Herb: Baseball fields are important. We must have those facilities available for our children. Having said that, most of the population growth has gone to the north. The advent of a second high school, the ball fields on the old land fill to the south of the school, has made downtown a ghost of what Coeur d’Alene was back when the ball fields were on the beach. Demographics have changed, Coeur d’Alene has moved north to meet Hayden. To use waterfront for the baseball field is to under utilize it’s potential in a most ridiculous way. A baseball field can be built on any large flat space. Waterfront, belonging to the entire population of the city, cannot be replicated. The law of higher and best use must prevail in this discussion.

Question: Do baseball/softball fields belong on McEuen Field, a prime piece of Lake Coeur d'Alene waterfront?