[Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth

[Tom Hansen]

GC -

Although I did not specifically refer to Alturas, the vision of a
slowly-filling techno park is considerably more pleasurable than one of a
vacated multi-acre formerly-owned-by-WalMart, weed-infested parking lot with
empty building to match.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"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!'"

-----Original Message-----
From: joekc at adelphia.net [mailto:joekc at adelphia.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 6:30 AM
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Cc: Tom Hansen
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth

Take the bet, Tom. Given inflation, it will only be worth the equivalent of
$15.23 in five years.

Joe

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Joe Campbell

---- "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net> wrote: 

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It looks like Mr. Hansen would have us believe that the answer to all of
this communities problems is to expand Alturas. As is, the park is as much a
home for lawyers and child care centers as it is a home to high tech
companies. I seriously doubt that expanding it to the size of the proposed
super center will result in any significant gains and to put my money where
my mouth is, Tom, I'll bet you $100.00 that after five years the park will
not have filled it's current expansion with "high tech" businesses much less
be in need of additional space. wa da ya say? I'd love to lose this bet
almost as much as I'd love to take your cash.

gc
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: Moscow Vision 2020 
  Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:05 PM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth


  Arnold stated:

   

  "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."

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  Then again, you can also make college a career.  Can't you, Arnold?

   

  Seeya round town, Moscow.

   

  Tom Hansen

  Moscow, Idaho

   

   

  "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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