The U.S. Forest Service appears poised to approve the use of helicopters in the Frank Church-River of No Return wilderness to dart wolves for research.
You can imagine this proposal is controversial on several levels. Wolf lovers see the Idaho Department of Fish and Game proposal to land up to 20 [...]
A controversial proposal to charge non-residents a fee to park their vehicles at City Beach during the summer sank on a split vote on Wednesday. The City Council voted 4-2 not to put the matter up for a public hearing, effectively killing the proposal. The council deadlocked on whether to [...]
Sometimes, though, a seemingly small proposal with a tiny environmental impact can set a horrendous precedent, and we recently came across one of those projects, which comes up for a hearing later this week. A developer on Hayden Lake is proposing a “variance” to the County’s site disturbance ordinance [...]
Item: Sandpoint considers hands-free rule: Proposal would ban text messaging altogether while driving/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee
More Info: “Every time I drive downtown or I’m walking downtown I see people using cell phones who are driving who aren’t paying attention to what they’re doing. Given the renewed safety [...]
A proposal for an agricultural museum and new offices for the J. R. Simplot Company to be built by the family foundation for about $100 million in downtown Boise is apparently on hold.
Simplot and City officials have been meeting to hash out designs issues after the city declared the initial [...]
NEW YORK -- Opponents of gay marriage celebrated a decisive vote in the New York State Senate, where a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was defeated 38 [...]
MOST FOLKS WERE BUSY WITH FOOTBALL AND TURKEY, SO JUST ONE ANTI STREET CAR, ONE BLACK FRIDAY, ONE TAXES TOO HIGH
11/22/09
Nick Brizzi
12105 W. Bowmont St.
Boise, ID 83713
323-7260
Streetcar: My comment and concern is over your proposal for the streetcar. I personally feel it’s a waste of [...]
... Just in case that 18-month review of Idaho's highway funding dilemma wasn't enough of a tipoff.
The 2010 Legislature will not look at any major fee or tax hikes for highways, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman John McGee says. He made this not-exactly-bold prediction in this morning's Idaho Press-Tribune.
"We'" [...]
Boise City Councilor-elect TJ Thomson told the GUARDIAN Monday he favors a vote of the citizens on Team Dave’s proposal to spend $60,000,000 on a downtown street car.
When asked if he favored a vote, Thomson flat out said, “Yes, I support a public vote on the Street Car.”
With regard to [...]
At least this is the kind of thing the opposition party should do.
Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, floated a politically doomed idea the other day: Idaho should raise taxes temporarily in order to limit the budgetary damage to public schools, higher education and Medicaid.
Her proposal: Impose a 5 percent income tax [...]
Late vote counts didn't really change the landscape for the City of Spokane's Fire Bond proposal. It did well in some of the vote rich regions of south and northwest Spokane, but did poorly on the north side and East Central. There aren't enough votes left to tip it over [...]
