[Vision2020] Atwood Letter Rewritten

[J Ford]

As posted on poohsthink.com (this is NOT just a NSA-only issue - it IS a 
MOSCOW COMMUNITY issue - please take the time to talk to the merchants 
downtown and see how they feel.  All we hear is how Atwood and the NSA kids 
feel.  No one, including and especially the BOA, is listening to the people 
who live/work in the CBD.):

March 30, 2006

Downtown Merchants

Central Business Zoning District

Moscow, Idaho 83843

Dear President Atwood:

On behalf of the downtown merchants, we’re writing to confront you about 
your decision to occupy Friendship Square without a zoning certificate and 
without offering any mitigation for your detrimental impact, to ask you to 
apologize formally, and to make full restitution as appropriate.

Since, in fact, you occupied the Skattaboe Block without the requisite 
documentation, you need to do two things at the very least. First, you 
should apologize personally to your neighbors, who work very hard to 
maintain their daily businesses and treat everyone — including you — fairly 
and honestly according to the Zoning Code, for your inappropriate, 
unilateral decision to invade the Central Business District. And second, 
since you have not yet paid and contributed anything toward parking 
mitigation, you should do so immediately to make full restitution for 
essentially robbing your neighbors and stealing from those businesses who 
have conducted themselves lawfully, according to the Zoning Code. Those who 
moved in legally had every right and expectation of not having an 
overcrowded parking lot. Your decision to crash the zone was not only wrong 
but rude, so as merchants we ask you to confess it, apologize, and pay an 
extra amount because of your non-conforming use.

Perhaps there were mitigating circumstances surrounding your occupation that 
would change or correct this perspective, but at this point, with two 
previous zoning violations under your belt, it doesn’t look good. Let us 
know if this is incorrect. Barring that, please reconcile yourself to these 
retail establishments in a way befitting an institution that names Christ. 
Make full restitution to your neighbors.

We are delighted you were so anxious to occupy Friendship Square, but next 
time we urge you to obey the law of the land with the respect and honor it 
deserves.

Sincerely,

Downtown Merchants



PS: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Matthew 22:39)

J  :|

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