East Idahoans are being hit with a phone scam. Someone claiming to be with Wells Fargo is telling them their “card is locked” and they need to give their card info over the phone to unlock it.
Local Wells Fargo officials say it’s called a “fishing” scam, and that you should deal directly with your local bank if there’s a possible problem with your card.
The city of Chubbuck gave city employees a raise in salary and benefits, at the expense of property owners. Property taxes were increased 2%.
Residents had told city officials no way! Not when so many taxpayers have seen their incomes go down, and many don’t have health insurance.
One resident even suggested an end of year performance bonus for city employees. But that fell on the deaf ears of the city council, they ended up voting to increase property taxes.
There are several abandoned homes in the area I live in, the city has taken over lawn care because everything was dying. There are even more homes with ‘for sale’ and ‘for rent’ signs. How can the city justify increasing the property tax?!?
The national average for a gallon of milk is about $4.00. Many people in the dairy business say they’re losing money because people can’t afford to buy the product. They want the Federal government to create new industry welfare programs to bail them out.
In Idaho it’s estimated that Idaho dairymen lost $700 million in 2009. Even Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson has jumped on the band wagon calling for more corporate welfare for dairymen. But, you know what, I buy milk at the Pocatello, Idaho, Fred Meyer, and sometimes at the Chubbuck, Idaho, WalMart, and I’ve always paid less than $3.00 per gallon (usually no more than $2.50).
I have relatives in California who complain about the nearly $4.00 per gallon milk price there, but I haven’t seen that price in Idaho. So why are Idaho Dairymen complaining?
The real reason dairy products, as well as other food products, are seeing a drop in sales is because the average consumer doesn’t have the money!
Maybe the Federal government should increase Food Stamps pay outs by greatly increasing the maximum income cutoff. After all, the original purpose of Food Stamps was to subsidize the agriculture industry, by providing lower income people with money to buy food. That’s right Food Stamps was originally created to support Farmers!
Instead it looks like individuals will get nothing, while “industries” get increased direct welfare!
The Idaho Potato Commission, a state taxpayer funded agency, has signed a $2.4 million deal, to rename the college football Humanitarian Bowl game. It will now be known as the “Famous Idaho Potato” Bowl.
Commission officials say they need to spend that kind of money to promote Idaho grown potatoes: “The bottom line, is that we believe we have negotiated a very favorable contract when compared to other similar bowls with similar national media coverage.”-Frank Muir, IPC President
Idaho State Police confirmed that an off duty Oregon cop threatened an Idaho man in a case of Road Rage. The Portland, Oregon, police captain threatened the Idaho man with his gun.
Here’s the thing, ISP let the Oregon cop go! The Portland police said they assigned the gun happy police captain to a new job; the drugs and vice division!
August 24, a vehicle in the town of Rafah, near the Egyptian border was hit by an Israeli missile. One man killed, one injured.
This comes after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, said: “This is a delicate situation and there is a real risk of endangering the (1979 Egyptian-Israeli) peace treaty, which is a precious strategic asset for Israel.”
A ceasefire was agreed to, but only between Hamas and Israel. Hamas does not control all of Gaza. Rocket attacks against Israel, since the cease fire, were done by rivals to Hamas. The man killed by Israel today, is said to be a member of Islamic Jihad, not Hamas.
It is now known that the August 18 attacks on Israeli tour buses were not done by Hamas, but by a group known as Popular Resistance Committees. Earlier Israel, and most of the western media, blamed Hamas for the tour bus attacks.
Libyan government forces launched ‘Grad’ type missiles at Tripoli.
Government spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said they have enough weapons to fight rebels for “years”, and that rebels will not “enjoy peace”.
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi says government forces leaving Tripoli is a tactical move, the war is not over. He also says NATO sent no fewer than 64 air strikes against the Bab al Aziziya military compound, in the recent fighting.
Reports coming from Tunis. Tunisia has closed its border crossings, because rebel forces, near the border, are under heavy attack by Libyan government forces, including artillery attack.
Some BBC reporters are saying the water supply for Tripoli is contaminated, possibly poisoned. Two people were taken to hospital after drinking tap water. Some rebel checkpoints are warning people not to drink the water.
There are reports that Libyan government forces, and pro-Gaddafi tribes, are leaving Gaddifi’s hometown of Sirte, to attack rebels in Tripoli.
At the same time, other reports say rebels are trying to stop government forces coming from Sirte. NATO bombed Sirte “heavily”. Rebel officials say they need another 72 hours to fully “liberate” Libya.
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said Gaddafi’s forces remain dangerous.
130 employees, at the British Broadcasting Corporation’s West London office, complained that the food they got in the company cafeteria, was covered with mouse droppings!
This is not the first time the BBC has been criticized for the food it serves its employees. The famous comedian Peter Sellers (the original Pink Panther movies, Dr Strangelove) once said: “Lunch is now being served in the BBC canteen. Doctors are standing by.”