City Government
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 15 Bike Protest Set
Civil disobedience is raising its noble head in Garden City Saturday as proponents of legalized biking plan to stage a Saturday demonstration. The two wheeler folks are calling for a peaceful protest and urge supporters to either walk or ride bikes along the stretch of Greenbelt which the City Council has declared “pedestrian only,” despite […]
Citizen Rights In Jeopardy
If a proposed amendment to Idaho’s constitution passes, citizens will be denied the right to approve certain long term debts. The constitution MANDATES that local government ask permission of voters. The cities and counties have steadfastly refused to take ANY bond issues to the voters since this decision. I believe BLAINE county passed a bond […]
Sign Posted AFTER Ticket Issued
By Steve Stuebner The other day, I walked to my Honda Odyssey after work in Bodo, and I got doubled-punched in the gut by a $36 parking ticket. Now, wait a minute, I thought. My van’s been here for only 1.5 hours, and I don’t see any “No Parking” signs here. Turns out I was […]
Mayor Hotline February 16 to 22
TOO MANY LOGS AND DOGS 2/22/08 Anita Odenkirk Kimberly One Townhouses Walnut St. (along the Greenbelt) Flood Control: Since November I have spoken to someone from Parks & Rec, the Fire Department, and Flood Control District and I was assured that a log jam that is in a little tributary adjacent to the river between […]
Bike-In At GC Council Meeting
Gary Segers, the greenbelt biker guy, is set to do battle with the Garden City Council next week. Citizens for An Open Greenbelt (COG) Will Address the Garden City Council Regarding the Banning of Bicycles on the Riverside Village Greenbelt–a move the group says violates an agreement with the State of idaho 30 years ago. […]
Hanneman Looks Toward Minnesota
Deputy Chief Dave Hanneman of the BFD is one of three finalists for the job of fire chief in Rochester, Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic. The GUARDIAN was contacted directly by a Rochester cop assigned to do the backgrounder on Hanneman. The big question from Rochester was, “what was the problem with Hanneman that […]
Mayor Hotline February 9 to 15
2/12/08 Erin Brennan 6025 Plano Ln. Boise, ID 83703 Foothills Development: I’m calling regarding a subdivision that is being proposed to be built between Plano Lane and Collister in the foothills. I don’t know if the Mayor is attuned to this yet, but it’s a major subdivision with 155 lots that will be effectively cutting […]
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