PPA: Department of Public Policy and Administration

JAMES BENJAMIN WEATHERBY

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Master of Arts, Political Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Bachelor of Arts, History, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Academic Positions
Professor Emeritus, 2006-present. Boise State University, Boise.
Associate Professor, Public Administration and Political Science. 1989-2006. Boise State University, Boise.
Adjunct Professor of Political Science. 1983-1989. Boise State University, Boise.
Research Instructor, Political Science Department. 1972-1974. University of Idaho, Moscow.
Instructor, Political Science Department. 1968-1970. Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa.
Administrative Experience
Director, The Public Policy Center, Boise State University, 2002-2006, Boise.
Acting Director, Social Science Research Center, Boise State University, 2002-2006, Boise.
Chair, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University, 1997-2005, Boise.
Director, Public Affairs Program, Boise State University, 1989-1997, Boise.
Director, Region X Environmental Finance Center, 1995-1996, Boise.
Executive Director, Association of Idaho Cities, Boise, ID, 1985-1989, Boise.
President, Idaho Liability Reform Coalition, 1986-1990, Boise.
Deputy Director, Association of Idaho Cities, Boise, ID, 1983-1985.
Director of Research, Association of Idaho Cities and Idaho Association of Counties, 1974-1983, Boise.
Assistant Director, Bureau of Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1972-1974.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Books, Chapters, Journal Articles
Governing Idaho: Politics, People, and Power, Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press, 2005 (co-author).
“Political Culture and Ideology in the Mountain West: Regionalism in the state of Idaho,” Social Science Journal (accepted for publication, 2004, co-author).
“Intrastate Regional Differences in Political Culture: A Case Study of Idaho,”
State and Local Government Review, Spring 2001 (co-author).
“State-Local Relations in Idaho: Home Rule in A Conservative State,” in Krane, Rigos, and Hill (eds.) Home Rule in America: A Handbook for the Fifty States, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press Inc., 2000.
The Urban West: Managing Growth and Decline, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1994 (with Stephanie Witt).
“Selected Bibliography on Politics and Government in Idaho,” in Boyd A. Martin, Idaho Voting Trends, Party Realignment and Percentage of Votes for Candidates, Parties and Elections, Idaho Research Foundation, University of Idaho, 1975.
Idaho State and Local Government, Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1971 (with Sydney Duncombe, et. al.).
“Interest Groups in Idaho Politics,” in Boyd A. Martin, Ray C. Jolly, Glenn W. Nichols, eds., State and Local Government: A Reader, Bureau of Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho, 1970.
“Federal-State Relations,” in Boyd A. Martin, Ray C. Jolly, Glenn W. Nichols, eds., State and Local Government in Idaho: A Reader, Bureau of Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho, 1970.
Professional Publications
Handbook for County Officials, 2003, Idaho Association of Counties. 2003 (Co-editor).
Idaho Legislative Manual 2002, The Public Policy Center, Boise State University. 2002 (Editor).
“Leave Idaho Annexation Law Alone,” Guest Opinion (invited), Idaho Daily Statesman, Sunday, March 27, 2000.
“Yes to Initiatives, No to the Initiative Industry.” Idaho Post Register, May 7, 2000, p. C1.
“The Campaign of the Century: Death and Taxes,” Idaho Post Register, December 12, 1999, p. C1. (Feature article on full page of editorial section, part of “The End of the Century Series.”)
The Idaho Citizens’ Guide: A Handbook for Getting Things Done in the Gem State. Boise: Ridenbaugh Press, 1999 (with Mark Stubbs and Randy Stapilus).
Idaho Legislative Manual 1998, Center for Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University. 1998. (Co-editor).
Treasure Valley Infrastructure Study: Alternative Revenue Sources, Future Foundation and Growth Management Institute, 1998 (Co-author).
“Are Cities Better Off Today Than They Were 23 Years Ago?” Idaho Cities, July 1998.
“Reconsidering the Term Limits Law” Idaho Post Register, March 1, 1998 (with Gary Moncrief).
Interface ‘of the People’: An Overview of Growth Funding, Revolving Debt, and Representative Government, Boise: State of Idaho, 1996 (with Representative Jim Kempton).
“Initiative process becoming dominated by special interest money,” Guest Opinion (invited), Idaho Statesman, November 10, 1996.
Tax Facts and Principles, 1996, Boise: Idaho Universities Policy Research Group, 1996 (with David Patton, Paul Zelus, and Neil Meyer).
Idaho Municipal Source Book: Second Edition, Boise: Public Affairs Program, Boise State University and Association of Idaho Cities, 1995, editor and author of two chapters.
“Idaho should reconsider term limits effect on state, local offices.” Guest Opinion, Idaho Statesman, June 23, 1995 (with Gary Moncrief).
Continuing the Public Dialogue on Idaho’s Tax Policy, a report to the Idaho Legislative Council Committee on Taxation. Idaho Universities Policy Research Group, January, 1994 (with David Patton, Paul Zelus, Neil Meyer, and Steve Cooke).
Idaho Municipal Source Book, Boise: Public Affairs Program, Boise State University and Association of Idaho Cities. August 1993. Senior editor and author of two chapters: “Idaho Cities: Past and Present,” and “Municipal Election Administration in Idaho.”
Valley County Fiscal Impact Study, Boise: Weatherby & Associates, Inc. May 1993 (with David Patton).
