By: mtm

mtm — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:40:12 +0000

Idaho Statesman, Wed, Feb 13, 2008 – ‘Don’t say ‘flood,’ say ‘high water,’ “Bandy said jokingly before an audience of several hundred people gathered in a local church.” This quote from the Statesmen confirms my opinion of Bandy as a shallow, bought and paid for politician. That he could joke about a situation with the potential to severely affect the personal safety and property of Eagle residents confirms my opinion of Bandy as a politician that is more concerned with his own political ambition then the people he was elected to serve. The potential flooding in Eagle is not a joking matter and no amount of spin by Mayor Bandy and his supporters will reverse the course of “Mother Nature” should she choose to take back an area that belongs to her. Another quote from this article “Eagle Fire Chief Dan Friend, who has lived in Eagle for 48 years, can’t remember the last time homes flooded in the city” has almost nothing to do with the situation facing Eagle in 2008. It is the unchecked development of expensive homes literally built on the banks of Boise rivers and streams that creates the situation of potential catastrophic damage; damages that will be handed off to the taxpayers. This individual must realize Eagle today has very little resemblance to the Eagle of 10 -20 -30 -40 years ago. Saundra is absolutely correct, if your homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover flooding, it is not going to cover “high water” either” and the taxpayers will pay. Eagle’s City council who approved these developments will have moved on to other political positions and the developers who built the homes will have pocketed their profits and left town.

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