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MAYOR’S HOTLINE May 15 to 19, 2006
COPS, POLITICAL MESSAGES IN CITY MAIL, CYCLE PARKING DOWNTOWN John Kirtland Ustick Widening: I live over in the big “L” subdivision and in regards to making Ustick five lanes, it is absolutely absurd. You need to take another look at that if you would. I think it is way too much for that street. M/CC […]
Republicans Vote “NO” On Ada Commishes
UPDATED POSTING It looks like Judy Peavey-Derr, and even the Ada County Commission got a “NO” vote from Republicans–and perhaps some crossover Demos– in the Tuesday primary election. Veteran politician and incumbent Peavey-Derr was ousted from her $84,000 job by a low profile political unknown by the name of Steven Kimball with a solid 55% […]
The Down Side on The Foothills
Monday marks 5 years since voters passed the so called “Foothills Levy which created a fund to to keep parts of the Boise Front open to the public. Results have been mixed. The election was conducted in a fraudulent manner using taxpayer funds to promote passage of the levy. About $50,000 in city money was […]
Beautiful Theater, Bad Movie
Z-GRAM By Dave Zarkin, former Statesman writer who revisited Boise after a 38 year absence. Drawn into the mystical beauty of ancient Egypt inspired by watching Universal’s The Mummy — that best describes my motivation in seeing the fabulous renovation of the historic Egyptian (Ada) Theater in Boise this week. Built in 1927, it provided […]
Rip Van Winkle Story
Another Z-Gram from former Statesman reporter David Zarkin who made a return visit after a 38 year absence. “Where’s Boise?” my friend Floyd asked as I gushed on about my triumphant return to the Capital City after leaving my job as local government reporter at The Statesman from 1964 to 1969. “It’s in the same […]
Another Flood Plain Subdivision
Whew! Looks like Eagle dodged the flood bullet! They’ve announced that river flows probably won’t get any higher; in fact they might soon be receding. And, as if in celebration, the Eagle City Council has unanimously approved the new “Laguna Pointe” subdivision, on Eagle Island, near the notorious South Channel. Laguna Pointe sounds pretty sweet […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
Mayor’s Hotline May 8 to 12
5/5/06 Mrs. Christensen 2019 N. 10th Boise, ID 83702 Lottery: I’ve been around here for 70 years and I was upset about the lottery when we voted it in last year. In yesterdays paper it is talking about someone from Greece going to buy it out for 30 million. That isn’t kosher. I was really […]
No Signs of Tourist Attractions
While the G-BAD boys are scheming to build a new convention center, tourists are not well served in Idaho’s Capitol City. A recent trip to Ohio prompted the GUARDIAN to share an idea that needs some immediate attention–tourist related signs. We have included samples from Cleveland and Columbus. There are just a few official highway […]
Hedden-Nicely Claims Victory
Andy-Hidden Nicely has claimed the first victory in his third party congressional race. He issued the following statement regarding a clash he had with the Idaho Statesman: “It is with great pleasure that we announce the cessation of all boycott activities against the Idaho Statesman. “As of this week they have started listing all […]
Felony Flushed In Poop Farm Plea
Former Boise Poop Farm Manager Dave Skinner copped a plea on misdemeanor charges of misusing public funds at the Twenty Mile South facility. To hear the Statesman and mayor tell it, vigilant managers in your local government caused good to triumph over evil. “Team Dave” leader, Mayor Dave Bieter, told the Idaho Statesman’s Brad Hem, […]
G-BAD Needs to B-Gone
The latest round of ineptitude on the part of the Greater Boise Auditorium District should be the last straw. It is time to dissolve G-BAD. The board recently voted 4-1 to engage in some wild plan of “creative financing” to fund the convention center voters have turned down twice and a local developer declined to […]
MAYOR HOTLINE April 24 to 28th
4/21/06 Ben Goodsell Special Events: I have a question concerning special event planning. I was wondering if a free promotional concert is considered a special event. Please call me back with this information on that, I would appreciate it. Thank you. M/CC Action Taken: Contacted him 4/21/06 Dennis Davis 10861 Bodlei Drive Boise, ID 83709 […]
Reader Offers Gas Saving Idea
Gotta hand it to those GUARDIAN readers. When it comes to saving fuel, they offer creative solutions. “Bikeboy Steve” authored a guest posting, GAS ATTACK and prompted a huge number of comments. Among them was discussion of protesting Boise City’s parking policy for scooters and motorcycles. From that posting, scooter owner and rider Hillary Haymond […]
Commishes Legal Bills Rise
The Attorney General’s office turned up the heat a notch this week when he filed a bill for nearly $13,000 in legal fees incurred by the state of Idaho prosecuting the Ada County Commishes for an open meeting violation. We can’t properly use “conviction” and “prosecution” in their common context because this case is a […]
TV Dope Awards Expand
Due to popular demand from GUARDIAN readers, we have been forced to expand the popular “TV Dope Reporter” awards to all categories. Originally it was aimed at keeping the TV reporter-actors from wading in flood waters, but with letters like this one from Jennifer, we have to open it up. I’d like to nominate Melissa […]
Growing Numbers of Growthophobes
We are noticing more and more people coming to their senses and opposing insane growth which manifests itself in flood threats, infill arguments, annexation hassles, inflated housing prices, traffic, and a host of other offensive habits. Latest growthophobe to go public is Sarah Wiltz, president of the Sunset neighborhood association. She sees growth as a […]
MAYOR’S HOTLINE April 17 to 21 2006
4/14/06 Marjorie Kramer Car Wash: I’ve had an experience with a car wash in Boise. My hub cab was taken off of my ’93 Cadillac and they won’t do anything about it. I don’t see why they couldn’t find my hub cap and make some kind of a response on it. M/CC Action Taken: called […]
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