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Boise official: Letters that threatened non-Boise businesses were mailed in error
Boise City Hall now says threatening letters sent to non-Boise businesses late last year were mailed in error. The letters warned businesses that they could face fines and the loss of their business licenses if they didn’t follow the city’s
Boise officials vote to make housing more expensive, despite pledging to work on affordability
If you live in Boise and don’t want to pay the costs associated with owning an electric car, too bad. You’re going to pay those costs anyway, that is, if you buy a newly-constructed home. In keeping with the aspirations
McLean floats taking back raises promised to first responders
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has quietly asked Boise police and fire unions forgo this year’s promised pay raises to first responders. The mayor’s request came immediately after the city council set the budget for FY2021 and long after collective bargaining
Boise City Hall threatens businesses in Kuna, Eagle over masks
The City of Boise has threatened at least 10 businesses in Meridian, Eagle, Garden City, and Kuna in response to Covid-related customer complaints, despite having no jurisdiction. Last week, the Idaho Freedom Foundation revealed that the City of Boise sent
City of Boise threatens Meridian business with fine, jail, or both over masks
Boise government officials, apparently not content with threatening its own businesses to obey Covid-19 health orders, are now bullying businesses outside its city limits. The city sent a letter to Independence Indoor Shooting, a gun store and shooting range in
Let your smile shine free: Disobey McLean’s mandates
You don’t need to wear a mask. Period. Full stop. When you’re confronted (and you will be) for not wearing a mask, politely decline. You can note that each of the government orders that have been issued requiring masks also
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean advocates that residents turn each other in to the authorities for the sake of public health
On Thursday, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean’s office announced Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-13. Let me cut to the guts of it: At its core, this latest public health order, effective Nov. 23, 2020, openly advocates that Boise resident’s inform
IDAHO FREEDOM FOUNDATION: MCLEAN’S DICTATES WILL TURN NEIGHBORS AGAINST EACH OTHER, WASTE PRECIOUS RESOURCES, AND HARM BUSINESSES
BOISE, ID—On Thursday, Idaho Freedom Foundation President Wayne Hoffman excoriated Boise Mayor Lauren McLean for releasing new government edicts that will hurt businesses and their employees, turn neighbors against each other, and waste precious city resources. “Does the mayor really
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean is failing to deliver on her promise of transparency
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean ran her campaign on a platform of transparency in government. Unfortunately, in recent days, McLean has made it abundantly clear that her version of transparency does not include having any open discussion on important policy issues
