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Re: Chamber V. County Commissioner
Cindy, I believe this only came to me as a reply, not to the Vision2020 list for
which you intended.
Certainly, I'm not meaning to judge, merely to point out the possible conflicts
and one statute that governs such conflicts.
Chamber's do wonderful things. They also help their members. If Idaho wants to
have a citizen legislature and Latah County wants to have a citizen commission,
these sorts of conflicts are inherent. It's when they become overt that the public
should worry. We should worry more if nobody cares to keep an eye on these sorts of
things. History shows that even the best people are lured by conflicting interests.
Anyway, hope Paul is doing well these days and your family is well. Say hello to
the Congressman for me, cheers, greg burton.
Cindy Agidius wrote:
> anything done in the city limits will be decided upon by the CITY not the
> county, you are really stretching, after 20 years with the chamber i can think
> of 3 conflicts only. i would suggest you all watch and see.
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: Re: Chamber V. County Commissioner
> Author: Greg Burton <gburton@sltrib.com>
> Date: 1/9/01 3:07 PM
>
> Here's my two cents from the Idaho Code - Let's just assume when and if
> county commissioner Paul seeks to expand or move the Latah County Fairgrounds,
> or add to the county courthouse, or redo a county bridge or road or purchase
> land for a dump and transfer station, etc..... Furthermore, let's say that
> purchase involves a bank (bigtime Chamber supporter) or a large Latah County
> landholder (bigtime Chamber supporter) or UI (bigtime Chamber supporter) or
> development company/Realtor (bigtime Chamber supporter).
>
> Paul, I'm sure, is a wonderful man, but even Idaho's esteemed lawmakers
> understand there COULD BE conflicts, not that there are in every instance,
> hence the law COMMISSIONERS MUST BE DISINTERESTED
>
> cheers, greg. The code section can be found on the State's web site.
>
> Idaho Statutes
> TITLE 31
> COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
> CHAPTER 8
> POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
> OF COMMISSIONERS
> 31-807A. COMMISSIONERS MUST BE DISINTERESTED. No member of the board must
> be interested, directly or indirectly, in property purchased for the use of
> the county, nor in any purchase or sale of property belonging to the county,
> nor in any contract made by the board or other person on behalf of the county,
> for the erection of public buildings, the opening or improvement of roads, or
> the building of bridges, or for other purposes unless otherwise authorized by
> law.
>
> "Jerry L. Schutz" wrote:
>
> > Visionaries & Whiners
> >
> > Once again the whining quotient on this list has exceeded palatable levels.
> > This whining of conflict of interest issues is bogus, bunk, and a complete
> > waste of bandwidth. It sounds more like sour grapes to me.
> >
> > As a Latah County resident, a number of years back, I assisted in
> > re-affirming that the position of Latah County Commissioner is a part-time
> > job. We recalled one member and seriously derailed any future attempt to
> > pay for full-time commissioners.
> >
> > More recently, I was part of the County Commissioners Task Force on County
> > Government, which proposed a new form of county government which would have
> > precluded many of the issues that have been brought up thus far in the
> > Commission V. Chamber debate. This change of county government was defeated.
> >
> > A part-time commissioner is what the people of Latah county want. Please
> > explain to me, how being a farmer, which is MUCH more than a full-time job,
> > has any less conflicts than an Executive Director of a business
> > organization.
> >
> > There also seems to be a large misconception that the Executive Director is
> > a City of Moscow employee. This is not true. The Moscow Chamber is NOT an
> > arm of the City. It is a private organization, whose mission is to promote
> > business & economic prosperity in moscow, Latah County and the Inland NW
> > region. It's membership is comprised of individuals and businesses who
> > desire to further this mission.
> >
> > Those of you who have 'weighed' in on the issue, are adamant anti-business
> > and anti-growth people who don't even support the business community in
> > Moscow. However, you are also the first people to line up with your hands
> > out asking for the business community to support your various charity
> > causes. I seem to recall one of you even demanding a boycott of the Mall,
> > during the Christmas holiday. How anti-business was that action?
> >
> > Paul Kimmel will be an excellent Executive Director, and will continue to be
> > a fair, honest, accessible and open county commissioner. Maybe instead of
> > criticizing every action by business and government you all should run for
> > office, so we can attack, scrutinize and defame your every action.
> >
> > Again, I say "Get a Life", you all have WAY too much time on your hands.
> >
> > Jerry L. Schutz
>
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> Subject: Re: Chamber V. County Commissioner
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