Press: Govt Change Is A Hard Sell

It wasn’t the loud applause commissioners might have hoped for when the curtain closed on their formal announcement. More like a shower of rotten tomatoes and the trumpeting of insults and ballot-box threats. At issue is last week’s 2-1 vote by Kootenai County commissioners to let voters decide this November if they want a significantly altered form of county government. Judging by the reaction of outrage by Press readers, the commissioners could hardly have conjured up a more poorly planned proposal. We disagree. We think the proposal — parts of it, anyway — make a lot of sense and would absolutely streamline government. But we would agree that much more information must be clearly communicated before voters will be able to separate their vocal chords from their hot collars. Jai Nelson (pictured) was in the minority of the 2-1 vote but she made it clear that she has little trouble with the proposal to hire a county administrator/ Coeur d’Alene Press Editorial Board . More here .

Question: Is there any part of possible changes to the Kootenai County government that you’d like to see?