From the monthly archives:

January 2006

New Year’s Laws Idaho Should Examine

by Tar n Feather Em January 31, 2006

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 anyone working at schools, and will ban convicted sex offenders from living or working within 1,000 feet of [...]

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Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s Office Tied to Wikipedia Scandal

by Tar n Feather Em January 30, 2006

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 [...]

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Make welfare payments more like student loans

by Tar n Feather Em January 27, 2006

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 [...]

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Golf Fees Increase was a Smart Decision

by Tar n Feather Em January 27, 2006

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 [...]

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Dance Dance Revolution is great for teens

by Joe Vandal January 26, 2006

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 [...]

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Solar-Powered Street Lights

by the VP January 25, 2006

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 [...]

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Free video conversations with anyone

by zeth 1337 January 24, 2006

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 [...]

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Does southeast Idaho want a new park?

by Joe Vandal January 23, 2006

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 [...]

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Announcing Business Ideas

by Joe Vandal January 22, 2006

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 [...]

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Hong Kongs are da bomb

by BuddhAllahrist January 22, 2006

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 [...]

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Idaho Falls Needs More Public Sculptures

by Joe Vandal January 20, 2006

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 [...]

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Idaho Politician Priorities Evidenced Against the People

by Tar n Feather Em January 19, 2006

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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Search Engine Optimization Hits the Local Wall

by zeth 1337 January 17, 2006

IdahoFallz.com administrators have tried to employ all known methods of search engine optimization (SEO) to improve our search engine rankings. Most of these optimization tweaks have occurred behind the scenes, and we have gone about as far as we can in the behind the scenes work.
IdahoFallz.com actually ranks quite high in many searches, however [...]

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Who is this guy to speak for everyone?

by Tar n Feather Em January 14, 2006

We are wondering who appointed Craig Parrish (Bannock County Republican Vice Chairman) to speak for every single Idahoan? When he states that a prominent Democratic senator “doesn’t vote the way anyone in Idaho votes” and that he “doesn’t think the way we do”, Parrish spotlights his own over-generalizing tendencies. Mr. Parrish, instead of claiming [...]

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Single In This City

by Your Gal Friday January 13, 2006

She is the epitome of a hopeless romantic. Images of sipping on a glass of wine by the fire: or a knock on the front door greeted by one lost love, the one , your thought to be one. Do any of us singles really believe in “The One”?… or for that matter [...]

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Bonneville Student Profiled on Intervention Show

by Joe Vandal January 12, 2006

Several weeks ago I raved about the A&E television show, Intervention. I encouraged our area teenagers to watch it, since the show compassionately depicts addicts as they hit rock bottom and their loved ones try to get them help.
The show and the delicate subject matter has now hit much closer to home. How close? A [...]

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Improving Our Local Offerings

by Joe Vandal January 9, 2006

Let us hope we could improve our town so our most redeeming qualities are not described as “cheap housing, low employee wages, and a reasonable drive to other places much more interesting“. I sometimes think I am too hard on my hometown, but our image is confirmed by visitors who now blog about us.

For [...]

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Reduce Junk Mail, Spam Email, and Telemarketers

by zeth 1337 January 8, 2006

If you are tired of junk mail overwhelming your legitimate mail, take action now to reduce the unwanted stuff. It would be neat to see Idaho Falls become a demographic black hole to marketers from all the opt-out requests we could generate. Read further to find out how.
Stop the junk mail delivered through the [...]

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Force Idaho Theaters to Disclose True Start Times

by Joe Vandal January 6, 2006

Now here is a legislative proposal truly representative of the people’s will: force theaters to publish the actual start times for their movies. We ought to do the same thing here in Idaho.
The idea is to require movie theaters to publish the true start time of movies, not the time that the 15-30 minute [...]

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94.3 Wusses Out

by Joe Vandal January 4, 2006

Everyone has different musical tastes, and I like to think I can enjoy most music forms. I do, however prefer hard rock like that played on our local 101.5 and previously played on 94.3.
The programming at 94.3 has wussed out recently, though. First someone thought it a grand idea to start playing nonstop Christmas tunes [...]

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Gel-Based Pens Best for Foiling Check Washers

by zeth 1337 January 3, 2006

Dome guy performed the interesting experiment of trying to wash his own checks in the interest of finding a better way to protect himself. He wrote several checks using four different types of pens, and tried to scrub the ink off them in a variety of ways.
The main conclusion for us consumers [...]

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Scoop? Riot Zone to Develop Bigger than Lagoon?

by the VP January 1, 2006

Rumor has it the Riot Zone has plans to develop an amusement complex that will eventually be larger than even Utah’s Lagoon.

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Scoop? Rigby Super Wal-Mart?

by the VP January 1, 2006

Rumors from credible sources say there will be a super Wal-Mart built in the north end of Rigby. The rumor further stipulates land has already been purchased.

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