by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog Post
July 19, 2021 From Sara M. Baker: Councilman Bageant, It has been reported recently that you excoriated former Mayor Coles regarding buying the Murgoitio property and leaving you with poor planning and poor infrastructure (impact) fees. While I have no love for Brent...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog Post
July 23, 2021 The Healing Benefits of a Park From Mary Nishimoto, Medical Therapist: Keep our spaces open. Public access to nature and greenery reduces mental illness as well as heart disease. Make this land a park for the community to gain and keep our health. This...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog Post
8-2-21 Community Engagement From Gary E. Richardson, Boise Working Together In five years, Boise’s Office of Community Engagement has grown from a staff of two to 18, with plans to add four more next year—“22 in ‘22.” With all that in-house public involvement...
by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | Blog Post
7-24-21 ANNEXATION WOES By Rachael Grotsky, Chief Administrative Officer of Friends of Murgoitio Park, and David King, President of Friends of Murgoitio Park Recent news articles have injudiciously placed the problem of annexation squarely on the shoulders of...
by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | Blog Post
7-29-21 While the Murgoitio Park land-swap is off, the fiasco is far from over. The deal is not off owing to the prudent financial judgment of the Mayor, or in light of updated valuation data—it’s off because the swap would not have met the legal requirement of...
