{"product_id":"9781469116204","title":"Boise's Watergate: University Place \u0026 All The Governor's Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e   Welcome to Boise,\u003c\/b\u003e turn your clock      back 250 years... where there´s only one branch of government in Idaho, The      Bobs: Gov Joe Bob, Senator Billy Bob, and Supreme Court Justice Suzy Bob.       What an incestuous mess!\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e   Strap yourself in.  Boise´s      Watergate is a political roller coaster.  Someone stole $136 million in      Public Education funds at University Place -- after tricking the taxpayers      into \"renting\" a new Court House for $100 million.  Whodunit? Was it      Cryptic Partners or the Boise lawyers or Governor Kempthorne or Colonel      Mustard in the Library with a Revolver?\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e   If you think Boise´s Watergate can´t      happen in your city, think again:\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cul\u003e       \u003cli\u003eFlorida´s Overland Express, FOX, pulled the plug        when the estimate for its public-private Florida bullet train ballooned        from $4 billion to $13 billion to $40 billion. (FOX was cited as one of        Cryptic Partners´ qualifications to develop Boise´s Watergate.)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e       \u003cli\u003eIn Honolulu, Hawaii, 40% of the contractors working        on the $1 billion BRT were under investigation, indicted, or convicted for        money laundering to local politicians.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e       \u003cli\u003eSioux City, Iowa taxpayers financed a $35 million        Theatre-Hotel Complex. Then, public-private developer Cryptic Partners --        who forgot to add the seats, drinking fountains and bathrooms -- defaulted        on 67% of the Complex.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e       \u003cli\u003eSeattle, Washington´s $2 billion light rail system        was derailed when public-private estimates skyrocketed to over $8 billion.\u003c\/li\u003e     \u003c\/ul\u003e     \u003cp\u003e   A recent study, \u003ci\u003eMegaprojects and Risks\u003c\/i\u003e      (Cambridge University Press), cited the leading cause of public-private      failures: \"lying\" by public-private developers.\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat they´re saying      about Boise´s Watergate...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Of course it      was a fix. It’s an incestuous mess.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  –      Senator Stan Hawkins (R-Ucon), 18-year veteran legislator who voted NO on the      University Place fiasco (source: Idaho Statesman)\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“You are on      the right track. But you need deeper background. I have it. I know where      every skeleton is buried. But I need deepest cover. You cannot reveal      anything about me, not even where or how or by what means you obtain info      from me. Zip, zilch, zero, nada. You must protect this source even if a      judge threatens to send you to jail for contempt.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – Deepest      Throat, anonymous source\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I was the      odd-man out on the Ada County Commission during the new court house fiasco      and opposed that absurdly obvious scheme to evade the Idaho Constitution´s      prohibition on long-term indebtedness without a vote of the people.”\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003c\/b\u003e– Gary Glenn, Ada County Commissioner (1991-1997)\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Weighted,      W-E-I-G-H-T-E-D.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e     \u003c\/i\u003eIdaho Governor Dirk Kempthome, referring to his alleged rigging of the      Idaho Water Center’s bidding process with a secret 27 percent “co-location”      factor (source, Idaho Statesman)\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Finally,      somebody with the brains and guts enough to connect the dots between the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126110601456,"sku":"9781469116204","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469116204_p0.jpg?v=1763698153","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469116204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}