[Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth

[Art Deco]

Has anyone noticed the problems with the current WalMart building?

The west door on the main entrance has been inoperable on and off for 
months.  It has been inoperable for about 6 weeks this time.  There is 
visual evidence of faults/seal failure where the building walls meet the 
grade level in places.  Failure to address these problems could lead to some 
serious frost-wedging and attendant problems, some of which are extremely 
expensive to fix.

Ron Force posted information a few weeks ago alleging that WalMart 
structures are built to specifications which insure a short life.

What does this mean for our community?  If the new Super WalMart is built, 
will we see the same kind of shoddy construction?  Will the current WalMart 
structure even be usable if the SWM arrives?  Does the city council need to 
visit building standards for commercial structures in order to insure we are 
not left in a few years time with unusable and/or unsafe hulks?


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <joekc at adelphia.net>; <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 6:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth


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