City Government
WinCo Insider Trades At City Hall
Gotta Hand it to Team Dave. When it comes to manipulating the media and public they do a darn good job. We groused (among other things) about spending money on the city owned railroad to nowhere in a CAMPAIGN ISSUES posting June 25 which turned into a defense of a kayak park. Turns out any […]
Mayor Hotline September 22 to 28
THE GLENN MILES SHOW!! 9/21/07 Glenn Miles 1306 N. 26th St. Boise, ID 83702 BSU Partnership: Boy, you’d think the greeting would be a lot shorter since this is the Mayor’s Hotline for the secretary that reads the greeting end. I would like to know what the Mayor and City Council are doing in order […]
Guardian View In Daily Paper
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING IN SUNDAY’S EDITION Growth and a reluctance to allow the public a vote are the main issues facing Boise Citizens in the months ahead. The council has pursued a policy of circumventing voters with their legal battle over the airport parking garage–they still have not held a bond election, despite […]
Tibbs Shoots Self In Foot AGAIN
Some say Jim Tibbs shot himself in the foot over allegations of ethics violations by the mayor and his fellow councilors. The ethics committee dropped the charges within minutes of reviewing them. Wednesday the Tibbs campaign fired a round into his other foot when he “challenged” Bieter in a press release that began, “Today Jim […]
Mayor Funds Lobby, Still No Signs
The GUARDIAN editor thought nothing could make the cramped seating on last week’s United Airlines flight more painful until he looked at the seat back magazine with pictures of Team Dave’s leader Dave Bieter and the sights of the city. Our taxes were used–in part–to pay the estimated $700,000 to publish the puff piece which […]
September 8 to 21
NOISY NORTHENDERS, FIX MY TICKET, GOOD COP BAD COP, WEDDING PARTY POOPERS AT DEPOT, COPS TREAT BEAR BETTER THAN ELK 9/19/07 Ryan Fisher 1917 N. 33rd St. Boise, ID Depot: My fiancé and I were planning on getting married in front of the Train Depot on October 20th; we’ve had it reserved since this spring […]
Minority Vote Could Win Council Race
Thanks to a self serving law passed by most of the incumbent city councilors, they will probably be re elected whether or not they get a majority of the vote. After the Brent Coles administration debacle, Councilors voted to “clean up city hall,” and among other things passed ordinances mandating that candidates must have a […]
Mayor Hotline August 11 to 17
–NOISE, NOISE, NOISE! –Bad cop, bad cop –Beware, Vigilante at 10th and Franklin –Mayor playing in traffic?! 🙂 8/15/07 Anonymous Disregard of Four-Way Stop Intersection: As a follow-up to the 10th and Franklin, in the 15 or so minutes I was able to run and grab a piece of paper and come back out, I […]
Signs Of The Political Times
First it was the ethics flap with Team Dave’s PR firm doing business with the city. Now someone on the fourth floor of the Washington Mutual building–that’s about eye level with Mayor Dave’s City Hall office window–has installed TIBBS FOR MAYOR posters in their window. Almost as annoying as those darn yellow jackets! The Tibbs […]
Mayor Hotline August 4 to 10
–No way halfway (still) –Good Cop, Bad Cop –Down on Tibbs and Popkey –Cheers for Team Dave 8/3/07 Mary Anne Murphy Campaign: I wish to direct my comments to Mayor Dave Bieter. I always believed you were a man of integrity. Now after hearing Councilman Tibbs file accusations against you, I am certain you are […]
Tibbs Offers His Response
Here is the text of a Tibbs statement issued Thursday. Maybe the self-inflicted gunshot to the foot has potential of healing. “I am responding to an Idaho Statesman Opinion Dated August 3, 2007. To be clear: Had the resolution to pay $65,000.00 to the Gallatin Group been decided on the date scheduled by Mayor Dave […]
Tibbs Needs Political Lessons
We’re back on the ground in the city of trees going through recent press releases, news reports, and e-mails from readers. Looks like the most pressing GUARDIAN issue is the Tibbs-Bieter flap over ethics. From everything we can determine Tibbs has shot himself in the foot with allegations of ethics lapses on the part of […]
Politicos Dislike Public Scrutiny
Lee Iacocca could well have been talking about Ada County in his new book, “WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?” Add Eagle Mayor Nancy Merrill to the list of well intended inept elected officials. In keeping with the tradition of excluding the public from hearing the public’s business, she scheduled a meeting of city and […]
Boise Taxpayer Challenges City Budget
Richard Rogers is mad as hell and doesn’t want to take it anymore–especially when it comes to Boise property taxes. After he got his property tax assessment and estimated tax he called the Mayor’s Hotline to complain. Here is the gist of what he said. By RICHARD ROGERS My city taxes are going up 18.1% […]
Mayor Hotline July 14 to 20
–LOTS OF NO WAY TO HALF WAY HOUSE –JAN and ADDIE ARE BACK –UNHAPPY TAXPAYERS 7/16/07 Anonymous: I think we should license cats. I realize we can’t keep them restrained but many are picked up, fed or euthanized every year. A license fee would help pay for this and take some of the strain off […]
Mayor Hotline July 7 to 13
–GOOD COP-BAD COP –GOOD FIREMAN –LEAKY TRASHMAN –BAD AIR, BAD GROWTH –GOOD FIREWORKS, BAD FIREWORKS 7/6/07 Anonymous Air Qualilty: I just want to say that the air in Boise today is 155. That’s unhealthy for all human beings. We’re calling this stuff an inversion layer, we call it haze; it is smog. Instead of some […]
Poop Plant Wins Plaudits
The people at the City poop plant are flush with pride and tooting their horn over winning “the wastewater equivalent of an Emmy.” According to a press release sent to the GUARDIAN, the West Boise Wastewater Treatment Plant has earned a “Platinum Peak Performance Award”… for the proper processing of people’s poop. We can just […]
Air Quality In The Eye (and lungs) Of Beholders
Two writers with opposing views on the air quality issue in the Treasure Valley asked to use the GUARDIAN as a discussion platform. Tim Kempf of Eagle is keenly interested in growth issues and fancies himself as using a scientific approach to issues. Michael Barnett of Nampa sees air quality as being somewhat stable, but […]
Parked Police Prowlers Guzzle Gas
As the price of gas has climbed over the past six months, several GUARDIAN readers have asked about the practice of leaving public vehicles running for long periods of time. The GUARDIAN editor noticed a marked police cruiser sitting at idle in the parking lot of a convenience store while the cop was inside sipping […]
Vows Dampen Fountain Fun
GUARDIAN reader Joe D’Errico complained of a recent incident in Ann Morrison Park and was put off by the e-mail response from a Team Dave staffer. We were able to answer his question with a simple, “You were right Joe, and the folks who roped off the fountain were wrong.” Parks Department officials say NO […]
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