[Spam] RE: [Vision2020] B.I.D.

[cjs]

Donavan - did you take your drugs today?




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From: "Donovan Arnold" donovanarnold at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:20:28 -0800
To: cjs at turbonet.com
Subject: [Spam] RE: [Vision2020] B.I.D.

> "The city owns the trees downtown. How I know this is that I was trimming 
> some branches that were beating my sign to death and the city was going to 
> fine me. Remember the fiasco at the mall when the mall removed some trees?"
> 
> I thought you said you never break the law!?!?! Were you lying to me now?
> 
> You know NSA doesn't violate the environmental laws of the downtown area. 
> Why should they be kicked out and not you? You both are both out of control 
> law breakers.
> 
> You are right about the bathrooms. We should tax downtown businesses to put 
> in a new bathroom in Friendship Square (who cares if there are 50 of them 
> elsewhere downtown). I will write my city council members and tell them you 
> back the idea.
> 
> You are also right about backing the businesses that create jobs and are 
> successful. We should require tax cuts only go with those business that 
> follow the law, create jobs, and contribute something positive to the 
> community.
> 
> >From: cjs <cjs at turbonet.com>
> >To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> >CC: jpierce at dnews.com
> >Subject: [Vision2020] B.I.D.
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:56:43 -0800
> >
> >Bad - Idea - Deal.
> >
> >1)  Double taxation?
> >
> >2)  Isn't Friendship Square a park? If so, where are the restrooms that all 
> >of our tax dollars are to buy? Aren't all "parks" supposed to have 
> >bathrooms?
> >
> >3)  Isn't the city supposed to maintain "all" the sidewalks? They do it in 
> >front of residential and the malls and the strip centers? Oh yeah - they 
> >maintain the parks too, and what about the public parking facilities? So - 
> >what is different about down town? Nothing! Granted they passed the snow 
> >removal part on to the owners. Only in front of your property though. That 
> >is residential and commercial. That is equal.
> >
> >4)  The city owns the trees downtown. How I know this is that I was 
> >trimming some branches that were beating my sign to death and the city was 
> >going to fine me. Remember the fiasco at the mall when the mall removed 
> >some trees?
> >
> >5)  If you wish to improve business in a certain zone or area it is a 
> >proven fact that reducing the tax burden on those in that area has "always" 
> >spawned prosperity and improvements to the buildings and structures that 
> >exist there. Not "more" taxes. That will surely cause the death and 
> >devastation of downtown. Or is that somebody's agenda?
> >
> >6)  Who is "thriving" in the downtown corridor? Oh - wait...... N.S.A. Why 
> >- TAX BURDEN RELIEF!!!
> >
> >7)  We do not need a B. I. D. or anything of the sort. It has been done 
> >here a couple of times with the same outcome. Remember Alive After Five? 
> >Dead on arrival. There should not be a cost if the city is doing it's job 
> >and maintaining the district. Isn't the downtown district a benefit to the 
> >entire community? If so, the burden should be shared by all. Equally! Just 
> >like the sidewalks in front of your homes.
> >
> >8) Parking. I think all of us spent a couple hundred thousand dollars on a 
> >piece of paper called, "The Downtown Revitalization Plan."  Why aren't we 
> >following it? It speaks of the city aquiring property at the north end of 
> >town basically for parking.  Anybody can get a copy of this expensive piece 
> >of paper that reads like it is mass produced for all small communities, at 
> >the building department. Why would we spend hundreds of thousands of 
> >dollars on a plan we are not implementing? And you want to do it again? 
> >Heeeellllllooooooooo!!!!!!
> >
> >In summary.........  there should be a special tax district for landlords 
> >in the downtown corridor that gives them a substantial discount. For they 
> >will re-invest those dollars in their buildings. Hence, maintaining and 
> >making a thriving downtown district. This has been proven over and over 
> >accross our country and the rust belt is the biggest example.
> >
> >If this B.I.D. thing is to go thru I think there should be a minimum 
> >qualification that the person must have created from scratch numerous 
> >businesses and made them successful. I want my tax dollars going to a 
> >competeant individual(s). How about you?
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >
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