Archive for ‘statesman’
Idaho’s mixed housing blessing.
Mixed in what way? Idaho’s housing market is great if you managed to buy before prices got out of control. It’s not so good if you couldn’t afford to buy a home before 2005 and your income isn’t going up at, say, 20% a year. From the Statesman:
According to the Office of [...]
Treasure Valley finally noticing the lack of affordable housing options.
An article in today’s Statesman reports on a meeting held yesterday where developers of high-end housing talked about the lack of affordable housing in the valley.
If you are in the market for a high-end house, you’re in luck.
If you’re in the market for a low-priced house, take a number and stand in line.
Huh. [...]
Conservative students go whining to Legislature over “Liberal” speakers
The poor, opressed conservatives of BSU have their tighty whities in such a bunch that there’s only one institution that can pick that wedgie: the Idaho Legislature. Thursday Bob Kustra will have to answer for BSU’s hosting of the likes of Al Gore when he speaks before the Senate Education Committee, according to an [...]
In Boise, who cares about affordable housing?
In Boise, you’ve got your advocates for the rivers, for human rights, for immigrants, for health care, against nukes. But who advocates for affordable housing and the housing needs of the poor - or even moderate-income Idahoans?
Today’s article on condo conversions in the Statesman makes this plain. Apparently, in the 12 month period [...]
McMansion denied? Eagle’s water issues may delay 10 developments
The Statesman reports today that
Eagle Water Co.’s system deficiencies could stall as many as 10 proposed developments in Eagle. Now city officials are considering a moratorium on new applications in the private water company’s service area until the issues are cleared up.
Could this be the beginning of the end, when the infrastructure and natural resources [...]
“It also didn’t hurt that I married Mr. Simplot’s daughter”
Betsy Russell, of Eye on Boise, caught this admission by Gov. Butchy-Boy Otter.
“I wouldn’t have been able to get into a college any place because I didn’t have very good grades,” Otter said. “But at Boise Junior College they had to take me.” Boise Junior College is now Boise State University.
Otter said the chance to [...]
Ratio of Idahoans who are homeless is 6th in the nation.
Seems we have a bit of a homeless problem - not in terms of sheer numbers, but in terms of what proportion of our citizens are homeless. We rank sixth in the nation, according to an article in the Statesman.
Reshaping the bubble: A week in babble
There is always an inherent paradox in reminiscing with a stranger, scenes play out in the Red lodge> dwarfs talking backwards, forwards, backwards, Laura Palmer butting in, and my lord the drapes are distracting— but through awkward touching, stuttering rhythms, and strange accent a history gestates. “Remember that time…â€
“I couldn’t believe when…â€
“Where were you? I [...]
IM in UR fieldz, eatin your sheepz!
In yet another thought-provoking and level-headed article, Idaho’s own Brian Fischer of the Idaho Values Alliance blames record wolf/livestock conflicts on the fact that we (We?) are turning our backs on him (Him?). citing Leviticus 26:3, 6, 14, and 22:
“If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands . . . [...]
Otter’s trying to raise the dead?
Spotted this in today’s Statesman article on Otter’s priorities for the coming year (emphasis mine):
In the galler[y] were First Lady Lori Otter and family members of Idaho State Police Trooper Chris Glenn, who was paralyzed from being shot by an armed robbery suspect last month, and Idaho Commission on the Arts Director Dan Harpole, who [...]
Statesman: Plan B now available over the counter at Planned Parenthood
Naturally this is good news, but our friends at the Statesman failed to mention that it’s available over the counter at many pharmacies and grocery stores. Sheesh. I happened to ask a locally-owned parmacy - Hill’s, on Broadway - if they carry it, and they said they don’t, for ‘moral’ reasons. Hogwash. I won’t be [...]
Big news from the Statesman: December filled with holidays!
“The first of the true “winter” months, December is notable for its religious and cultural holidays,” sez the Statesman.