“Proposal for Allocating State Funding to the Idaho Public Health Districts.” Report to the Idaho Conference of Public Health Districts. February 1993. One of a three-member team of faculty from each of the state’s universities.
Demographic Analysis of the One Percent Initiative, prepared for the Governor’s Office. May 1992 (with David Patton).
Implementing California’s Proposition 13 in Idaho: Is It Possible?, prepared for the State Board of Education. September 1992 (with Lorna Jorgensen).
The One Percent Initiative and Voter Attitudes: A Comparison of 1978 and 1992, prepared for the State Board of Education. September 1992 (with Lorna Jorgensen).
Improving and Extending Rural Library Services in Idaho, Public Affairs Program, Boise State University, 1991 (with Stephanie Witt).
Fiscal Analysis of the Ada County Highway District, Boise Future Foundation. September 1990 (with David Patton and Stephanie Witt).
“The Proposed Valbois Resort: Projected Revenue Impacts,” Valbois Environmental Impact Statement, U.S. Forest Service. February 19, 1990.
The Proposed Valbois Resort: Projected Revenue Impacts, Boise: Weatherby & Associates, Inc. February 1990.
Professional Papers
“Delivering Public Services through Sub-State Administrative Regions: Redistricting to Serve Communities of Interest,” paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Society of Public Administration, Phoenix, AZ, March 23-26, 2002 (co-author).
“The Politics of Taxing and Spending in the 1990’s in Idaho.” A paper presented at the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, March 1999.
“Idaho “ Conservatism, Sectionalism, Progressivism.” A paper present at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Victoria, British Columbia, November 1998 (with Stephanie Witt who presented the paper).
“Growth and Change in a Conservative State,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., August 1997.
“State-Local Relations in Idaho: Home Rule Prospects,” paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, March, 1996.
“The 1994 Idaho Election: The Pendulum Swings Farther Right,” paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1995.
“The Fiscal Crisis in Idaho: An Attempt to Resolve Some Contradictions,” paper delivered at the Fiscal Crisis in the West conference, Western Rural Development Center, Reno, Nevada, March 24, 1994.
“Managing Growth: A Comparative Study of Western Cities,” paper delivered at the Western Political Science Association annual meeting, Seattle, March 1991 (with Stephanie Witt).
“Financing Rural Library Services: A Comparative Analysis,” paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Idaho Library Association, Idaho Falls, October 1990.
“The Limited City and Transportation Infrastructure: A Comparison of Funding and Governance Structures in the Urban West.” Prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Portland, November 1990 (with Stephanie Witt).
Co-convener, “Government Associations as Partnerships for Public Budgeting: How Creative and Innovative Are They?” American Society for Public Administration annual conference, Los Angeles, April 1990 (with Dick Kinney).
“Election Consolidation: Reforming the Reforms?” Presented at the Northwest Political Science Association annual meeting, October 1989 (with Steve Shaw).
Grants or Contracts
Principal Investigator: Revised edition of Handbook for County Elected Officials, 2002. $3,000. Idaho Association of Counties.
Co-Principal Investigator: “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Idaho’s Tax Increment Financing,” Capitol City Development Corporation. 2001-2002. $13,500.
Boise State University Faculty Research Grant. History of Tax Policy in Idaho. $2,196. 1999-2000.
Co-Principal Investigator: Treasure Valley Infrastructure Study, Future Foundation and Growth Management Institute. $12,800.
Co-Principal Investigator: Financial Capacity Building: Approaches to Alternative Financing Methods, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (with Dave Patton and Bill Jarocki). $82,401.
Principal Investigator: Analysis of A Proposed Recodification of the Property Laws in the State of Idaho, Idaho Tax Foundation and Idaho State Tax Commission. $26,000.
Principal Investigator: An Inventory of State and Local Fees and Service Charges in Idaho, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho. $4,000.
Co-Principal Investigator: Kids Count Annual Data Book, Annie E. Casey Foundation (with David Patton). $400,000.
Principal Investigator: “Continuing the Public Dialogue on Tax Policy,” Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul Minnesota (with David Patton and an interuniversity team from the University of Idaho and Idaho State University), $27,500.
Co-Principal Investigator: “Cost of Development Study, City of Boise” (with David Patton), $10,000.
Principal Investigator: “Improving and Extending Rural Library Services in Idaho,” Idaho State Board of Education (with Stephanie Witt). $9,810.
Principal Investigator: “Infrastructure Inventory for Local Government Public Works Facilities,” Idaho State Board of Education (with David Patton). $19,690.
Co-Principal Investigator: “An Independent Assessment of Personal Care Services,” Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (with Dick Kinney), $16,500.
Co-Principal Investigator: “Projected Fiscal Impacts on Ada County Highway District,” Ada County Highway District (with David Patton and Stephanie Witt), $10,000.
Co-Principal Investigator: “The Urban West: Managing Growth and Decline,” Year of the City Grant (with Stephanie Witt). $10,000.
Principal Investigator: “Idaho Municipal Source Book,” Year of the City Grant, $10,000.
Principal Investigator: “Alternative Municipal Revenues,” Association of Idaho Cities. $5,500.

