[Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group

[Tom Hansen]

Excellent post, Bill.  Thank you.

 

Now that a newly organized community "alliance" has been created, just what
is the mission of this alliance?

 

>From the Greater Moscow Alliance website at:

 

http://www.greatermoscow.org/index.php?option=com_content
<http://www.greatermoscow.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&I
temid=26> &task=view&id=13&Itemid=26

 

"Mission  

 

The Greater Moscow Alliance is an organization comprised of citizens of
Latah County who would like to see the Greater Moscow community continue to
thrive. Our mission is to actively participate in local decisions to ensure
Moscow and Latah County remains a great place to live, work and do business.

 

The purpose of our organization is to make sure our collective voice is
heard on issues of importance to the community; and to strategize in a
manner that will effectively represent our goals and vision.

 

In fulfilling our mission, we strive to do the following:

 

1]  Maintain community vitality and support free enterprise.

 

2]  Respect, protect and endorse the rights of private property owners.

 

3]  Maintain awareness of community issues, their process and status in
regards to governmental actions.

 

4]  Educate our members and the community on ordinances and other issues
affecting Moscow and Latah County and to provide balanced information.

 

5]  Encourage voter participation.

 

6]  Encourage and endorse candidates for local offices/elections to our
members.

 

7]  Encourage healthy growth and promote beneficial economic development.

 

8]  To create balanced, fair treatment of issues."

 

[I added the numbers]

 

I totally agree with the general intent of this alliance.  Informing the
general public of laws that affect them (as reflected in #4) is important,
however . . .

 

Yes.  This is a political entity, complete with agendas.  This alliance can
discuss healthy growth, rights of private property owners, and presentation
of balanced information until the next millennium.  Everybody agrees on
those issues.  Those issues are not truly debatable.

 

The Greater Moscow Alliance (GMA) reveals its political card in #6 -
"Encourage and ENDORSE [emphasis is mine] candidates for local
offices/elections to our members."  Suffice it to say that GMA will only
endorse those candidates that are in lockstep with GMA leadership desires.

 

I will, however, admit that I agree with #8 of the GMA's stated mission -
"To create balanced, fair treatment of issues."

 

This brings up another question:

 

Just what are GMA's positions concerning issues of interest:

 

Their website identifies three key community issues that impact upon Moscow:

 

1)  Thompson rezone

 

2)  New Saint Andrews CUP (Conditional Use Permit)

 

3)  Police Union

 

Yet, when you access that portion of the GMA website that relates to these
three "Issues of Interest", all responses are blank:

 

http://www.greatermoscow.org/index.php?option=com_content
<http://www.greatermoscow.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sec
tionid=6&id=16&Itemid=47> &task=category&sectionid=6&id=16&Itemid=47

 

How is Moscow to interpret that?

 

Your thoughts, Moscow?

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

 

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown 

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