Education
Shame On CWI Apartheid Meeting Plans
The fledgling College of Western Idaho–approved by voters last year–is about to get off on the wrong foot with plans to have “invitation only” meetings to gather information to shape the future of the college. It is inappropriate, demeaning, and illegal to hold meetings with “common citizens” in public and then conduct a similar set […]
Caldwell Councilor On TVCC Funding Scheme
A GUARDIAN reader inquired of a Caldwell City Councilor about the wisdom of the lease-purchase scheme about to be signed with Oregon’s Treasure Valley Community College without voter approval when the College of Western Idaho has yet to even open its doors. Here–unedited–is the explanation she got from a Caldwell Councilor: “This is true with […]
Caldwell Forgets Ada Courthouse Fiasco
BY THE CALDWELL GUARDIAN Paul Alldredge THE CALDWELL GUARDIAN attended the Chamber of Commerce Lunch at the College of Idaho yesterday and learned about plans for a Treasure Valley Community College (of Ontario, Oregon) campus to be built in Caldwell…before the voter-approved College of Western Idaho has even opened its doors. The plan to get […]
Can CWI Trustees Be Trusted?
Good piece in the Daily Paper today by Bill Roberts about financial woes at the new community college that isn’t. He reports College of Western Idaho trustees are facing growing costs and uncertainty about property tax levies. Like Bill Clinton’s debate of “what IS is,” there seems to be a question of the details of […]
Dr. Bob Goat Gotten
While the gridiron results are not yet in, we have to say Idaho has been able to “Get the Goat” of BSU Prez Dr. Bob prior to the big game. Trash talk prior to the U of I vs BSU football rivalry has Idaho Coach Robb Akey calling the Bronco team “donkeys.” Kustra called the […]
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 […]
Why Super Majority Vote Is Fair
A recent batch of bond elections for schools, library, and a community college have caused the old “super majority” issue to once again raise its ugly head. MOST of the recent bonds in the state have passed the 2/3 super majority. Those in FAVOR of the bonds–not unfairly labeled as “liberals”–see the 67% majority as […]
Ada Voters Raise Canyon Tax
We noticed the community college election measure failed in Canyon County, but passed with enough margin in Ada County to create a passing grade in the two counties. A Canyon County reader came up with this observation: Can you please tell us how it is legal for Ada County and Canyon County voters to be […]
De’Ja Vu’ University Land Deal
This is a story of how a $2 million land sale will obtain the $8 million East Jr. High from the Boise School District and finance part of a BSU athletic track complex for almost 45 years. As it sits now, we don’t like the look or the smell of the deal involving Boise Schools, […]
De’Ja Vu’ University Land Deal
This is a story of how a $2 million land sale will obtain the $8 million East Jr. High from the Boise School District and finance part of a BSU athletic track complex for almost 45 years. As it sits now, we don’t like the look or the smell of the deal involving Boise Schools, […]
C. College ReRun, Three Views
The GUARDIAN has previously posted three views on the Community College ballot question. There has been a lively debate, but the issue is still important so we offer the links below to the stories. FOR C. College. AGAINST C. College. INSIDER VIEW.
Buying Votes For C. College
GUARDIAN sources tell us more than 10,000 Ada County residents have already applied for absentee ballots in the single issue Community College election. The Community College vote on May 22 has us concerned because there is just too much money being tossed at this thing by too many well to do people in the big […]
Meridian Bond Will Fund Growth
By MIKE HAWK On May 15 we Meridian School District voters are being asked to to help out our friends the developers. There are just too many homes (full of kids) and not enough schools for the third year in a row. The District blames the State for not providing enough funds to meet the […]
C. College Vote Means Windfall For CCDC
Unless someone can prove differently, the GUARDIAN is of the opinion that approval of the Community College ballot measure will mean yet another windfall profit for Boise’s urban renewal agency, CCDC (Capital City Development Corp). Here’s how it works. Under the tax increment financing scheme that funds the CCDC (and urban renewal agencies around the […]
Melba School Bond Bashed
By DON HAMILTON On March 16th a few of Melba’s voters, by an almost fourteen percent margin, passed a $300,000 supplemental school bond. This levy was said to be needed because Melba’s current $200,000 levy expires this year. It is also claimed that there has been an almost ten percent increase of new students this […]
A Third Side to C. College
BY AN INSIDER As an employee of TVCC in Ontario (and an Idaho taxpayer), I obviously cannot comment publicly about the proposed election, but think there are several points being glossed over in the discussion about a community college district for Canyon and Ada county. 1. “Local control” is vastly overrated. Oregon community colleges are […]
C. College Cheaper Than Private Sector
It didn’t take long for the community college advocates to offer their view. This piece is by the communitycollegeyes.com spokesman. By ART SWIFT The new school will be the first comprehensive community college in the Treasure Valley. It will also use an existing campus, so there won’t be new construction needed. The school will be […]
Private Sector Fills Education Gap
While the cost of the May 22 election itself seems a major concern to commishes in Ada and Canyon Counties, GUARDIAN reader TIM RHODES offers up opposition to a proposed community college district. It requires a 2/3 approval. By TIM RHODES Creating a community college taxing district is a duplication of efforts and creates an […]
Favorite Video For Scholarship
So much for the old myth of “amateur student athletes.” With our Broncos knocking at the door of a BCS Bowl berth we bristle at the chuckles about blue turf from our Big Ten relatives in the Midwest. We even started buying into the BSU hype of being an “urban university beyond the blue.” Then […]
How The School Bond Passed
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE The Tuesday Boise school bond election passed with 70% of the voters saying “yes” to 30 years of taxes for $94 million worth of new buildings and improvements. The campaign provided some interesting insights into political strategy. Former legislators Jim Auld and Rod Beck made the media talk show circuit calling for […]
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