Archive for October, 2006
Is HJR2 really going to save traditional marriages?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Yesterday Frank/Melaleuca used his weekly full page ad space to plea for support on HJR2, the gay marrage ban we will vote on this Election Day. (For a “wellness” company, they sure push on a lot of [...]
McGimpsey for House 33B
I’m John McGimpsey, and I’m running for Idaho House seat 33B (the area bounded generally by Bellin Road on the West, Woodruff on the East, Sunnyside on the South, and Iona Rd on the North). I have information about my candidacy at my web site, but I’ll start a thread here answering Joe’s questions:
> What [...]
Introducing Whisper Feature
We have launched a new feature on IdahoFallz.com called “Whisper”.
This feature enables registered site users to leave comments for specific other registered site users, and prevents the general population from reading those comments. Hence, one user may “whisper” to another user without anyone else reading it.
Users may whisper to each other by leaving a comment [...]
Ratio of reward offerings could drive clues
Last week, KIFI Local News 8 reported the continuing saga of thefts from local construction sites, and how one electrician lost about $11,000 in trailer thefts. A $500 reward was being offered for clues leading to the conviction of these thieves.
A few minutes later KIFI reported a beef cow shot near Heise, and a $5,000 [...]
Councilman Lyon Overrun on City Attorney Contract Questions
I have not heard about this from the local media, so I thought I would post it and see what people think. Apparently Municipal Services Director Craig Lords presented the legal services contract renewal for Dale Storer and the Holden, Kidwell, Hahn, and Crapo law firm at the September 28 city council meeting,
Councilman Larry Lyon [...]
Prevent Windows XP Update from Auto Restarts
I’m glad Microsoft is frequently administering Windows XP with automatic updates, it generally makes for a more secure and less glitchy computer. I get frustrated, though, when I leave my computer with several browser tabs and documents open, and return later to find Windows Update automatically restarted my computer. I know the updates are important, [...]
The Rumor Mill: Something big in Ammon?
The other day while driving down 17th street in Ammon, I noticed there were for sale signs up in front of three houses on the north side of the street next to Rex’s. This normally wouldn’t be anything to take a second look at, yet upon a second glance I noticed they are also being [...]
Senator Larry Craig Accused of Being Homosexual
I want to first say I am not accusing anyone of anything and I personally don’t think there’s anything wrong with homosexuality (I’m planning to vote against the anti-gay-marriage proposal on this November’s ballot).
However, this is big new that’s breaking on digg.com, which means it will soon break across Idaho, so I am reporting what [...]
Celebrating One Year Online in Idaho Falls
It was one year ago today that I made the first post on the first Idaho Falls blog, writing simply “It is dawn in IdahoFallz. Let’s see what the new day brings.” I had only a vague idea then of the direction I wanted to take for the site, and certainly had no idea if [...]
Shasta Should Sing
It appears the Shasta Groene/Joseph Edward Duncan III saga has passed a major milestone with this morning’s plea agreement on state charges.
For Duncan, we can now only hope that either a) federal charges result in his death penalty or b) computer experts can crack his encrypted image files to discover the depths of his [...]
Fee-free way to ditch your cell phone contract
I hate cellphones. The call quality is horrible, calls get dropped too often, the price per minute is comparatively sky-high, the terms are lopsided in favor of the carriers, and they seem to encourage horrendous manners from many users.
One of the universal terms that are lopsided against the consumer is the handset charge vs. contract [...]
Why I’m voting “NO” on Prop. 1
For those who don’t know, we have a proposition on the ballot this November that has been called “The Idaho Local Public Schools Investment Act” which will raise our state sales tax to 7% (equal to that of Utah’s rate) to fund our schools. Proponants of the proposition argue that our schools are underfunded, [...]
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