[Vision2020] FW: Moscow Ice Rink

[Jerry Weitz]

Hi Chris:  The reason:the poor quality of present leadership.  Their 
motives are to make sure no good deed goes unpunished.  Recall the eviction 
notice given to the Alt school as it entered its third year at the present 
location.  The eviction notice was in violation of state and federal law 
and given one week before school started.    Some believe Chaney is paying 
back the county commissioners for rejecting the building cap ordinance. 
Whitman County is reaping the benefits.  UI has pasted the tipping point and
BSU is now the flagship.  Why?  If a community causes havoc with state 
infrastructure such as a safe highway at the cost of millions to the tax 
payer, is perceived as not worth supporting due to such actions such as 
wasting money in Boise or being antibusiness,  being elitist and out of 
touch with the average Idahoan who has to make a living , what will be the 
predictable result?

One person told me  Chaney is like elements during the Vietnam War who said 
we have to kill them in order to save them.  She certainly hurt the 
elementary kids in need of a gym (St Mary's). and has alienated most of 
Whitman/Pullman entities. Many
  thought the knowledge Corridor/ business triangle  was the best answer 
for the UI's future.  Of course, this would have to involve growth and 
regional cooperation.  Unforturnately,Chaney is more about identifying the 
roadblocks/creating roadblocks than about positive actions.  Recall, that 
at the Knowledge Corridor Summitt, her message centered onsaving turtle 
eggs in a Mexican village
than about  proper dialogue over developing the reality of a business 
research triangle on the Palouse.  Jerry


At 10:48 AM 1/18/07, Chris Storhok wrote:

>Visionaries,
>My question to all of you is how in the heck does this happen:
> >
> >
> > BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Moscow issues cease-and-desist order for ice
>rink
> > County has until Jan. 25 to reach agreement on use permit
> >
> > Staff report
> >
> > Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Page Updated at 05:41:27 PM
> >
> > The city of Moscow has issued a cease-and-desist order for the Moscow
> > Rotary Veteran's Memorial Pavilion ice rink at the Latah County
> > Fairgrounds.
> >
> > A letter signed by City Attorney Randy Fife outlining the order was
> > presented to county commissioners during their Wednesday meeting.
> >
> > The ice rink will be forced to close Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. unless county
> > commissioners can reach an agreement with the city. Commissioners have
> > scheduled a public meeting for 2:30 p.m. Friday to discuss the
>situation.
> >
> > The city recently notified Latah County it was in violation of its
>special
> > use permit to operate the ice rink and the Latah County Fairgrounds
>because
> > it had not defined its parking area around the facility and failed to
>pave
> > the rink's parking lot by the specified date.
> >
> > The ice rink operates under a special use permit in the R3, or duplex
>zone.
> >
> > The county had until Sept. 30 to complete the paving project under
> > stipulations of the special use permit it signed in October 2005.
> >
> > The county has sought permanent status for the fairgrounds for years.
>Every
> > two to five years it must reapply for a special use permit to keep the
> > grounds open.
> >
> > The county has put down more gravel in the parking lot and plans to
>install
> > parking bumpers to show the city it is serious about meeting the
>special
> > use permit requirements.
> >
> > Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney said Fife signed the cease-and-desist order
> > Wednesday afternoon.
> >
> > "I think it's in keeping with enforcing the city's laws. It did not
>slam
> > the door for possibilities of the ice rink," she said. "This is a
>wake-up
> > call and I hope for the best."
> >
> > Chaney said the previous warnings had not resulted in compliance by
>the
> > county.
> >
> > "I am hopeful that a workable, mutually agreeable solution may be the
>end
> > result," she said.
> >
> > The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to try to organize a meeting with
>Latah
> > County and Palouse Ice Rink Association officials to work toward a
> > solution.
> >
> > Chaney said the meeting is still being planned, but a time has not
>been
> > set.
> >
> > County commissioners Jack Nelson and Tom Stroschein declined comment
>on
>the
> > matter Wednesday evening. Both said they hadn't had a chance to read
> > through the cease-and-desist order.
> >
> >
>Chris S.
>N.P. AK
>
>
>
>
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