Thursday, April 28 at the Boise Center on the Grove Judy Peavey-Derr attended the Downtown Business Association's Annual Meeting where she was recognized in the audience as Past President of the Downtown Neighborhood Association. The event was a great success. Remarks about the downtown area and its vibrancy were welcomed by the 250 attendees.
Afterwards supporters of Peavey-Derr's candidacy remarked about the need to expand the current convention center to meet the needs for the future of Boise. Peavey-Derr is on record for supporting funding for marketing Boise and for expanding the Convention Center.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Legal vs. Illegal
On April 27th in the Idaho Statesman ppublished that out of the 6 candidates running for the Greater Boise Auditorium District Board that I would not fund the Boise Convention and Visitors' Bureau. That is true to a degree. I don't want to fund the Boise Convention and Visitors' Bureau ILLEGALLY.
I think they have done a wonderful job marketing Boise and surrounding area. We are, as a community, richer for all of their hard work and efforts. But, recently, the method by which the BCVB received their funding from the Greater Boise Auditorium District was called into question. A decision handed down by the Idaho Supreme Court and supported by an opinion from the Idaho Attorney General's Office and legal counsel to the GBAD board said ....an Auditorium District could market only the Convention Center....not the area or hotels supporting the convention center....in essence. The current GBAD board took that to heart and chose not to do anything illegal and stopped funding the BCVB. They sought to find legal ways to deliver funds to the BCVB, but were unsuccessful. Communications broke down and any positive solutions were lost.
I will strive to find legal ways to fund the Boise Convention and Visitors' Bureau. I will not missuse public funds by doing something I think to be illegal and thereby subjecting myself or the Auditorium District to a lawsuit....one that would surely be filed.
Other candidates may say they are going to reinstate funding to the BCVB, but they are only saying what is expedient and popular. I will work with anyone and everyone in a respectful manner to find a way to promote Boise, generate jobs, increase tax revenues, and showcase our community to the world.....but only legally!
I think they have done a wonderful job marketing Boise and surrounding area. We are, as a community, richer for all of their hard work and efforts. But, recently, the method by which the BCVB received their funding from the Greater Boise Auditorium District was called into question. A decision handed down by the Idaho Supreme Court and supported by an opinion from the Idaho Attorney General's Office and legal counsel to the GBAD board said ....an Auditorium District could market only the Convention Center....not the area or hotels supporting the convention center....in essence. The current GBAD board took that to heart and chose not to do anything illegal and stopped funding the BCVB. They sought to find legal ways to deliver funds to the BCVB, but were unsuccessful. Communications broke down and any positive solutions were lost.
I will strive to find legal ways to fund the Boise Convention and Visitors' Bureau. I will not missuse public funds by doing something I think to be illegal and thereby subjecting myself or the Auditorium District to a lawsuit....one that would surely be filed.
Other candidates may say they are going to reinstate funding to the BCVB, but they are only saying what is expedient and popular. I will work with anyone and everyone in a respectful manner to find a way to promote Boise, generate jobs, increase tax revenues, and showcase our community to the world.....but only legally!
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