[Vision2020] Fwd: Planning and Zoning Meeting Tonight

[Saundra Lund]

Well, isn't this interesting:
"While it's a good thing that people on our side are not normally busy-body,
complaint-driven nags who attend every committee and city council meeting,
now is a crucial time for us to respectfully let our concerns be heard."

Silly me . . . here I was thinking that democracy was a participatory
process and that civic involvement was a good thing.

And, what does Jerry Owen's quote say about the volunteers who make up those
committees, not to mention all the other civic volunteers who give
selflessly of their time to make our community a vibrant one?

And, I can't help but wonder to what "side" Jerry Owen is referring?  Would
that be the side that thinks "secular" laws don't apply to them???


Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Joan Opyr
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:23 PM
To: Vision2020 Moscow
Subject: [Vision2020] Fwd: Planning and Zoning Meeting Tonight

Reminder that the P&Z meeting is tonight, 7:30pm 2nd Floor of City Hall.
 More details below from a message sent on Monday which you might not have
received because the title was omitted. 

JO [Jerry Owen, not Joan Opyr]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Owen [mailto:jerry at economicmodeling.com]
Sent: Monday, August  29, 2005 12:28 PM
To: 'kjell at ccbenefits.com'

Interested People,

Bob Heironymus gave me this email list from the last time he emailed out
about the P&Z meeting. If you'd like to be removed or would like to add
someone, let me know.

The past zoning meetings have been generally dominated by those who would
oppose certain schools downtown (the code has been recently interpreted in
such a way that NSA, Moscow High School, and the Alternative School are in
violation). While it's a good thing that people on our side are not normally
busy-body, complaint-driven nags who attend every committee and city council
meeting, now is a crucial time for us to respectfully let our concerns be
heard. 

The next P&Z meeting on Schools in Non Residential Zones is set for this
coming Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall, located at 3rd and Washington on
the second floor. This is supposed to be a work session where no public
comment on the issue will be allowed, but at the last meeting a time rule
was ignored so Dustin/Scott/Whoknows Bauer could go on.  Regardless, having
a cordial and intelligent witness at the next couple of meetings will likely
be decisive in the P&Z’s decision/recommendation to City Council. It's
likely that the opposition will show up early and in good number, so plan on
getting there at least half an hour to an hour early. It's also likely that
you won’t get a seat, but it would also be good to stay anyway—-out on the
steps, in the hall, wherever the spill out flows. The current topic is
downtown zoning.  The next will likely be home schools and/or boarding
houses. Already some people have been issues Cease and Desist orders for
home schooling. 

None of this changes our fundamental conviction that worship is our
focus. But this is a good opportunity to get the salt out of the salt
shaker. It would be good if we had 500+ people there politely advocating for
schools to be expressly permitted downtown. Invite a friend. Contact me if
you have any questions.

Cheers,

Jerry Owen
Director of Business Development
Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.
www.economicmodeling.com
Office 208.883.3500
Cell 208.596.2687
Fax 208.882.3317
jerry at economicmodeling.com