[Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth

[Matt Decker]

Tom,

Great answer Tom. I'm sure most people would like this philosophy. Problem 
is we shouldnt pick and choose and we cant have the best of both worlds. Why 
should I be able to tell a business nope you can't come here, because "we" 
don't like your type of business, then turn around and tell another business 
they can come to Moscow. TOM it's hypocrisy at its best. I also love how 
certain people AKA you and council talk so much about diversity then turn 
around and shun away business. HYPOCRITES!

We all want what is best for Moscow TOM. We all would like to have the 
Schweitzers and Anatech labs, oops they are gone, more open space for your 
technology theory TOM. However, who am I to tell a Sportsmens warehouse or 
Costco they have take certain procedures and spend an X amount of money, 
becuase of thier 60,000 sq ft SUPERDOME but then let a art studio at 39,999 
sq ft slide through.

Tom, just curious. Since you and I have been talking offline, and you think 
I am not a TEAM player just because I dont like how the current council are 
doing things. Were you supportive when Bush won in 2000? Were you on the 
TEAM TOM? Or do you just pick and choose according to the topic of the day?


F@#k it I'm venting
MD

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth
>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:05:37 -0800
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>Arnold stated:
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>"The majority of the Moscow's workforce consist of recent high school
>graduates with no experience. So obviously, the majority of jobs need to be
>jobs that students can preform."
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>It seems that the only jobs expressed on this topic are those jobs that
>should be made available to students.  BULL!  Students are part-time
>residents.  They come.  Four or five years later, they leave.
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>Do you know why they leave, Arnold?  Because they want more out of life 
>than
>that minimum wage job that helped pay their way through college.  These
>students have graduated.  They have degrees.  They seek employment in a
>company that maintains a progressive pay chart with responsibilities to
>match.
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>If Moscow were to expand the technology park, currently located adjacent to
>the old Tidyman's, to a size comparable to the size of a Wal-Mart Super
>Center, can you imagine the career-oriented jobs that would entail?
>Students would also be able to intern at that technology park.
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>Then, perhaps . . . just maybe the students will stay after they graduate,
>and work here in Moscow.  That, Matt, is growth.  Not the "hit-and-run"
>growth that Wal-Mart is famous for, but honest maturation of Moscow's
>economic well-bring.
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>If tomorrow's leaders want to compete in tomorrow's market place, they must
>acquire the skills that make them marketable.  This means college, Arnold.
>I realized this when I retired from the service with nothing more than a
>high school education.
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>Then again, you can also make college a career.  Can't you, Arnold?
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>Seeya round town, Moscow.
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>Tom Hansen
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>Moscow, Idaho
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>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"
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