Should the property owners be able to contact their legislator and require the legislator to step in with a challenge to eminent domain? How many ways can the challenge be pursued?

It is bad enough that, apparently out of necessity, the field will have to be artificial turf, but to make it blue would make James Earl Jones vomit.

After all…. “…the one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball…this field, this game is part of our past Ray!”

Build it and they will come, and they will imagine the smell of freshly mowed grass – but not if it is blue.

I understand and and support a blue football field, but football isn’t sacred, baseball is!

Boise State…. State of Idaho( BSU) wants a property. They say they need the property for a “public” use that is authorized by Idaho law..

Boise State ( Dr Kustra) says they need the property for parking/ baseball field..etc. etc…..No more wrestling!!!

Boise State gets a MAI ( Made As Instructed) appraisal… low ball ( hate to use that term for a baseball field…..)

Owners of the property ( in this case the church of Christ…) http://boisecoc.org that have no money and are just trying to have a Boise State Student Christian program and have owned the property for 40 years…. BSU that was their friend is now fighting them.

BSU has all the lawyers they need

Biblical Studies has no Lawyers… can get one for $$$

BSU will win… Biblical Studies will get some $ that the Lawyers will get most.

I just love BaseBall.

Where are the Historic Boise folks in this dog fight?

A couple of these properties are not just someone’s home that a fixed property value can be assessed as the basis for the purchase price offer – but are investment properties which provide monthly income to the investors.

I don’t know for sure – but I suspect that BSU wants to low-ball the property owners and pay fair market value for the property itself – and won’t consider as part of the settlement the income value the current owner is realizing.

I too fail to see a college baseball field having greater value to the community as a whole – versus individual rights of property owners.

Shame on BSU for strong-arming property owners and shame on those who will allow eminent domain to be applicable in this case.

Seems like this is the 2nd time BSU has used eminent domain on a church… I think they did it to University Christian.

Lesson here is if you are in the BSU area of impact they will pick you off sooner or later. First a Honor’s classroom … next a baseball field..I’m sure they will need horse stables for the BSU horse….

Oh for the days of the College in/out on University Drive and the fresh banana milkshakes…..

To be clear, I am on record as opposing a new Hawks field in Boise and favor some spiffing up of the one properly located at the Fair grounds. But I suspect the developers will get their field regardless – so let’s do ONE and not two.