"Mr. Mayor, I hope you've been brushing up on your history of Middle East peace talks."

And with that, Boise Council Member David Eberle joined his colleagues and begrudgingly approved a transfer of $10,000 from the citywide contingency account to be used to fund mediation services between the Greater Boise Auditorium district and the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau. City spokesman Adam Park told Citydesk that the $10K includes contingency funding as the initial contract with a mediator is scoped for $5K.

The short but lively conversation that preceded the vote was consistently pessimistic.

Council Member Alan Shealy: "I feel a little queasy about this. I'm just not sure we out to put a dog in this fight."

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