Ada County Commissioners confirm their recommendation of Labrador to health board over epidemiologist
Two of the commissioners voted to keep their recommendation, saying Labrador has the political experience for the position and Dr. Blue is overly qualified. Author: Devin Ramey Updated: 5:17 PM MST January 19, 2021
BOISE, Idaho
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The live stream of the board meeting can be found at the bottom of this article and this story will be updated as more details are made available.
A week after former Republican Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador was suddenly nominated to the Central District Health Board, Ada County Commissioners voted on Tuesday to confirm their recommendation over another candidate, a doctor and infectious disease expert.
2021 has to be a better year for Diana Lachiondo. In 2020, she faced a barrage of criticism from a far-right political opponent; she grappled with debates
A special prosecutor will review if Ada County commissioners violated open meeting laws before appointing former U.S. Congressman Raúl Labrador to the Central District Health board.
Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts has asked Canyon County Prosecutor Bryan Taylor to act as a special prosecutor in the review, to which he s agreed. My office is typically responsible for reviewing cases involving allegations of open meeting violations. However, when those allegations involve my clients, the Ada County Commissioners, I have a conflict disqualifying me from reviewing the matter, Bennetts said in a statement.
Commissioner Kendra Kenyon raised the concern of a possible violation during Tuesday s Board of Commissioners meeting. Kenyon said she was concerned by the apparent out-of-meeting discussions between Beck and Davidson about placing Labrador onto the CDH board.
First posted on BoiseDev.com Dec. 9, 2020Ada County’s Advisory Committee is nearly ready to send off its final proposals for a remade Expo Idaho Site nearly a year in the making.
On Tuesday night, the 17-member group put the finishing touches on a set of recommendations they released for the public and Ada County Commissioners to review. It includes multiple different scenarios for the redevelopment of the 247-acre site in Garden City, which currently houses the Boise Hawks, the Western Idaho Fair, Expo Idaho, Lady Bird Park, a section of the Greenbelt and the now-defunct Les Bois horse racing park.
December 10, 2020 11:25 a.m.
Yesterday, Zoe Richards brought us this report about anti-masking protests in Idaho which involved armed protestors showing up at the homes of public officials while they met to vote on a new COVID mitigation ordinance. The meeting was called off so one Ada County Commissioner, Diana Lachiondo, could go home to where he son was home alone as armed protestors menaced the home. Last night Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee told reporters there are now three active arrest warrants for people involved in the protest outside Lachiondo’s home and likely more arrest warrants coming. “In connection with Commissioner Lachiondo’s house, we have three active arrest warrants and we are securing other warrants for other activities related that was criminal to the events that occurred last night,” said Chief Lee.