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

University and College Service
Member, Graduate Council, 2002-Present.
Co-Chair, Dean’s Search Committee, 2001-2002.
Advisor, BSU Alumni Legislative Committee, 1999-2001.
Member, Graduate College Catalog Committee, 1992-1998.
BSU Representative to the Ida-Ore Planning and Development Association Board, 1990-Present.
Member, Hemingway Western Studies Center Advisory Board, 1993-Present.
Member, Master of Health Policy Advisory Committee, 1993-1998.
Chair, Graduate Council, 1994-1998.
Member, Graduate Council, 1992-1998.
Co-Host and Executive Producer, “Public Agenda”, one-half hour television program on public affairs, University Television Productions, 1992-95.
Co-Chair, Foundation Scholars Service Award Committee, 1993.
Chair, Bricker Service Award Committee, 1992.
Member, BSU Transportation Task Force, 1992.
Member, BSU Task Force on the One Percent Initiative, 1992.
Department Service
Chair, MPA Admissions Committee
Chair, Local Host Committee, National School of Public Affairs and
Administration Annual Meeting, October, 1998
Community Service
Chair and Facilitator, Idaho State Planning Committee on “Help America
Vote Act,” (implementing federal election reform in Idaho). 2002-Present.
Member, Secretary of State’s Elections Task Force, 2000-2002.
Member, City Club of Boise, 1999-2002.
Idaho Correspondent, On-line News Hours with Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting, 1999-2000.
Advisor, Interim Legislative Committee on Revenue Sharing, 1998.
Member, Board of Directors, Idaho Tax Foundation, 1998-Present.
Member, Ada County Assessors Citizens Advisory Committee, 1998-Present.
Member, Board of Directors, Ida-Ore Planning and Development Association, 1990-Present. (name changed to Sage Community Resources, Inc. in 2002)
  • President, 1998-1999.
  • Vice President for State Affairs, 1990-1997.
  • First Vice President, 1995-1997.
  • Member, Policy Committee, 1990-Present.
Co-Chair, Education and Training Committee, Idaho Association of Counties, 1995-Present.
Senior Fellow for Local Government, Center for the New West, Denver, 1995-Present.
Member, Leadership Conference Steering Committee, Boise Area Chamber of Commerce, 1994-Present.
Member, Conference Planning Subcommittee
Member, Infrastructure Financing Committee, Boise Area Chamber of Commerce, 1995-Present.
Member, One Percent Task Force, Boise Area Chamber of Commerce, 1996.
Member, Ada County Study Commission on Optional Forms of County Government, 1996.
Advisor, Interim Legislative Council Committee, on Optional Forms of County Government, 1995.
Institute Director, Local Government Training Institute. 1989-Present.
Member, Board of Directors, Senator Len B. Jordan Public Affairs Institute, Northwest Nazarene College, 1988-1995.
Member, Idaho Universities Policy Research Group, 1992-Present.
Adviser, Oversight Committee, Property Tax Recodification, Idaho Tax Foundation, 1995.
Member, Board of Directors of the Southwest Idaho Private Industry Council, 1991-93.
Co-Chair, Participation Committee, Boise Visions, City of Boise, 1991.
Member, Funding Committee, Boise Visions, City of Boise, 1991.
Chair, H. Sydney Duncombe Scholarship in Political Science, University of Idaho. 1990.
Track Leader, Idaho’s Second Century Symposium, Idaho Centennial Commission, 1990.
Consulting
Idaho Secretary of State’s Office, Chair, “Help America Vote Act” State Planning Committee, 2002-Present.
Graduate College, Oregon State University, Chair, Site Visit Team, 2001.
Idaho Humanities Council. 1998.
Hidden Springs Project, Grossman Family Properties. 1995, 1996, and 1997.
Idaho Public Television, “Citizen’s 1996 Project”, 1996.
Idaho Health Care Association, Strategic Planning Workshop, 1995.
Private Sector Health Care Group Medicaid Summit facilitator, 1993.
Idaho Public Broadcasting, Moderator, Idaho State Conference on Health Care Policy, Idaho State University, Pocatello, 1992.
Valley County, Fiscal Impacts of Proposed Development in Valley County, 1992-1993.
Idaho Optometrist Association, Effective Lobbying Techniques, 1991.
State Parks and Recreation, The Budget and the Idaho Legislative Process. 1990.
Sear-Brown and Associates, Impact study on the proposed Valbois resort, part of U.S. Forest Service Environmental Impact Statement, 1990.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

