise FD ambulances! The only city operated area of “Health Care” that comes to mind for the GUARDIAN […]
Team Dave Tries Brainwashing Public
We have long been unhappy with the efforts of Team Dave to shape public opinion on the “Trolley Folly.” Now it looks like the mayor and staff are following in the mold of the infamous Brent Coles Coles spent public funds to influence the outcome of the Foothills Tax Levy election, but it was only […]
Mayor Hotline Sept 5 to 11
9/6/09 John Weber 3025 N. Five Mile Rd. Apt. 203 Boise, ID 83713 321-4998 Library and Weed Abatement: My comment is regarding the new LEED library on Ustick and Cole. I and many other residents have noticed that very late at night all the lights are on in this energy efficient library. We feel that […]
Mayor Hotline Aug. 28 to Sept 4
SORRY ABOUT THE FORMATTING, WORKING FROM A STRANGE SITE IN PARIS FOR THE DAY JOB. 8/30/09 Pete Peterson 6212 W. Lucky Ln. Boise, ID 83703 853-0932 BPD: The reason for my call is I had a very bad experience with a bicycle policeman today at Curb Cup about 3:45 p.m. Two bicycle policemen arrived, Officer […]
Drying Paint More Exciting Than Council Race
We hate to dis any of the candidates for Boise City Council, but this race may set a record for non-interest of voters and the media. We have said it before, but the chances of anyone beating an incumbent are slim to none and the one seat being vacated by Jim Tibbs is pretty much […]
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