[Vision2020] Re:BID information

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Thank you Kai for bringing this matter to my attention.  Since  receiving 
your email I have sought additional background on BIDs and  want to publicly 
correct any misinformation in my previous remarks.  I  misunderstood the 
information provided by the proponents of the BID at the  recent Moscow Civil 
Association meeting.  In fact, the proposed BID will be  supported by property owners 
which are not necessarily the same people  as folks who operate a business in 
the central business district.   (Although, we can think of many examples of 
them being one and the same).   Consequently, the business might be a legitimate 
non-profit, but the owner of  the building would not be exempt from the BID.  
Apparently  if, and that's a big if, the BID were to pass, building owners  
would provide either the book value of the building, or an appraised value and  
their share of the BID would be figured accordingly.  (It stands to reason  
that if a business was in rented space the BID costs would be passed on to the  
businesses leasing space. Consequently, a BID may or may not have an adverse  
financial effect on the building owner.)  Members of the Downtown Merchants  
Association are leading the BID campaign.  
Rose Huskey
 
"One cannot  level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are 
just too many  of them. But you can do something, and the difference between 
doing something  and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan


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