[Vision2020] NSA/Verizon/Zoning Trouble Timeline (was: Who started it? Wh...

[Donovan Arnold]

We can always depend on Rose to give a fair, complete and an accurate history or anything else about NSA.
  
  NSA moved because they were asked to by the city. The city said they could move downtown. So they did. 
  
  Now that they are downtown, some people are saying they cannot be  there. But since they moved downtown, the zoning code has changed, so  ironically they can move back to a residential zone.
  
 The  truth is, it does not matter where NSA goes, they will be complained  about by Rose, Joan, and others that disagree with them. And it does  not matter if they are downtown or not, there will always be the same  parking problems downtown, just another excuse. 
  
 But all  this does give an excuse for Rose and Joan to moan and complain and  increase the sympathies of the NSA through their relentless one sided  bullshit that has gone so far as to even enrage even Kathy Sprague, who  was fighting for gays and minorities in Moscow back in days when gays  were not only unpopular, but physically attacked and threatened. 
  
  Rose and Joan do not realize that their constant BS has assured NSA a  permanent home downtown because they have increased the sympathies of  the public toward them, even in the gay and liberal community. 
  
  -DJA
  
  

DonaldH675 at aol.com wrote:          Visionaries and B. Bonte:
   
  Joan  has asked me to correct any historical errors in her description of the  NSA locations.  Initially NSA met in a private home in the Fort  Russell neighborhood.  Neighboring homeowners complained to city  officials because of parking problems (sound familiar??), increased  traffic, and other nuisances connected with running an educational  institution in a residential neighborhood.  (NSA administrators -  the same crew that currently runs NSA did not bothered to consult city  officials before opening the school.  The city development office  has a complete file on the communications between NSA and city  officials.  The material is on the public record and I would  encourage readers to stop by the city and request the  file.   NSA was told to cease operating in the  residential area - which they did, but not without the same  whining and hand wringing that is now so unhappily familiar.
   
  Most  of us, after being bopped on the noggin by the shillelagh  of zoning laws, would learn from the experience - at least we  would if we gave a damn about city ordinances.  The NSA  administrators do not.  They promptly moved the college from the  Fort Russell neighborhood to Anselm House, the church owned office  building on Washington St - kitty-corner from the new location of  the Co op .  Again, they did not notify the city, they did  not ask if educational institutions were allowed in the central  business district.  They did what suited them, and this time  they got away with it.  
   
  In 2002  the Trustees of NSA completed the purchase of the old Verizon  building.  They didn't obtain (and still don't have) the  required  zoning certificate. It seems elementary that prior to  buying the building their very experienced realtor would have  checked on that tiny, but oh so powerful detail.  Why didn't  she?  A reasonable person would assume that  a competent  city development officer would require a zoning certificate prior  to allowing occupancy.  So why didn't Mr. Plaskon do so?
   
  So many questions, so few answers.....
   
     
   
  Rose Huskey

"First   they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."   Mahatma Gandhi
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