Why no Parking on 8th St?

In a comment on my last post, Earl asked why Commissioners Huber, Arnold and Mckee voted to NOT provide an additional 4 spaces of parking on NE 8th St behind the Statehouse.

I have no idea why Commissioner McKee voted as she did. She stood, actually sat, mute and just said no.

Commissioner Huber, as best I can recollect, was very disturbed by the City of Boise making this request. She accused them, via a City staffperson, of playing the handicapped card ie, that there is a need for more handicapped parking not only in that area, but everywhere. The pleas from officeholders, merchants and a very interested and informed citizen did not hold sway with Ms Huber. She also mentioned that ACHD generally goes along with the property owner's request. In this case the property owner is the State of Idaho, which I thought meant that the property actually belongs to all of us.

Quite frankly, I cannot remember if Commissioner Arnold spoke or not.

The video from the June 24, 2009 meeting will be posted here sometime before July 1, 2009. You can watch the entire meeting or just go the 8th St agenda item and get the unfiltered skinny.