[Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group

[keely emerinemix]

I'd disagree with any group that would usher in big-box stores and a 
proliferation of strip malls, and I don't think that growth for growth's 
sake is at all desireable.

That said, I'm equally cocerned about people or groups who fail to recognize 
the moral, social and economic difference between the positive benefits of, 
say, a new high school on the fringes of town and a Wal-Mart Supercenter on 
the fringes of town.  The apparent inability of some people to differentiate 
between a temple of gross consumerism and corporate greed and a 
state-of-the-art, educationally suitable and forward-planned high school is 
almost as vexing as it is frightening.

Here's what I want for Moscow:
-- Growth that includes homes priced to allow the working poor to build 
equity and secure a future -- An economy that derives benefit from a 
financially sound and academically robust university
-- School buildings that are equitable across the district in their 
educational suitability
-- Vocational and technological training for our kids who don't have a 
four-year college in their
future, with a commitment to quality education for all of our students
-- A healthy, business-oriented downtown;
-- A pro-business city government that recognizes that "pro-business" means 
support not for corporate leviathans but for small businesses, with a move 
toward securing innovative technological and production companies that 
provide real jobs;
-- A continued atmosphere of support for the arts.

The long and short of it is, I guess, that I'd like a hybrid of MCA and GMA 
-- keep out the big box businesses, throw support behind public schools, and 
never confuse the two.

keely



From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <FCS at moscow.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 05:49:54 -0700

Mark -

Although I applaud your community activism, I personally would want to know
just where an organization stands on issues before I joined it.

So far, all the Greater Moscow Alliance (GMA) has accomplished amounts to
nothing more than providing a list of "feel good" mission standards, a list
of names that comprises its leadership, and a list of "Issues of Interest"
of which they have no stated position.

Thoughts, Moscow?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Mark Seman
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:20 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Tribune uncovers new Moscow pro-growth group

I might think it to be more important to give Moscow a "proper" tone.  On
any particular issue that tone could be perceived as either right or left -
whichever is needed, as long as it is "proper."  For now I have hope (with
some trepidation) that GMA is willing to help Moscow attain proper
prosperity.  To listen and act for the betterment of not only themselves,
but for a greater community good.  I'm signing up for a year to see what
happens.  I could just sit back and do nothing, or I could do more, but for
now I'll just help out a little bit.  In the future, I hope to desire to do
more.

Mark



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