[Vision2020] Varying Visions

[Bill London]

P-
You are wrong about the Moscow Food Co-op.  The Co-op pays all relevant
taxes.
The Co-op does not own its building so it only pays property taxes
indirectly through its rent.
The Co-op pays all the usual sales and employee taxes.
BL



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Nisbet" <pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>
To: <thansen at moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Varying Visions


> Tom,
>
> How about enlightening me about why you are upset with them and not with a
> tax exempt store operating in the same zone, to whit, The Moscow Coop?  If
> the issue is having tax paying entities in the Downtown area, then is it
> good to have Gart's taken over by a non-tax paying store like the Coop?
> Should we be looking at driving the Non-tax paying Goodwill from the
> confines of Main Street?  How about the Eagles or the Moose or the Masons?
>
> The thing that I am trying to suggest to you Tom, is that these tax exempt
> entities are moving into downtown because its cheap.  Its cheap because
> there is not a whole lot of economic activity.
>
> On the Fourth of July in almost any other town USA, Main Street is swarmed
> with Parade crowds, stores having sales, street fairs and the rest.  The
> weekend of the Fourth was deathly quiet here.
>
> How do we keep all of downtown from being swallowed up by people who are
not
> tax paying?  How about gettting some economic activity generated?  If
there
> was demand because we had people making good money and willing to spend
it,
> then there would be no problem either generating tax revenues or seeing
that
> the price and cost of those buildings would not just keep them in paying
> owners hands, but the Non-payers would look to sell and move.
>
> So, please, instead of bickering, lets look at what we can all find
> acceptable in terms of industry and how we can attract it.  Lets stop
saying
> that its the bad old legislature in Boise and start thinking of ways to
> build legislative coalitions to increase U of I activity and chances for
> grants.
>
> Phil Nisbet
>
> PS, Tom, I walk down to downtown to shop and hit the resteraunts all the
> time.  I live where I do so that I have no need to drive to be in the
Heart
> of Moscow.
>
> >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> >To: "'Phil Nisbet'" <pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Varying Visions
> >Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:09 -0700
> >
> >Mr. Nisbet stated:
> >
> >"Take a walk downtown, for those who insist that all is well in Mudville.
> >Shops are not exactly vibrant or Garts, the bridal shop, the old silver
> >shop
> >and a bunch of other businesses would not have closed down and moved
> >elsewhere."
> >
> >And your option would be to grant Main Street addresses to tax-exempt
> >entities like NSA?
> >
> >Please enlighten us, Mr. Nisbet.
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
> >safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
> >sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly
used
> >up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"
> >
> >
>
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