Yesterday a theory of mine was proven true. I have often said that the LCDC exists as a pot of money — a privy purse — that the Mayor and City Council can use to pay for things without public scrutiny, input, or approval. With the LCDC’s funding of the City Park Police Bunker, that assumption has been proven true.
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March 20, 2008
The LCDC is a Slush Fund
Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008 (Thursday)
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March 19, 2008
Open Session, Wednesday
To follow up on the Library money discussion we had here a couple days ago, I received info back from the city. The Finance Director, Troy Tymeson, emailed me the following answer to my question about whether the city had loaned the library money: (more…)
Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008 (Wednesday)
Reminder
Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency, the Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC), meets Wednesday, March 19 at 3 p.m. in the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Community Room.
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March 18, 2008
Open Session, Tuesday
Steve Briggs from the CdA School District called me yesterday. He’s working on getting the information I requested about the remodel costs for Lakes Middle School and the estimated costs for a new Lakes building. I appreciate that he contacted me to clarify my request and the details of what I am seeking. The info will be interesting.
Any questions or comments on this or other subjects?
March 17, 2008
Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008 (Tuesday)
Reminder
The Coeur d’Alene City Council meets Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m.
in the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Community Room.
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City Park Cop Shop & The Master Plan
Call it the vision thing. Every city should have one. Politicians love talking about them. The question is whether that vision, that written master plan required by the State, is actually followed or brutally ignored.
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Open Session, St. Paddy’s Day!
“Top of the mornin’ to you” is an Irish greeting. We’ve all heard that before. But the answer to the greeting is something new to me. The answer is supposed to be: “And the rest of the day to yourself!”
Someone told me about that over the weekend, so I though I’d pass it along.
Questions? Comments? Issues?
Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008 (Monday)
(Permission to use the following cartoon during Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2008, has been granted by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and its participating members.)
This cartoon is based on the story headlined “Request Denied – We Just Want to Know What Happened to Our Son” published April 23, 2007, in the Springfield, Illinois, State Journal-Register online. Of course, that was in Illinois. It could never happen here …
March 16, 2008
Rep. Sayler & the LCDC
Last week, 4th District Representative George Sayler spoke out against HB616, the anti-shoestring bill before the Idaho House. I admit that Mr. Sayler made an impassioned plea against the proposed law, which would have added accountability and openness to Idaho’s Urban Renewal Agencies. He spoke out twice against it, and appeared to be the legislation’s main opponent. George did a good job in defeating the bill. Now let’s look at some key political contributions to his 2006 campaign.
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