Finance, Public

Abstract In an interview with Jennifer Stevens on September 11, 2018, Alan Shealy discusses his personal history, his appointment to city council by Mayor Terteling-Payne, and the issues he worked on. He describes how his experience working in finance led him to undertake changing how the city created budgets and to help restore transparency and confidence in city government. He discusses his fiscal philosophy and his voting history on issues including moving a ten commandments statue out of Julia...

Abstract Terteling-Payne served during the 1990s, a time that was marked by a surplus budget and a general positive feeling from the community. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, he focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment.In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 1, 2010, Carolyn Terteling-Payne discusses growing up in Boise and her volunteer activities that were...

Abstract In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on June 30, 2010, Charlie Parks, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered memories of his career as a firefighter from 1968-1993. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters; life in the firehouse; his reasons for entering the fire service; his impressions and memories of medical calls; the Eastman fire and other emergency responses; firehouse pranks; the effects on department morale of the 1% Tax...

Abstract In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on August 11, 2010, Don Boyer discusses his career with the Boise Fire Department. Topics discussed in the interview include: the jobs he had prior to becoming a firefighter; the support the department gave him while his wife was sick; how the staff responded to different leadership styles; how he got the nickname Cletis; his feelings about the men he worked with being like a family; becoming an ARFF firefighter; and becoming the Fire Department...

Abstract In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 30, 2010, Floyd Greenwood discusses his career as a firefighter with the Boise Fire Department. Topics covered in the interview: his start at Whitney Fire District; getting injured on the job; the training he went through as a new firefighter; the layoffs as a result of the 1% Initiative; Chief Parry’s decision to not take over ambulance services; making quick assessments when arriving on scenes; the personnel changes he noticed in the 1990s;...

Abstract In his interviews with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 12, 2010, Gerald Hughes, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hughes’s career as a firefighter began in 1972 and continued until his retirement in 1998. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters, life in the firehouse, his reasons for entering the fire service, his impressions and memories of medical calls, the Eastman fire and other emergency...

Abstract In his interviews with Alicia Martin-Cowger on June 22, 2010, and June 29, 2010, Harold "Brad" Marker Jr., who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Marker’s career as a firefighter began in 1978, was interrupted for 22 months by a reduction-in-force due to the 1% Initiative and continued until his retirement in 2005. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters; life in the firehouse; his reasons for...

Abstract In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 20, 2010, Thomas Cole, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hughes’s career as a firefighter began in 1968 and continued until his retirement in 1989. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters; life in the firehouse; his reasons for entering the fire service; his dislike of medical calls; the Eastman fire and other emergency responses; firehouse...