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City council members

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Shealy , September 11, 2018

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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...
Dates: September 11, 2018

Anne Hausrath, August 4, 2010

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Abstract In an interview with Brandi Burns on August 4, 2010, Anne Hausrath discusses her experience on Boise City Council from 1992-2000 and the development of Boise throughout those years. She was a founder of the Wetland Coalition, a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving the wetland ecosystem in Hulls Gulch; they would later become the Save Hulls Gulch movement. According to Hausrath, her experience in the effort to save Hulls Gulch from development inspired...
Dates: August 4, 2010

Carolyn Terteling-Payne , July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010

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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...
Dates: July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010

Corki Onweiler , July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014

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Abstract In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 25, 2014, Cordelia “Corki” Onweiler discusses her childhood in Boise during the 1930s and 1940s, including her recollections from attending school at St. Teresa’s Academy, going to the Natatorium, her family’s business interest in The Mode Limited, and her first job at C.C. Anderson’s Department Store. She also discusses how she met her husband, their life together in the 1950s when he was serving on the Boise City Council and Idaho State...
Dates: July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014

David Eberle, August 27, 2018

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Abstract In an interview with Jennifer Stevens on August 27, 2018, David Eberle discusses his experience on the Boise City Council. He describes how he remembers Boise when he returned after college in the late 1970s and the issues with the downtown area and push for urban renewal. David also discusses his career as a professional economist running a private practice and his time as a professor at Boise State University and Albertsons College. During his three terms in office David...
Dates: August 27, 2018

Donald R. Brennan , July 14, 2010

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Abstract Donald R. Brennan started service on the city council in 1988, when Dirk Kempthorne had been mayor for two years. Boise was coming out of the development slump that resulted from urban renewal policies that had tried to force a mall into downtown Boise. The downtown core was beginning to see reinvestment, and much of the success he attributes to Mayor Kempthorne. In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 14, 2010, Donald R. Brennan describes many of the issues that he was...
Dates: July 14, 2010

Flip Kleffner, December 1, 2010

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Abstract Flip Kleffner served on the City Council from 1972-1974, a period when Boise was changing rapidly. Kleffner had experienced the pre-WWII Boise and had seen the effects of the growth. Like many cities in the nation, Boise adopted an urban renewal policy to revitalize its downtown. By 1972, many buildings had already been demolished in the downtown core, and plans were underway to construct a large, enclosed mall to entice suburban shoppers back into the downtown.In an interview...
Dates: December 1, 2010

Glenn Selander, September 29, 2010 and October 20, 2010

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Abstract Glenn Selander served on the Boise City Council during the last years of urban renewal. The mall had still not been built downtown, and the community was upset. He served to 1985 when the mall was finally approved in the suburbs, and there was a change in the city leadership.In an interview with Brandi Burns on September 29 and October 20, 2010, Glenn Selander discusses the growth Boise experienced in the 1970s, the trend to develop west of the city and into the foothills. He...
Dates: September 29, 2010 and October 20, 2010

Jerome Mapp, July 22, 2010 and April 14, 2011

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Abstract Jerome Mapp served on the Boise City Council during the 1990s when Boise saw very little conflict; money was not tight at the city level and the general feeling from the community was positive. 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. Mapp continued to serve into the Bieter administration.In two interviews with...
Dates: July 22, 2010 and April 14, 2011