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Idaho Falls 2007 Fourth of July Festivities
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Another Fourth of July has come and passed Idaho Falls, and I think our city did a great job with this year’s festivities. Kudos to the thousands of people who worked behind the scenes to make all [...]
Michael Moore’s Sicko: Is America’s Health Care System Sick?
“We’ve given the entire health care system over to the insurance industry … they have total control.”
This statement represents the core of Michael Moore’s latest film, Sicko. Does anyone dispute this statement? More importantly, does anyone believe the insurance industry has fostered quality health care in America? Does anyone believe health insurance companies have acted [...]
Kudos for Donating New Idaho Falls Park along Snake River
I could not tell from the PR article if it was the local Smith (Automotive) Group or a person by the name of Smith that donated the land for our new city park, but I think that was awesome for them to do that.
The land is described as on the west bank, just north of [...]
A Tale of Quad Cities or The Great Black Hole of Ada
I have done my fair share of wiki articles and somehow I came on the Metro stats for Idaho Falls. Idaho Falls is 330 on the list with a 116,980 population. The United States Census Bureau defines an MSA as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban cluster [...]
Your Chance to Influence Idaho Falls’ Dining and Retail Future
This is fourth Taylor-Crossing discussion thread at Idaho Falls. Obviously the Taylor Crossing development is that big of a deal in Idaho Falls. The previous discussion threads were Why Idaho Falls needs Taylor Crossing, Taylor Crossing Unveils Largest Bronze Eagles, and Do You Want a 13-14 Story Marriott Residence Inn Hotel/Condo at Taylor’s Crossing?
This thread [...]
Idaho Falls’ Top Traffic Tick-Offs
I think Idaho Falls needs to plan for the day we hit 100,000 residents, else we are planning to fail.
However, what and where are the top traffic spots in Idaho Falls that tick you off today, that you wish the city would fix ASAP?
The Boise newspaper had a weekly traffic column, where residents could write [...]
Idaho Falls Volunteer Daycare Inspectors
It looks like Idaho Falls may adopt tougher daycare standards, and most Idaho Falls residents seem to favor the changes. The PR reported last week Councilwoman Karen Cornwell asking a group of daycare providers if they thought the city was being too extreme, and the group actually wanted tougher standards than what the city was [...]
How would you change IdahoFallz.com?
Changes are afoot everywhere this summer.
I am also open to fresh ideas about how to improve IdahoFallz.com, so I open this discussion thread here to anyone with improvement suggestions.
Feel free to discuss policies, visuals, where information is located, and especially new features you would like to see.
Besides giving fresh ideas on what to change, [...]
How would you change the Post Register?
Roger Plothow wrote about some changes coming to our local Post Register, spurred by an apparently frank discussion with their community advisory board. An immediate change is to stop publishing local opinion page writers, at least for the summer.
Roger said they are open to fresh ideas from the community, so I thought I would open [...]
What would you ask in an opinion poll?
You’ve probably seen the polls we do each week at IdahoFallz.com, running lately in the top sidebar.
You might have also seen me asking for new poll topic suggestions every Saturday and Sunday in the live chatbox. Sometimes I’ve gotten a good suggestion from someone, but it can be difficult because fewer visitors hit IFz [...]
What and Where are the Wiser Buys?
Ever stand in front of two similar products at the store and you wonder which one is the better buy? Do you go for cheap, or do you try to determine the value in the more expensive product?
A lot of purchase decisions come down to individual goals and priorities. You may not care if something [...]
Slums and Slum Lords of Idaho Falls
Today’s Post Register front page article featured an interesting subject that is not often publicly discussed around Idaho Falls: slums and slum lords.
The core subject for the article was that past city government hopeful Brett Manwaring (who confessed to fraud in 1983) is essentially accused of being a slumlord. The allegations include Brett not installing [...]
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