Politics
More Concealed Gun Questions
No surprise, but the gun issue–like guns themselves won’t go away. Not only is a Canyon County Commish caught with a piece at airport security, but now the U.S. Supremes have decided to tackle the issue with regard to the gun ban in the Nation’s Capitol. Meanwhile Senator Mike “Junior” Crapo continues to garner headlines […]
Campus Gun Lobby: Guns Save Lives
The following is a guest opinion rejected by the Daily Paper. We offered this military retiree and self described conservative a shot at GUARDIAN readers. We warned him he is likely to trigger some return fire and be the target of some pot shots. By JIM VERDOLINI Boise Last week we had another 4 mass […]
Constitution Under Attack
After attending a meeting Tuesday with representatives of Idaho cities, counties, health districts, and banks we came away feeling there is a conspiracy afoot to deprive citizens of the right to vote on local debt (bonds). In a nutshell these people want to remove voter approval for airports, parking facilities, sewer extensions and more through […]
Jail For Sale Deals With State?
REPORTED BY CALDWELL GUARDIAN Looks like the State of Idaho is working on a plan to solve the overcrowding problem at the prisons–have the counties build new and bigger jails. A recent proposed contract deal between county sheriffs and the Corrections Department discussed at an IDAHO ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES DISTRICT III ELECTED OFFICIALS meeting explains […]
Irrigation Proposal Makes Sense
Monday’s mail provided an “official check” from the Nampa Meridian Irrigation District in the amount of $4.78 and a note saying the Board of Directors had reviewed the plight of Brian Bandhauer and waived the taxes previously paid by the GUARDIAN. As a certified GROWTHOPHOBE, we have given the issue of charging homeowners for water […]
Team Dave To Get Handler
Boise’s mayor and two city councilors recently got reelected, but apparently they aren’t up to the job. Now they are looking for someone to do what elected leaders in other Idaho cities do as part of their jobs… like maintain relationships with state and federal agencies and elected officials. Within the past year Team Dave […]
THOU SHALT NOT POLLUTE
We find ourselves a bit fed up with the inability of the politicos to do much more than talk about our dirty air for fear of discouraging growth. It may take some political will–not found today, but the proposed GUARDIAN LAW will stop out-of-county polluters. The GUARDIAN LAW will be real simple: “THOU SHALT NOT […]
Follow The Money Trail
The GUARDIAN editor is working in Mexico at the moment–voted absentee prior to departure. We have had several requests to urge people to vote and this just came in. “It is too bad more mention is not made of the fact that you can get the list of campaign contributions off the city site. With […]
ELECTION! What Election? Who Cares?
To call the upcoming Boise City election LACKLUSTER is an understatement. With the exception of the Bieter-Tibbs yawner for mayor, there is no interest…from the mainstream, the candidates, or the city officials. The campaign payoff (contribution) page is difficult to find, but with enough clicks we found PDF files among seven years of candidates and […]
KTVB Gets Craig Interview
Gotta hand it to the TV newsies at KTVB–they get the interviews the other mainstreamers only wish for. Mark Johnson did a teaser on the Sunday Channel 7 newscast and revealed Craig waited two months to tell his wife about getting busted in the Minneapolis airport crapper. Craig said he planned to “exercise his constitutional […]
Liars And Perverts Are Usually Forgiven
A RANT BASED ON NEWS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS–PLEASE ADD YOUR FAVORITES OR PREACH FORGIVENESS Larry Craig and the people who want to place him in the Idaho Hall of Fame cheapen the “honor” for all who follow. Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified documents from the National Archives, and lied to investigators, is […]
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 […]
Idaho Does Not Deserve Craig
If having the Broncos on ESPN is worth “thousands in publicity for Idaho” and promoting Boise in the United Airlines magazine is worth more than half a million dollars, we wonder how much Larry Craig’s antics has COST…probably a lot more than all the “positives.” The poetic justice comes in the half million dollars the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Craig Bungling Continues
On “America’s Most Wanted” television show, suspects often get identified after their pictures are aired. Such was the case when Larry Craig’s daughter, Shae Suzanne Howell appeared on ABC. Craig can add the arrest of his daughter to the list of unintended consequences he is racking up. This sad event proves that “no good deed […]
Craig Goes Back On His Word
While Senatorial observers are consumed with Larry Craig’s “intention” to resign, the GUARDIAN read beyond the sound bite and shows Craig is now offering Idahoans less than he has said they deserve. At what point did Craig forget his prudent reasoning, voiced Saturday at the Depot? “…to pursue my legal options, as I continue to […]
Craig Departure Like A Public Hanging
The city-owned Boise Depot was closed for a private wedding as usual Saturday when the national media crowded the parking lot for the Old West style public hanging of Senator Larry Craig who resigned his office. The Old Pen would have been a more appropriate site for the historical event, but the Boise Depot is […]
Kudos To Statesman, Craig Should Go
Under the managing editorship of Bill Manny, the Idaho Statesman–affectionately known at the GUARDIAN as “The Daily Paper” has acted with restraint and decorum throughout the Larry Craig ordeal. Manny and veteran reporter Dan Popkey appeared on ABC News NIGHTLINE show last night. Both conducted themselves well and made no comments beyond what they had […]
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