[Vision2020] The Daily News Editorial

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Editor:
 
I say horse feathers to Murf Raquet's illogical reasoning and poorly  focused 
arguments in his February 1, 2005 Daily News  editorial. The City of Moscow 
does review zoning ordinance compliance  prior to granting zoning certificates. 
NSA officials apparently failed to  ask for a review, and consequently did 
not receive a zoning compliance  certificate.  City statues are clear that the 
burden to secure required  permits (including the specifically named zoning 
certification) rests with  the applicant.  Further, city officials are 
statutorily exempt  from culpability due to the failure of applicants to secure required 
 permits. 
A more apropos question from Mr. Raquet might have been: How is it that NSA  
officials failed to have city officials perform a zoning compliance  review?  
NSA has the services of an attorney, presumably a mortgage company  or a bank, 
and real estate brokers.  Did all these professionals  fail to introduce this 
very important issue to NSA  administrators?  It is difficult, impossible 
actually, to imagine that  no one involved in the sale, financing, or legal 
aspects of the transaction  considered the implications of zoning codes  in our 
central business district.  Of course, there is another  possibility.  
NSA administrators and Board of Trustees members may have believed that  
since abiding by city zoning codes would prevent their use  of a highly desirable 
property, they preferred to ignore them.  Rather  than risk a zoning review 
that they could not pass, they passed on having a  zoning review. 
"Nice neighbors", Mr. Raquet, don't ignore zoning codes and justify their  
own failures by claiming to be victims of malicious former church  members. Wise 
editorial writers check their facts before unfairly  criticizing city 
officials and defending zoning code  violators.  
 
Rose Huskey
 

 
 
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