Phaedrus mentioned something in a comment earlier today that caught my interest. Basically, he wondered if a public vote would be in order if the city and school district couldn't reach a sales agreement re: Person Field. After all, two of the current board signed petitions calling for the recall of Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem and council members Mike Kennedy, Woody McEvers and Deanna Goodlander as a result of their handling of McEuen Field. Many in town felt the public should have voted on the McEuen Field project. What do you think?
Question: If the Coeur d'Alene School Board and City Council can't read a sales agreement on Person Field, should the matter of sale to a private party be put up for a non-binding public vote?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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