[Vision2020] Buildings old and new
Donovan Arnold
donovanarnold at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 10 00:27:10 PDT 2005
Pat,
You seem to be under the impression that we will not thrown "more money into
another old building." You assumption is incorrect.
First, we will be funding the operation of two high schools, the old one and
the new one. Second, we will be renovating the old one in addition to
building a new high school. Meaning you will pay the cost of the new high
school and the costs of the old high school. You are not escaping the costs
of the renovating the old High School by building a new one, you are just
adding to those costs.
I hope you will not vote thinking that we are not putting a great deal of
money into old buildings. We are, three of them to be exact. West Park,
Russell, and Moscow High School will all be renovated.
Take Care,
Donovan J Arnold
>From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
>To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Buildings old and new
>Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 21:53:15 -0700
>
>"If Ms. Richardson-Crouch has a large corporation willing to invest in our
>area it would be very easy for all of us to get together and come up with
>the dollars to build a new high school because then the tax base WILL GO UP
>to cover the added expense."
>And in the mean time we have thrown more money into another old building
>that won't ever really meet the need!! I am for a new building that will
>have many more possibilities.
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Dan Carscallen
> Date: 04/08/05 09:21:23
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] if it keeps on rainin', the levy's gonna
>break
>
> So, Donovan (and others) harangues against a new high school
>because the
> old one can be renovated to accommodate the student population.
>Maybe
> the building can, but the area around it does not have the room to
> accommodate the vehicles used by every other student and all the
>staff.
> Okay, so you'll say "everyone should ride the bus". Hogwash.
>Remember
> when you got your drivers license? What was the first thing you
>wanted
> to do was DRIVE, everywhere! And so do these kids now. Not only
>that,
> there is no place for activities related to P.E. class. Okay, so
>they
> get bussed out to Mountain View park, but that cuts out the time
>for the
> teachers to actually teach, let alone do whatever activity is
>scheduled.
> Now people question the value of Physical Education. Okay, let's
>just
> get rid of it and raise a bunch of slugs who we won't have to
>support
> later on in life because none of them will live past 50 due to
>their
> sedentary lifestyle that began when they were in high school.
>That am
> reel smart!
> This will fix our social security problem.
>
> Now others would complain that the new high school would promote
>sprawl.
> Maybe, maybe not. Others will bemoan the loss of beautiful
>farmland.
> Still others will complain of the large parking lot that will
>probably
> be included in the new construction. .....in the flood plain?
>
> I agree to a certain extent with Phil Roderick that we *are*
>overtaxed
> to a certain extent. I also believe that a lot of it comes from
>the
> anti-development crowd being against some big employers, thereby
>causing
> them to locate elsewhere (SEL, anyone?). I hope Mrs.
>Richardson-Crouch
> has a little more success in attracting some more employers to
>increase
> the tax base. With the layoffs, we can't count on the U of I as
>an
> employer forever, and we for dang sure can't count on them for
>taxes. I
> also hope "Team Huskey/Lund" will look at more than just Christ
>Church
> for getting stuff that belongs on the tax rolls back into the
>pool.
> Just to inform you, the process of moving a large company into our
>area can be done. But it will never be done with our current tax base.
>Also, large companies will make a commitment to a certain area or zone,
>acquire the land and it then takes them a few years to be completely up to
>speed. So, if you think you need a beautiful high school to attract a large
>corporation at this time, you are mistaken. The large corporation looks at
>the city spending, the county spending, school district spending to see if
>the people running the area are prudent. If not, they are not going to
>locate here. They don't want to be over burden.
>
> If Ms. Richardson-Crouch has a large corporation willing to invest
>in our area it would be very easy for all of us to get together and come up
>with the dollars to build a new high school because then the tax base WILL
>GO UP to cover the added expense.
>
> Phil Roderick
>
>
>
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