Guardian is wise to cite Marc Johnson. He is a new Library Board member and one of the more astute appointments by Mayor Bieter. The mayor has dutifully followed through with the long-standing Library Board desires which were delayed by the corruption scandal of the Coles administration. Now the current regime can look in other directions to find a more acceptable way to expand library services (more acceptable = 67 percent, which means find an improvement over the widely acceptable but inadequate 57 percent).

I must disagree with Guardian on the notion of a county-wide library system. You get outside Boise and there are too many anti-tax types who will stand in the way. Just take a look at who they send to the state legislature and you’ll know what I mean.

A more professional administration, apolitical, is needed so as to seperate it from the money hungry local politicians and real-estate /land developers.
responsible planning should have been made years ago, but it’s not too late. The library patrons of Boise are waiting for you, Mr. Cotrell and Mayor Bieter too start acting like representatives of the people.