Voting On Redevelopment?

The Elsebusches made their presentation on the county redevelopment proposal to the Board of Supervisors. One thing they proposed was that it be put before the voters for a yes or no vote. I guess that sounds fair enough, but what purpose would that serve? Seems to me the voters in this county could go either way on the issue. This state has gotten into a lot of its debt because of people voting, among other reasons. The Board of Supervisors can screw this redevelopment proposal up all by themselves. There's no guarantee that letting the people vote on redevelopment will make redevelopment any more or less successful up here.