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Bloem: Compromise Goes Both Ways

Item: Controversy jogs with latest McEuen plans/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: Gookin questioned the compromising factor that has changed the current plan from the original conceptual plan, and Edinger, at one point during a discussion about the baseball field, muttered a swear word before stepping out in the hallway for a break. "Who are you compromising with?" Gookin said. "It looks to me you've run out of money so you change the plan and call it a compromise." Not so, Mayor Sandi Bloem countered. The McEuen Field project has undergone meetings too numerous to count, and no other topic has received as much attention, she said. Compromise has been a big part of it. "There's been compromise all along," she said. "Part of that compromise might be for those of you who want baseball there, to say, 'You know, we did get some of those things changed and baseball might not be changing right now.' Compromise works both ways."

Question: Now that the recall has failed, isn't it time that Gookin, Adams and Edinger compromise?



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