[Vision2020] One Interpretation of Moscow's Land Use Code

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No intent to be insensitive but could you name a few of those ways?

Coop


> [Original Message]
> From: Donovan Arnold <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: 
 > Date: 1/29/2005 12:06:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] One Interpretation of Moscow's Land Use Code
>
> Tisk tisk Mr. Hansen for your narrow and discriminatory attitude to the 
> disabled and poor that they are not equal members of the community and 
> should be banished from the downtown area.
> 
> That is in effect what you are saying when we say that we should only
allow 
> profit making, taxpaying businesses downtown. You would be shutting down
and 
> kicking out services provided for the disabled. Many non-profit entities
can 
> only afford offices downtown and your rules would shut them down and/or
make 
> them inaccessible to those that needed them. Many income based and low 
> income based apartments are conveniently located downtown for them. Also, 
> Goodwill is also located downtown for a reason. Perhaps you think that 
> people in wheelchairs should ride 5 miles out of town in the snow and mud
to 
> get services and decent clothing and needed supplies? You obviously
haven't 
> lived on a Social Security check before.
> 
> I see no reason why the poorer and disabled members of our community
should 
> be excluded because they aren't contributing in a monetary way to the
value 
> of our capitalistic society. They contribute in ways far more important.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Donovan J Arnold
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> >To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: [Vision2020] One Interpretation of Moscow's Land Use Code
> >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:46:16 -0800
> >
> >Greetings Visionaires -
> >
> >My interpretation of the intentions of Moscow's Land Use Code is simple
and
> >logical.
> >
> >To put it in laymen's terms:
> >
> >If a business is supporting the community (or county) financially via
> >payment of property tax (due to that business being a "for profit"
entity),
> >that business should be permitted to sell its wares/services on Main 
> >Street.
> >To provide that location to an entity that is not "paying back into the
> >system" is not financially sound.
> >
> >Take care,
> >
> >Tom "I am" Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >*************************************************
> >
> >"When people sin, everybody has to pay."
> >
> >- Douglas Wilson of Wilson, Inc. (dba Christ Church) (June 7, 2002)
> >
> >*************************************************
> >
> >
> >
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