[Spam] RE: [Vision2020] Fact or Fiction3

[Michael Curley]

Phil:

The other "possible" sites were on north highway 95, in the area 
southwest of highway 95 and Palouse River Drive, near the UI tree 
farm, and near Alturas, as best I recall.  Around the 2001-2002 time 
frame there was much research done on available sites, costs, 
willingness of owners to sell at a reasonable price or donate part of 
the land, etc.  And there was always that question--do we as a 
committee settle on one spot and submit the bond to voters tied to 
that site, or do we give them a "pie-in-the-sky" high school project 
with no identified site?  That's a tough question.  What made the 
most sense to ME at the time was a two-step process wherein the bond 
issue was submitted to voters NOT tied to a specific spot--especially 
since there was an issue about rebuilding on the exisiting site.  And 
then, if approved, there would be discussion of several possible 
sites--and who knew--maybe a community member would come forward 
AFTER the bond passed to make an offer we (the whole community) 
couldn't refuse.  But, I did favor having at least one place to point 
to so we could say to voters "it COULD be built there if you approve 
the bond and like that site, but we are not COMMITTED to it."  
And that is ultimately what happened, although I had absolutely 
nothing to do with that decision, nor was i even consulted for an 
opinion.  But I could have gone to the committee meetings, I could 
have attended the open houses, I could have attended the board 
meetings, and I could have just written to them to provide my input.

Mike



On 2 May 2005 at 22:37, cjs wrote:

> KEELY STATES:
> ............ Yes, the Trail site was preferred by most on the
> committee, in the District, and by the architects.  
> 
> WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE KEELY? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT US?
> 
> 
> KEELY STATES:
> .......... Again, nothing in the bond language specified a location,
> and so what I said is correct:  the bond, as it was written, was
> project-specific, not site-specific in regards to the high school.
> 
> THEN WHY ON EARTH WAS ALL THIS MONEY SPENT IN PURSING THE TRAIL
> PROJECT? IF IT IS NOT SITE SPECIFIC THEN WHERE ARE THE OTHER SITES?
> HOW DUMB DO YOU THINK WE ARE?
> 
> 
> TOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT...............
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
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