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Mayor McLean’s newest commentary full of lies and deceptions
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean is in the newspapers, again, lying about her critics, her agenda, and her actions to date. Thursday’s “open letter” is mostly public relations and posturing disguised as an effort to inform the community. True to form,
Dark money, not philanthropy: How Boise’s mayor fooled the press about her job
By Jon Cassidy | Special to the Idaho Freedom Foundation Twice during her upset campaign for mayor last year, the truth about Lauren McLean’s long history as a dark money fundraiser for Democratic interests — work she describes as philanthropy
Mayor Lauren McLean, the dark money queen of Boise
By Jon Cassidy | Special to the Idaho Freedom Foundation Boise Mayor Lauren McLean was so sure that dark money operatives would buy televisions ads for her election bid last year that she didn’t buy any herself. Her campaign spent
McLean: No free ponies, but priorities that are detached from reality
When I was a sixth-grader, my teacher instructed the class to design an ideal city, with our only limitation being the power of our imaginations and the availability of color pencils. Untethered by reality or any regard for who would
Boise City Council votes to hike property tax budget amidst calls for relief
Boise taxpayers delivered a clear, unmistakable message to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean and the city council at Tuesday night’s public hearing on next year’s budget: Stop spending and provide real property tax relief. On Tuesday evening, McLean’s budget cleared the
McLean launches Green New Deal for Boise
Last week, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean announced the formation of a Climate Action Division, because, as the first-term mayor explained, “the risk to all Boiseans of climate inaction is substantial.” The mayor’s goals are lofty: She wants Boise’s city government
Boise’s ‘Green New Deal’ is a disaster in the making
Back in the halcyon days of 2019, a New York congressional representative introduced a legislative proposal dubbed the “Green New Deal.” Widely panned, the ambitious package of fanciful schemes imagined a world devoid of air travel and cows, among other
Boise budget proposes big spending on social justice agenda
The city of Boise’s latest proposed budget contains a number of spending items that should raise the eyebrows of anyone who advocates small government and fiscal restraint. The proposed budget also contains a number of proposals that are not the
Should Boiseans recall City Councilmember Lisa Sanchez for her racist rhetoric?
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