[Vision2020] Atwood Letter Rewritten

[g. crabtree]

Ms.Woolf, It was a pleasure to meet you at the  meeting Tuesday night. As 
one of the most vocal (at least on this forum) detractors of NSA, I was very 
surprised that you didn't take the opportunity to educate the BOA as to the 
evils of the NSA. You complain that the board doesn't listen to the people 
and yet you gave them nothing to hear. The overwhelming majority of the 
testimony that they did hear was in favor of the collage remaining right 
where they are. The few detractors that did speak could only muster the 
parking issue as the  reason for a denial. An issue that has been shown to 
be a false since the school uses no more parking than any other potential 
user of that property. This is not just my biased contention, but the result 
of statistics provided by the city staff. What outcome did you expect the 
board to produce with that kind of input? I've got to assume that if a 
better argument could have been concocted, it would have been brought 
forward. It wasn't.

With regard to the whimsical letter that you thoughtfully reproduce for us 
here on the V. I would find it far more persuasive, informative, and 
entertaining if it had some actual signatures attached, and would be happier 
if, as a downtown merchant mine, by implication, wasn't.

Till we meet again,
G. Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:11 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Atwood Letter Rewritten


> 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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