Gookin Calls McEuen Seminar ‘Theater’

At Coeur d’Alene Press online, Dan Gookin has triggered quite a reaction with this comment about the McEuen Field planning process: “Oh, I just love theater!” To which a commenter named Yonda responded accurately: “Gookin, I don’t get you and your troupe of endlessly negative nellies. You complain that the city isn’t transparent enough, but when they hold open meeting for public input, you laugh it off and discredit it it as simply ‘theater.’ Is there no pleasing you people?” Others made similar comments. Mary Souza was somewhat more reasonable by applauding the open meetings, questioning only the fact that the facilitator was from Portland, not here. But I doubt it’d be hard to find a local facilitator who would please everyone.

Question: Do you consider the seminars seeking input for McEuen Field upgrades to be simply “theater”?