Cabin owners plead for mediation

Former Idaho Attorney General Tony Park, speaking on behalf of Payette Lake cabin owners, urged the state Land Board to go into mediation on the remaining lease issues rather than decide the issue today. “Mediation shouldn’t take more than a few days,” he said. Gov. Butch Otter responded, “What’s to stop us” from entering mediation even after a decision? Park said, “I’m fearful … that will unleash the litigation mode. … If we set aside another 30 days to try to mediate these four sticking points and hopefully reach agreement on those four sticking points, and include those in the new lease, we don’t have that, we obviate the need for litigation.”