Cabin Sites For Office Space

Should the state swap its lakeside cabin lease sites for additional office space in Idaho Falls and Nampa? The state’s Land Board spent much of Tuesday morning discussing the issue — both in open and closed executive session. Emerging from behind closed doors, the board voted to reject the exchanges Tuesday afternoon. (Here’s more about the board vote from Betsy Russell of the Spokane Spokesman-Review .) The board of five statewide elected officials is charged with managing the state’s endowment lands for a host of beneficiaries. The biggest beneficiary is public education, which receives about $31.3 million a year in endowment payments. But the state is trying to wean itself from managing cabin sites on Priest and Payette lakes, which is where the office space exchanges enter the picture/ Kevin Richert , IdahoED News. More here.

Question: Let’s ask Kevin’s question again: Should the state swap its lakeside cabin lease sites for additional office space in Idaho Falls & Nampa?