Caldwell Guardian

 Tax bills this time around are dramatically lower. I got my property tax bills this year and was expecting another increase.  That just didn't happen this year.  I have heard from others th...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2023/11/bills-this-time-around-are-dramatically.html

THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER SENT TO OUR CANYON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TODAY BY THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF CANYON COUNTY COMMITTEE: "As the budget year begins for 2021, we would like to suggest tha...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2020/05/concerned-citizens-ask-for-budget.html

It has been reported to the Guardian the financial resources of Destination Caldwell are nearly depleted.  In short, they are operating on financial fumes.  Time will tell if they are really ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2020/04/destination-caldwell-running-on.html

I received the following letter from Nampa resident Hubert Osborne regarding $165 MM bond election to upgrade Nampa wastewater: Just as Congress is facing trillion $$$ deficits for the foreseea...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/02/epa-and-ideq-mandates.html

DESPITE THE FACT THERE IS AN OPEN INVITATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING A TOUR OF OUR JAIL WE NOW FIND THE OPEN INVITE DOES NOT APPLY TO EVERYONE.  BELOW IS THE RESPONSE GIVEN TO A MEMBER ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/02/sheriff-and-jail-capt-refuse-to-give.html

COUNTY COMMITTEE of CONCERNED CITIZENS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS 2018 Darl Bruner Chuck Stadick Ronald Harriman Hubert Osborne Dale Pearce Larry Olmsted Ed Parnell CHAIR...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/02/jail-letter-sent-to-bocc.html

THE GUARDIAN RECEIVED THIS LETTER TODAY FROM GUARDIAN READER MR. BOB GADDIS.  IT WAS SENT TO COMM. PAM WHITE ON 1/10/18 AS A RESPONSE TO THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 5TH, MEETING WITH THE DLR GROUP IN ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/01/citizen-letter-to-comm-pam-white.html

The Guardian attended a meeting yesterday (Friday January 5, 2018) in the County Commissioners Meeting Room to hear a presentation from the DLR Group in support of a new $200MM jail project.  Th...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/01/no-jail-bond-would-pass.html

Concerned Citizens of Canyon County have form a group of people very concerned about the latest jail proposal for 1,055 bed new jail on the Notus Hwy. property owned by the county.  Also, ther...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2018/01/concerned-citizens-of-canyon-county.html

We put up with snow of all kinds and depths for 40 years.  We have a triple wide driveway and a corner lot and after last year we decided it was finally time to get a snowblower.  I got it on...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/12/bought-snowblower-this-year.html

Today's local paper above the fold has a very good article on the fact our County Commissioners have come to the conclusion $198 million for jail bond would not likely pass muster with voters.Â...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/12/commishes-wisely-reconsider-198mm-jail.html

This past week a group of Concerned Citizens of Canyon County met at the Nampa Public Library to discuss the cost and necessity of a $198MM jail project.  The meeting was held on the 7th of ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/12/canyon-county-concerned-citizens-meet.html

The Guardian attended a meeting at the Commissioner's Meeting Room today from 1-3:30PM this afternoon.  Comm. Pam White called me yesterday to invite me to hear what the good people from DLR, ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/10/latest-jail-bond-costs.html

It is dismaying to have to report. you could find a parking ticket on your windshield.  A person well know to The Guardian got a $10 parking ticket for having his rear tire on the rolled gutte...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/10/beware-of-coppers-issuing-parking.html

It has been reported to The Guardian a brand new three story Terry Reilly Health Services Clinic will be built on the old Pennywise Drug Store property.  The property is located on the corner ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/10/terry-reilly-on-pennywise-site-in.html

The Guardian has long maintained it costs property taxpayers about $100/day to keep someone in jail or prison when all the costs are added into running a jail or prison.  Ada County was recent...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/10/ada-jail-costs-taxpayers-97day.html

The Caldwell Guardian did some follow-up research on a post in the BOISE GUARDIAN about NFL Player conduct during the National Anthem.  Page A-62-63 was cited for the following quote: "TH...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/09/what-does-nfl-rule-book-say-about.html

The Guardian keeps hearing about how impossible it is for people to reach credit reporting agencies to put a freeze on their private credit information.  Has anyone asked WHY we are the ones...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/09/equifax-snafu.html

The local paper came out in favor of a new jail for Canyon County in the Sunday edition of the IPT.  Not much has changed other than the costs of building a new jail.  The Guardian has oppose...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/09/are-we-going-for-another-jail-bond.html

This post is for those of you who don't take either one of the local papers or watch the local news. This post is a short list of challengers and jobs they are seeking. CALDWELL LIST: MAYOR...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/09/incumbents-having-election-challengers.html

New School Week 4.5 Days! I didn't believe it at first when I asked a group of Jefferson Middle School kids how come they were getting out early on a Wednesday afternoon a couple of weeks ago. ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/09/new-school-week-45-days.html

THE GUARDIAN has been approached about reviving this blog.  I have a person who has expressed a willingness to help with all the research needed and I have agreed to bring the Caldwell Guardian ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2017/08/soon-to-return-by-popular-demand.html

THE GUARDIAN got a phone call from Mayor Nancolas and Mr. Eljay Waite, city finance director this morning as a follow-up to a query by me on a couple of issues.  Mayor Nancolas gave me the fol...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2015/03/mayor-nancolas-speaks-on-downtown.html

It has been reported to THE GUARDIAN leaders of Caldwell are actively trying to kill the idea of a plaza in our downtown.  What is amazing our Mayor Garrett Nancolas has verbally on more than ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-wise-men-of-caldwell-stall-plaza.html

It has been reported to the GUARDIAN closure of the Nampa Annex Courthouse will be held off until late Summer or early Fall of 2015.  The reason reported for the delay is due to all the remodel ...

https://caldwellguardian.blogspot.com/2015/01/closure-of-nampa-annex-closure-moved.html