[Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group

[Matt Decker]

Tom,

Like a great group that will balance the MCA and hopefully give Moscow a 
moderate tone, instead of the total left or total right.

Matt

>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Bill London'" <london at moscow.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group
>Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 12:18:33 -0700
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>Excellent post, Bill.  Thank you.
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>Now that a newly organized community "alliance" has been created, just what
>is the mission of this alliance?
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> >From the Greater Moscow Alliance website at:
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>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
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>"Mission
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>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.
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>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.
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>In fulfilling our mission, we strive to do the following:
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>1]  Maintain community vitality and support free enterprise.
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>2]  Respect, protect and endorse the rights of private property owners.
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>3]  Maintain awareness of community issues, their process and status in
>regards to governmental actions.
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>4]  Educate our members and the community on ordinances and other issues
>affecting Moscow and Latah County and to provide balanced information.
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>5]  Encourage voter participation.
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>6]  Encourage and endorse candidates for local offices/elections to our
>members.
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>7]  Encourage healthy growth and promote beneficial economic development.
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>8]  To create balanced, fair treatment of issues."
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>[I added the numbers]
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>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 . . .
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>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.
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>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.
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>I will, however, admit that I agree with #8 of the GMA's stated mission -
>"To create balanced, fair treatment of issues."
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>This brings up another question:
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>Just what are GMA's positions concerning issues of interest:
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>Their website identifies three key community issues that impact upon 
>Moscow:
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>1)  Thompson rezone
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>2)  New Saint Andrews CUP (Conditional Use Permit)
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>3)  Police Union
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>Yet, when you access that portion of the GMA website that relates to these
>three "Issues of Interest", all responses are blank:
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>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
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>How is Moscow to interpret that?
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>Your thoughts, Moscow?
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>Tom Hansen
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>Moscow, Idaho
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>"If not us, who?
>If not now, when?"
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>- Unknown
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