11/18/09

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A group that promotes homegrown Idaho
products and services will get to spread out in the recently
renovated Capitol, after all.

The Capitol Commission, which oversees the building, had passed
guidelines restricting public events to the fourth floor.

But Buy Idaho typically uses multiple floors for its annual
event. It complained the new rules would prevent it from getting
the word out about its members' products.

On Wednesday, the Capitol Commission agreed to grant an
exception to Buy Idaho, letting it use all four floors of the
Capitol rotunda come Feb. 17, the date of its exhibition in 2010.

This agreement helped de-escalate a dispute over just who
controlled use of the Capitol: The Capitol Commission, the
Legislature or the executive branch under Gov. C.L. ``Butch''
Otter.


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