LastDemo: What Are Needed LCDC Tweaks, DFO

LastDemoinIdaho: What are those “tweaks” or changes or problems with LCDC that you allude to? It would be positive and helpful to all of us commenting on this issue to see you concede some specifics to those who are pointing out concerns. So far there has been too much defensiveness and blind support expressed here (much from you) for LCDC. This implies that all the rest of us are wrong or naysayers or worse. Some of us just want facts and answers. That’s all, not preaching about the virtues of growth or the honesty of all those involved. I know that Charley, the Chair of LCDC is a great guy, a wonderful businessman and has contributed much to the community. I worked with him extensively years ago, so I am not just butt-kissing. But that does not mean that every decision he or his board makes has the blessing of Heaven! Some of us believe they have made some mistakes, maybe not huge mistakes, but errors of judgement that should be owned-up to. And corrected. That’s all.

DFO: LastDemoinIdaho, others in the comments section have noted that I’ve been pointing out for almost two weeks concerns with which I agree with the LCDC critics. Mary, I believe, wrote a list of 5 two Saturdays ago. I agree to different degrees with 4 of the 5 changes she suggested. I’m too busy on a Friday to list them off the top of my headed, especially with the LCDC critics ready to pounce on anything said in favor of the agency. This morning, I began a dialogue with Tony Berns of the LCDC re: different concerns that the critics have raised. I’ll continue that in the weeks ahead, mebbe in a question-and-answer format, so people can print it out and keep it. Mebbe one issue at a time. Obviously, I agree with their concerns about keeping the school levy money.