In the 1990’s, Ada County taxpayers were told that a public/private partnership would be a means of acquiring a new courthouse at a discounted price. One of the subsidies that was supposed to offset a portion of the cost of paying off the courthouse bonds was parking revenue from the […]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Idaho Association of Counties is holding its annual Midwinter Legislative Conference in Boise this week. Sheriffs, Prosecutors, Coroners, Treasurers, Clerks, Assessors, and Commissioners from around the state have descended upon Conference headquarters, the Doubletree Riverside Hotel. Since there wasn’t a photographer or journalist in sight, I feel compelled to […]
Political Poetry
The major ongoing issue in Ada County right now has always been my big issue: government spending and the budget. One would have to live in a vacuum not to recognize the downturn in the economy. Consequently, County revenues are down, and people are now losing their jobs. Despite my […]