[Vision2020] letter to the editor

[Bill London]

During the Moscow Farmers' Market on Saturday, I found and used the
restroom in the student lounge at the New St. Andrews College building
(the former GTE building).
My thanks to the college for providing this very needed public service.

I hope that providing this public restroom is a step to bridging the gap
between the greater Moscow community and New St. Andrews College and the
political/social organization it represents.

There is plenty of distrust, concern, and uncertainty in Moscow
regarding the plans and impact of this growing organization and its
ongoing purchase of downtown property.
When educational and religious organizations purchase property and
remove that property from the tax rolls, the other taxpayers have to pay
more to maintain governmental services.  In exchange, those educational
and religious organizations are assumed to be doing good works that
benefit the community.

I hope this is the beginning of efforts to enrich our community and that
the distrust melts into dialog.

Bill London