...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...An extended period of stagnant air, with light winds
and little vertical mixing.
* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central
Idaho and northeast and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM MST Friday, and this time may be extended.
* IMPACTS...Periods of air stagnation can lead to the buildup of
pollutants near the surface.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will increase Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday afternoons in portions of the Upper Treasure Valley
(generally in and around Mountain Home) to the point where
stagnation will be limited. However, the majority of the zone
will experience stagnant air and was therefore included in this
advisory.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
An Air Stagnation Advisory concerns itself with meteorological
conditions only. For more information on air pollution in Idaho,
visit website www.deq.idaho.gov. For Oregon, visit website
www.oregon.gov/deq.
If possible, reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to
air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and the use of
residential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and
vehicle idling as much as possible.
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Senator Crapo begins his latest reelection ad, pitched as an opinion piece titled “Strengthening our alliances,” by quoting former president Regan about the “strength” needed to confront America’s adversaries. The Senator then explains that strong alliances, especially NATO, are indispensable to that end. Absent from the Senator’s writing is any mention at all of another former president, Mr. Trump, who belittled NATO as an “obsolete” club chock full of socialist freeloaders unworthy of America’s protection. The Senator now urges President Biden to press for the prompt admission of Sweden and Finland to NATO to further enhance its strength and capabilities, but I do not recall the Senator urging Mr. Trump to take any remotely similar position while that former president was in office. Indeed, it is not unreasonable to think that the denigration of NATO by the then-leader of its most powerful and important member contributed to Mr. Putin’s belief that he could achieve a swift and painless conquest of Ukraine, unimpeded by an enfeebled western alliance.
Mark Geston
Boise
School trustee candidate
My name is Greg Woodard and I am running for Boise School District Trustee, Race #1. I am a dad to 5 kids who are or were enrolled in the District and a husband to a wonderful wife. My wife and I are both successful products of the public school system. What I am not is someone who pursues conspiracies, book banning, and other radical special interests. Those are the spurious claims that my opponents and their proxies have leveled against me with zero evidence.
What I am is a dad who is concerned about the current Board consistently ignoring many parents and its lack of transparency by making decisions with little to no parent input. Significant policies like mask mandates, the dress code, and going to full day kindergarten have been discussed or implemented without consulting parents or soliciting their comments on these and other important policies.
To find out who I really am, please go to www.greg4bsd.com and review my story and platform and feel free to reach out if you have questions.
Greg Woodard
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Boise
‘Life or death’
Pizzuto’s life or death? I vote death. Ms. Czuba is “disappointed and devastated” over Gov. Little’s rejection to not let him live. This is an aggressive move. The crime was 30 years ago. Where was she when he was killing to two gold miners? Where was their rights? Why did not a single lawyer stop the killing? I believe she is not too sad about him dyeing, but just does not want to lose her income for keeping him alive. This story is very close to me. In 1988 my sister-in-law and her husband where getting ready to deliver newspapers and a person just walked to their car and shot them dead. That was 34 years ago. Lawyers get payed for every little thing they do to keep him alive. The judge said he should die 34 years ago, why has his order not been cared out? This costs taxpayers millions of $. Think about this-why do we spend so much money to save criminals that are guilty and kill so many innocent unborn babies?
Marvin Wiedenfeld
Meridian
IRS agents
We have all heard plenty about the federal legislation that will add 87,000 IRS agents to the existing corps. What we have not heard much about is where these new agents will be stationed. One way to distribute these personnel would be to follow the time-honored pattern that is used for allocating seats in the House of Representatives. The 435 Representatives come from states in proportion to their population as a percentage of the total in the country. It just so happens that if you divide 87,000 by 435 that you get 200 exactly. That means 200 agents will be added to the force for each member of the House. In the case of Idaho (having two Representatives), we can expect 400 additional agents (and because we’re a Red state, could be more). The whole tenor of living in this great state is likely to change.
Paul Sudmeier
Meridian
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