[Vision2020] Naylor Farms

Thu Mar 3 14:42:14 PST 2005

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for posting this.  I'll have to admit to a certain amount of naiveté
because  when I first read the Crouch editorial, I honestly thought it was
satire.  She can't possibly be serious, I thought?  Why isn't this on the
comics page?  When I realized that she actually was serious, I was
horrified!  Advocating a "can do" attitude toward a mining operation that
has already shown us its propensity for deception and destruction????!!
What planet is she from, I thought?  Has she spent any time in Idaho seeing
the destruction that has occurred from other mining operations around the
state?  Perhaps she would like to travel over to Libby, Montana and visit
with the people there who are living with (or rather dying with, is more the
case) the results of a "can do" attitude toward their local mining
operation.  There is a graveyard there that I am just sure they would love
to show her.

And then, like the old song "and when you start the questions never cease.."
I also started wondering who in their right mind at the Daily News decided
to publish this frightening piece of propaganda? Has the Daily News given a
1000 word space to the opposing viewpoint?  If not, why not?

The next question that wandered into my mind, also showing my naiveté, made
me wonder about the organization she represents.  Where does their money
come from?  We know that these mining companies operate behind a number of
shell corporations.  If we looked in her books, would support from the
people behind the Naylor mining operation (which I can't bring myself to
call a farm, since that is so obviously misleading double-speak) show up?

And if the office she represents is not operating with private funds, then
perhaps it is operating with public funds.  Now that is a scary thought!!
Why would the people of Latah County be funding an office whose actions are
in direct opposition to the comprehensive plan of the county?  Do my county
tax dollars support an office, which through its single-minded emphasis on
economics from development, irregardless of the consequences of that
development (the "development-uber alles" approach), advocates the
destruction of the rural foundation of my county?

In old folklore, a vampire can not enter your home unless it is invited.  It
sounds like Crouch would throw wide open the doors and invite in all sorts
of monsters, so long as they were able to bedazzle her with their gold.

JW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce and Jean Livingston" <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>
To: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Naylor Farms

> Here is the letter to which Carl referred.  Bruce Livingston
>
> >From yesterday's "Letters" section in the Moscow Pullman Daily News:
> County has too much to lose
>
> I must reply to Barbara Crouch's editorial comment "Latah County
development
> at a crossroads." (Opinion, Feb. 19 & 20). Indeed Latah County is at a
> crossroads, but in my opinion for very different reasons than Crouch
lists.
> Development unfriendly and anti-business are catchy labels for anyone
> opposing what passes for business development in our area and refers to
> Naylor Farms as a case in point, leaving off their LLC designation that
> reveals a limited liability company, not a family farm. Crouch is afforded
> ample space to make her point - I am limited to 300 words.
>
> Crouch, please tell the rest of the story. Tell it to all of Latah County
> and get their response to a Canadian mineral company using an
unrecognized,
> unregistered geologist presenting unproven information to obtain
preliminary
> approval to mine an enormous amount of water from our aquifer affecting
all
> Latah County, not just the 500 people in the near vicinity who are
fighting
> to protect ours and our Latah County neighbors' water rights.
>
> Just how many Latah County people are totally unaware of the imminent
danger
> to the pastoral lifestyle we so enjoy if Naylor Farms is able to
accomplish
> the goals they are pursuing under the guise of farming?
>
> Bring us a Schweitzer or a Decagon business - instead of an Alchemy
Ventures
> masquerading under the new name of Iminerals to impoverish all of Latah
> County by pirating our water, polluting our air and ending our pastoral
> beauty with an open pit mine. Please don't label beneficial an enterprise
> like Naylor Farms whose entrance to our county has been made in secrecy
and
> subterfuge as an asset to enrich the community, but tell it as it is. If
we
> become another Butte, Mont., what kind of businesses are likely to locate
> here.
>
> Jan Shumway, Moscow
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:01 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Naylor Farms
>
>
> > If you haven't seen it, I recommend reading Jan Shumway's letter in
> > yesterday's Daily News regarding Naylor Farms.  Some very good questions
> > and very good points are raised regarding this proposed "farm".
> > Carl Westberg Jr.
> >
> >
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