[Vision2020] Re: 1912 Center (was RE: "Liberals" Slammed ForPro-Business CBD Stance?)

[Shelly]

The people that donated their money to the 1912 building should have been
aware by the history of our community, money never seems to go where it is
supposed to go nor in the framework for which is requested to go. We have a
Rolls Royce rec center now for which everyone knows it could have been done
at 1/3 of the cost and almost 1/3 more space. The city chose to spend this
man's donation on one project when it could have been diversified on many.
The 1912 building, the people that donate to it are really gonna have two
choices. Keep donating more to keep it running because our tax base is gonna
dwindle when they allow Walmart to bankrupt at a minimum 1/3 of the
businesses out here. So the community won't have enough tax dollars to help.
So, all you lovers of the 1912 building fiasco................ annnee up!

Phil Roderick






-------Original Message-------
 
From: g. crabtree
Date: 01/09/06 13:08:01
To: Saundra Lund; 'vision2020'
Subject: [Vision2020] Re: 1912 Center (was RE: "Liberals" Slammed
ForPro-Business CBD Stance?)
 
Ms. Lund,
  I was referring to before donations were solicited. I realize that now
that the most expensive money of all,"free money" and contributions have
been poured into it that we are pretty much stuck with this giant cash sink
hole. While I personally would still favor trying to sell it off to recoup
what ever we could, I realize the difficulties with that course of action
and acknowledge that it's not likely to happen.
 
g. crabtree
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
To: "'g. crabtree'" <jampot at adelphia.net>; "'vision2020'"
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: 1912 Center (was RE: "Liberals" Slammed For Pro-Business CBD
Stance?)
 
 
> Hi Mr. Crabtree:
>
> In part, you wrote:
> " As to the 1912 bldg. tearing it down to provide parking for high school
> students strikes me as a lousy idea. The real solution would have been to
> sell it to a private developer to do with as he would. A tax asset rather
> than a burden."
>
> I know the 1912 Center is a contentious local issue with good, IMHO,
> points
> on all sides, but I've a question.  If your suggestion was followed, what
> would be the response to those private individuals who donated to preserve
> the 1912 Center as a *community* asset?  Do you think they'd be likely to
> contribute to future community projects if they feared their donations to
> the community were going to quickly be turned over to the private sector
> for
> the benefit private individuals rather than the community?
>
> Or, am I misunderstanding your suggestion?
>
> Whether one agrees or disagrees with the decisions that got us here with
> the
> 1912 Center, we are where we are.  In addition to the time and energy
> invested by the City and the community in the 1912 Center, there were
> substantial donations solicited to preserve the building as a community
> asset.  I have concerns about how willing individuals would be to make
> further contributions -- financial and otherwise -- to community projects
> if
> those projects are turned over to line the pockets of individuals.  Of
> course, that cost might well be very acceptable to some . . .
>
> Of course, I don't have any magic answer that will satisfy all sides, nor
> do
> I know enough to have a very informed opinion.  However, I did attend a
> City
> Council meeting back in December where the Mayor's 1912 Center Use
> Committee
> made a very informative presentation from which I learned a little more.
> I
> was hoping to see some discussion on V2020 about those suggestions and
> possibilities -- does anyone care to share their thoughts?
>
>
> JMHO,
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> Edmund Burke
>
> ***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2005, Saundra Lund.
> Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum
> without the express written permission of the author.*****
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of g. crabtree
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:51 PM
> To: Pat Kraut; vision2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] "Liberals" Slammed For Pro-Business CBD Stance?
>
> Ms. Kraut, The pesky question that you pose is quite irrelevant. Parking
> is
> not the real concern and it never was. There are folks who have an
> irrational fear of "androids" and they managed to get one of their own
> onto
> the council. As to the 1912 bldg. tearing it down to provide parking for
> high school students strikes me as a lousy idea. The real solution would
> have been to sell it to a private developer to do with as he would. A tax
> asset rather than a burden.
>
> g. crabtree
>
>
>
 
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