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Boise group want library, stadium votes | Idaho StatesmanBoise Working Together, a local non-profit group, wants voters to have a say in a proposed library and downtown stadium. The group is attempting to collect enough signatures to add two initiatives to the November ballot.

'We want the opportunity to say yay or nay': Boise residents collect signatures to get library and stadium proposals on the ballotThe group must collect 5,000 signatures by April 30, they currently have about 1,000.

The stadium and library projects in Boise show the dangers of groupthink | Idaho StatesmanPublic policy that is needlessly expensive and ignores more viable options can be a result of groupthink, and the new Boise library and downtown stadium projects are exhibits A and B.

Boise library, stadium projects deserve to have the voters decide | Idaho StatesmanThese two huge projects have high financial consequences for the city, and also will have significant impacts on parking, traffic and congestion. Giving voters the opportunity to address each one is an excellent idea.

Initiatives would target proposed Boise library, stadium | Idaho StatesmanDavid Klinger, spokesman for Boise Working Together, says his group will discuss whether to move forward on initiatives calling for a public vote on the new library and stadium proposals. The city says the vote would be unconstitutional.

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