[Vision2020] re: liquor liability

[Carl Westberg]

Returning to the 1912 building issue...I attended (if memory serves 
correctly, it was a long time ago) fifth grade in that building, this would 
have been circa 1960 or 1961.  It was a beautiful old building in serious 
disrepair, with large sections closed off.  It would have been a shame for 
the town to have lost such a wonderful old place, and I am personally 
delighted at its restoration and return to prominence.  Buildings such at 
that are a vital part of the ambience of a community.  If my tax dollars 
have been spent in this endeavor, I can only approve.  Moscow would be a 
lesser community without it.  The concept of a community financed Community 
Building is not exactly limited to our town.                                 
                                                                             
                                 Carl Westberg Jr.






>From: "Dale Courtney" <dale@courtneys.us>
>To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] re: liquor liability
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:02:55 -0800
>
>Duncan says he recognizes an anti-government bent in my writings. Actually,
>I'm pro-government (if the opposite is anarchy).
>
>However, I hold more to a constitutional form of government, and not the
>Fabian socialistic system that we have drifted into.
>
>I, too, am for the separation of church and state. I would never want the
>state pulling the church's strings; nor vice-versa (as they have in Muslim
>nations).
>
>Finally, would that we had a separation of Schools and State as well. You
>would see what good old fashioned competition could do for our children's
>education.
>
>I'm always amused at how liberals scream about monopolies and how wicked,
>evil, and counter-productive they are; and yet, when it comes to one of the
>most important issues in our lives, they embrace the most failing monopoly
>with a vengeance.
>
>But then again, the right to a government education is guaranteed in our
>constitution, isn't it Mr. Lawyer?
>
>Dale Courtney
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
>Behalf Of Law Office of Duncan Palmatier
>Sent: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 13:50
>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] re: liquor liability
>
>
>Dale Courtney wrote:
>
>
>Bill,
>
>Let me get this right. There's no establishment in town that provides the
>services that you are looking for; so you think that the city should fund a
>building where you can afford to have your parties?
>
>Dear Vision 2020:
>
>Private enterprise and the "free" market do not provide a town square where
>I can go and speak my mind; rather, they offer to take my money without my
>thoughts. The private sector does not exist for my benefit; rather, it
>exists to benefit from my prosperity and, sometimes, despairity. The
>business world does not care that I live or die; rather, it cares that it
>gets a piece of my pie.
>
>The public sector, my fair city, the county, the state, the feds, and our
>disorganized world, should be organized to foster life, liberty and the
>pursuit of happiness. For me, this community, and the larger world, are
>better, freer, more happy places when there are parks and trails and
>beautiful buildings available for good uses, such as East City Park to hear
>a band concert of a summer evening, the Chipman Trail to ride my bike of a
>fall afternoon, and the 1912 Building to toast the newly wed of a spring
>day. I will add that I think it was good that government helped create the
>Alturas Technology Park as an attractive and fully developed center to
>attract high tech businesses with good jobs for people in our community --
>in other words, I do not flinch at the concept of government assistance to
>business for the benefit of people. I will conclude, because I think I
>recognize Dale's anti-government bent, that I thank God for the good sense
>of the American people, and our tradition separating church and state, for
>public schools.
>
>Duncan Palmatier
>
>
>


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