[Vision2020] is V2020 doomed?

Sat Jun 3 00:17:30 PDT 2006

Jerry,

 I don't think Moscow is willing to do what it needs or  takes to survive in the 21st Century as a strong growing community. We  are not a growing community. We are in fact a shrinking one. We are  quickly losing our political and economic influence in the state.   We are the Spanish after the Armada. It is not a mystery of how to get  out of this rut. But that is the direction many people here in power  today want the city to go. They want us to be a small, poor college  town stuck in 1999. They want the average annual income to be $24,000  in the city, and family income in Latah to be $30,000 a year. They want  us paying 45% of our income in substandard housing, 20% on food, and  10% more on all other retail goods. They even want us to pay 20% in  sales tax, even for food and other necessities.

 If Moscow  wants to be a thriving community it needs to be willing to embrace  change and growth. Our community leaders so far have refused to do  that. Our leaders fear it and run away from it, rather then learning  about it and using it to our advantage. They insist on using a candle  out of the fear of being electrocuted by turning on a light switch. 

  Thanks for the work you do for this community Jerry.

  Best,

  _DJA

Jerry Weitz <gweitz at moscow.com> wrote:  No, and I believe that UI needs all the help we can give it and wish  the V2020's focus is on how to prosper with 21th Century realities, how  to avoid "swaths of prosperity(Gov. Warner),'' and help make our rural  area prosper as an example for other rural areas that are being  gutted.  jerry (a devoted ruralist) At 11:38 PM 6/2/06, Donovan  Arnold wrote:

  "It  seems to me that if folks on Vision2020 focused on solutions to  pressing issues such as helping the UI regain its prestige and  position, offering solutions rather than difficult arguments to such  items as water, attracting/retaining business that create good jobs,  helping with transporation issues, providing excellence in k-12  education for all students, making the town more attractive,  promoting   sensible growth through actual planning,  considering the consequences of having the area's retail shift to the  corridor and how to have our community prosper if this occurs,  etc.,  I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have the  reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and actions."--  Jerry W. 

  In other words, in that very long sentence, Jerry, you think V2020 is  doomed?

  Best,

  _DJA

  Jerry Weitz <gweitz at moscow.com> wrote:

   It  seems to me that if folks on Vision2020 focused on solutions to  pressing issues such as helping the UI regain its prestige and  position, offering solutions rather than difficult arguments to such  items as water, attracting/retaining business that create good jobs,  helping with transporation issues, providing excellence in k-12  education for all students, making the town more attractive,  promoting   sensible growth through actual planning,  considering the consequences of having the area's retail shift to the  corridor and how to have our community prosper if this occurs,  etc.,  I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have the  reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and  actions.  After all, local politics may turn out to be the most  important. jerry  

   At 11:23 AM 6/2/06, Michael wrote:

   I  agree with Bill London.  It almost seems that the strange  conservative presence on Vision 2020 is a strategic move; I’m not  saying it is, but it certainly does look like it.  I know there  are some long term contributors here who have recently given up, and I  certainly can’t defend this list as I have done in the past.   Ironically, though, Wilson’s point about who’s doing what and why on  Vision 2020 has been disintegrated in the process.  I have not  given up on V2020 either, though. 

   Michael Metzler

   have  heard from a few people lately who think V2020 is doomed.  The  horrible mean-spirited postings of late have disgusted many of  us.  What is to be done?

   I  haven't given up on V2020.   I think we need to deal with the  present problem on V2020.  The problem is that following the  Lewiston Tribune feature, a couple of hot-head arch-conservatives  decided to have some fun with the liberals in Moscow.  So they  joined and started screaming.  And we jumped for the bait.   What I suggest is that we practice what Doug Wilson is so clever at  using...old-fashioned shunning.  We should all stop responding to  the postings from tony and dick.  This tactic has worked before on  V2020.  I would suggest trying it again.

   BL

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