Archive for January, 2006
New Year’s Laws Idaho Should Examine
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Here’s some new laws that Idaho should consider:
Minnesota will require businesses that hold people’s personal information to quickly notify them if there is a security breach. This seems like a great idea.
Michigan now requires background checks of [...]
Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s Office Tied to Wikipedia Scandal
There is another Wikipedia scandal emerging, and it appears our own Senator Larry Craig (or more likely one of his staffers) is involved in it.
Wikipedia is an open-source encyclopedia that is written and policed by community efforts, meaning most anyone can change the information. They have noticed several congressional entries being whitewashed to suppress [...]
Make welfare payments more like student loans
Perhaps a solution to the eternal welfare problems is to make the payments more like student loans and less like grants. The interest rates could be kept very low, but they would have to be paid back and could never be dismissed through bankruptcy. Each and every monthly payment would be released only when the [...]
Golf Fees Increase was a Smart Decision
Kudos to not only increasing Idaho Falls golf course fees, but also to the lack of opposition to the plan. This means only those who use the Idaho Falls golf courses will pay for the upkeep, and the lack of opposition to the fee hike means southeast Idaho locals can agree on something positive. Happy [...]
Dance Dance Revolution is great for teens
If you have not heard of Dance Dance Revolution yet, Google it and get with it, please! DDR, as it is abbreviated, is essentially a video game where players dance. There is the obligatory video screen, but more importantly there is a platform with lighted squares that both direct dancers where to step and record [...]
Solar-Powered Street Lights
Isn’t it time we start to reduce our energy consumption? One group in Idaho Falls says our taxes are too high and government too inefficient, but our (previous) mayor and city council maintain that Idaho Falls has too many fixed costs that cannot be ignored or reduced. One of these costs is our city-wide energy [...]
Free video conversations with anyone
Got a broadband connection? Got relatives or friends living far away, even around the globe? Stay in touch using video conference calling. Best of all, it’s free!
You need broadband (DSL or cable), and the relatives (or friends) must also have a broadband connection. You (and them) need a webcam and a microphone. These are available [...]
Does southeast Idaho want a new park?
Governor Kempthorne has proposed several good things for this session, and one is especially capturing attention in our neck of the woods. In addition to improving the existing state parks (which are apparently under maintained), Kempthorne wants a new state park created somewhere in southeast Idaho. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss and debate [...]
Announcing Business Ideas
We all have business ideas, and most of us keep those ideas as closely-guarded secrets so nobody else beats us to the punch. How many years have we sat on those ideas and never executed them?
In the spirit of community sharing and seeking to improve Idaho Falls wholesale, we have begun this category in an [...]
Hong Kongs are da bomb
Chinese food is great at the Hong Kong restaurant on Broadway and the New Hong Kong off 17th street. The employees are always courteous and attentive to diners. The food is always great, and delivered quickly. Prices are cheap for helpings that fill most everyone.
My last fortune cookie read “You have a keen sense [...]
Idaho Falls Needs More Public Sculptures
Recently I set out to take photos of public art in the Idaho Falls area. I realized we have a serious dearth of public sculptures in the Idaho Falls area.
When 95% of our city’s public art can be seen in a 20 minute walk around the downtown area, I think we need to initiate [...]
Idaho Politician Priorities Evidenced Against the People
Reports say Governor Dirk Kempthorne’s proposal to fix the so-called ‘developer’s discount’ would reportedly roll it back in 5 years. Huh, didn’t it only take about 6 months for the bad legislation to go into effect in the first place? Now our leaders say ‘gosh it’ll take a good five years to undo it’? And [...]
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