'Red herrings' are not doing anyone any good

Mr. Wynhausen, I believe that NICAN and its predecessors over the years had a large hand in nixing a byway. They refuse to acknowledge polls and votes showing a majority endorse the Sand Creek route, calling us ignorant and that they know what's best.

The realty-developement complex whose front is NICAN throw in "red herrings" currently in the form of the gadfly Steve Potter who actually lives in Oakland, Calif., where his business DocuPoint is and who merely has a condo at the Seasons, now wants some engineers society, (probably based in California), to ride in and do a study of the issue in another delaying tactic as he mean-mouths a Boise engineering firm.

These people usually have much more time to spend on the details of this than most of us can devote. We merely have to utilize what we see in the media and use common sense.

No, the byway doesn't hinge on a park deal, let it be an area of grass, trees and bushes then.

Safety? I'd think medians would hinder emergency vehicles as they would have to go out of their way at times.

Highway 2 has 10-15 percent the traffic of U.S. 95 and with the exception of the badly needed replacement for the Dover bridge, is adequate.

Bottom line, if you think the Sand Creek route is expensive and getting more so, the state cannot and will not spend years more studying nor funding another route that would be as much as 10 times the cost.

I did enjoyed the sign I recently saw in a downtown business, DSBA inside a red circle and slash.

LAWRENCE FURY

Sandpoint