Did my volunteer time today at Art on the Green. Overall, it was a slow day (not many Pepsis or water sold). But I’m wondering why it was slow?
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It’s easy to let them baffle you with figures. The percentages, the cuts, the increases, the transfers. No one wants to be an accountant, but as taxpayers we must take note of the decisions made by the NIC Trustees.
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Anyone else catch this in today’s CdA Press (Page A13)?

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Here are some differences between the Education Corridor and Tubbs Hill. (I pulled this from the Open Session summer topic.)
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The State of Idaho has laws regarding the sale or lease of public property by a City. These laws are in place to ensure that the citizens who paid for that property are not abused by public officials, regardless of their intent. In other words, the means are important here, more important than the ends.
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Remember the urgency? Remember the push? Remember the public meetings and debate? Well, you probably don’t remember the latter, because in a theme that’s all-to-familiar, there wasn’t any! But there certainly was a panicked desperation to find $50,000 of your money to instantly build a concrete police bunker in City Park. Seeing that the supposed deadline for the thing is looming, here’s your update.
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It is illegal for elected officials in Idaho to make decisions out of the public eye.

Illegal!

Yet how come it seems like they do it anyway?
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There’s a CDA Press editorial titled “NIC adds to misery with foregone grab.” Sadly, that’s not news today. Nor was it news in 2005 when that editorial ran.
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No one came out clean at last night’s Kootenai County GOP Central Committee meeting. The only way the thing could have been more comical is if a cart of banana creme pies were available.
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Some things are done right and they deserve praise. (more…)