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Residents along Glendale Road, home to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, are in an uproar over what they claim is Chantrelle distracting city officials from solving ongoing issues at the plant, which reportedly smells like poop.
“This is extremely actual bullshit!” one Glendale resident wrote on social media, reaching deep into a box of puns.
“It’s like Beirut 1982 out there right now.” — Bellevue city consultant Ned Flanders.
Chantrelle residents have been battling the new Karl Malone Auto Park over lighting and garbage they say are negatively affecting their neighborhood. In response, residents formed Chantrelle Residents United to protect the subdivision and raise awareness about encroaching industrial lighting in Bellevue.
But Glendale residents want Chantrelle to shut up and get out of the way.
“My gripe is that the homeowners of Chantrelle need to understand what’s going on south of Bellevue,” the Glendale resident added. “They’re taking time and resources away from city council members and staff who should be focusing on this crap (pun intended?) instead of a very, very problematic situation in Glendale.”
What one issue has to do with the other remains unclear, and the shared source of both problems — the city of Bellevue — appears to have been overlooked by Glendale residents.
“I don’t know why Glendale is angry at us — they should just join us so we can rise up as one and slay the beast,” said Bob Maybe, a longtime Chantrelle resident.
Maybe added that Glendale’s response is consistent with the current era of misinformation and rage.
“There seems to be a substantial amount of confusion and misdirected aggressive emotion out there these days,” he said. “It’s just par for the course.”
Adding to the confusion is the fact that on Dec. 8 the Bellevue City Council voted to approve new bioreactor membrane filters for the wastewater treatment facility on Glendale Road. The project, aimed at resolving issues that have plagued the plant for years, is expected to bring the total cost of repairs at the facility to more than $639,000, according to the Idaho Mountain Express.
On Monday evening, several Glendale residents were seen constructing massive slingshots they said they plan to use to fling poo toward Chantrelle on the city’s northern edge. Umbrellas reportedly sold out at local retail outlets.
Meanwhile, residents of Gannett said they are furious with Glendale for being “all uppity,” and cattle on Eccles Ranch just north of Bellevue were also reportedly upset.
“It’s like Beirut 1982 out there right now,” Bellevue city consultant Ned Flanders said. “We might need to call in the National Guard.”
A cow representative said the lights are keeping them awake all night and they have friends that can “drain that auto park of all of its $80 million inventory in less than five minutes.” It is not known whether that was a threat issued by the cow.
Linda Foal, a Gannett resident, said she is tired of Glendale always being the center of attention.
“I can hear their gripes from across Highway 75,” said Foal, who has lived in Gannett for 27 years. “Me, me, me.”
The underlying source of tension between Gannett and Glendale appears to involve a horse.
The Bellevue City Council hibernates during the winter and makes most major decisions while attending booze cruises at Magic Reservoir during warmer months. In its frequent absence, the council is represented by a horse, named Betsy, gifted to the city by Foal in 2023.
“She is an absolutely majestic, thoughtful, intelligent and kind horse,” said Carol Foal, who also lives in Gannett.
Betsy has been committed to civic service for most of her adult life, Foal said.
“She’s the best representative the city has ever had,” Foal said. “The fact that anyone could be nasty to her really chaps my hide.”