“Dr. James B. Weatherby Service Award” created by the Idaho City Clerks, Treasurers and Finance Officers Association. The award is given each year to a person who has given outstanding services to the cities of Idaho.
Selected as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Idaho” for five consecutive years in the Ridenbaugh Press statewide survey.
Featured in a recent Boise State Focus Magazine article for work with the media regarding politics and public policy issues.
“Hammer Award” from the National Performance Review and the Rural Development Council, presented by Governor Phil Batt. 1996.
Senior Fellow for Local Government, Center for the New West, Denver, 1995- Present.
Southwest Idaho Private Industry Council Recognition for Personal Commitment to Exemplary Employment Training Programs, 1993.
Idaho Association of Counties Distinguished Service Award, 1993.
The Boyd A. Martin Award For Exceptional Contributions to Idaho Cities, Association of Idaho Cities. 1989.
The Sydney Duncombe Service Award, Idaho City Clerks and Finance Officers. 1989.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC SERVICE

Presentations made to the following groups: Idaho Hospital Association, Boise Exchange Club, Boise Rotary Club, Idaho Association of Boards of Health, Idaho State Social Science Association, US Army Corps of Engineers Leadership Development Program, Idaho Society of Association Executives, Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation, Idaho Environmental Forum, Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, Idaho-Oregon Seed Association, University Student Leaders Conference, Idaho State Tax Commission Workshop on Legal Issues, Social Science Teachers Regional Workshop, Idaho Humanities Council Summer Teacher Seminar, Association of Idaho Cities Annual Conference, Idaho Law Foundation, National Association of Realtors, Building Owners and Managers Association, Idaho Liability Reform Coalition, Supreme Court Technology Task Force, Interim Legislative Committee on Revenue Sharing, Idaho City Clerks and Finance Officers Institute, Mountain West Treasurers’ Institute, Wright Community Congregational Church, Golden K Kiwanis, Idaho Planning Association, Idaho Association of University Women, McCall Summit, Leadership Boise.
Interviewed by the National Journal, Congressional Quarterly, Northwest Cable News, ABC News.com, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, New York Times, Washington Post, Oregonian, National Public Radio, American Public Radio, and most of the print and broadcast media in Idaho. Appeared on numerous public affairs programs including: KTVB Viewpoint, KIDO “PM” Idaho, KBOI “Newsmakers”, IPTV “Dialogue”. Also served as commentator on radio and television for the governors’ state of the state and budget addresses, primary and general election programs.

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