[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth

Thu Nov 1 11:54:05 PDT 2007

Donovan,

Aaron Ament does not oppose Alturas Technology Park and wants to  
explore the possibility of expanding into a Phase III.

After first opposing Alturas, Aaron voluntarily attended several Latah  
Economic Development Council meetings and talked with many people.  
With an open mind, he learned what a valuable resource Alturas was to  
the community.

Here's a great example of a City Councilman willing to take the time  
to listen, learn and make well informed decisions.

B. J. Swanson

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On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

> Tom I,
>
> The composition of members of the City Council changes almost  
> monthly, if not yearly. I don't think it is so much the individuals  
> as it is the policies. The current City Council members that are  
> running again strongly support economic policies that have stifled  
> growth in Moscow and opposed ones that would significantly improve  
> it. Aaron Ament, for example, strongly opposed the Alturas Project  
> and expansion.
>
> Do you agree of disagree with his position? If you agree, why do you  
> think this project should be stopped from expanding?
>
> You cannot have change if we keep electing the same people over and  
> over again that keep enforcing the same bad policies over and over  
> again.
>
> Remember;
>
>  “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over a 
> gain and expecting different results”. -----Albert Einstein
>
>
> Best,
>
> Donovan
>
> Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...and just over 2 yrs ago was a different city council and Mayor
>
> baukunst at moscow.com wrote:
> My wife & I left Moscow just over 2 years ago because of the business
> climate, limited available opportunities, and looking for a change of
> scenery. I understand Moscow businesses to operate just fine if your
> clientele are UI student, staff, or faculty; or are out of the area  
> - there
> is a very limited population to find a maket niche in otherwise. To  
> depend
> upon the local pop. is too limiting for very many. Others followed  
> suit
> and left the Palouse around the same time we did because of its
> self-imposed limits. It could be more, but...
>
> Moscow development seems to limit itself to supplying current resident
> needs. It does not want to draw attention to itself and attract  
> others to
> the area. In the 27 years I witnessed, it has done so because of a
> "mentality" of "do the minimum to get by." Its agrarian background is
> strong and will subside, but it is still highly ingrained. Frugality  
> is
> too progressive. The Palouse is progressive in thought - actions say  
> the
> opposite.
>
> Looking towards the future, Moscow will not want to change from its  
> past.
> It will not seek to build upon the UI resource(s) to attract more  
> people
> and attention. High-tech jobs maytrickle in because of the quality of
> life, but it is tightly controlled by the forces the above subject  
> line
> means to rebuke. Why move there when other places are more well known?
> What does it have to offer that CO, AZ, or OR & WA don't? Most would
> likely head to Boise first anyway, unless only the UI had it.
>
> "Free market" forces bring Moscow's slow growth rate. Christ Church
> results from the free market and the willing buyers of belivers.  
> Condos
> along the UI golf course will come when the 'boomer market demands.  
> "Free
> market" forces will bring a pedestrian overpass at 3rd & TriState.
> Building upon the available creative resources has as more common  
> sense
> than the no-brainer "attract high-tech."
>
> I don't belive the "free market" is wise, nor do I trust it. The "free
> market" is part of a larger system and as such it is influenced by  
> forces
> beyond the local market. What happens in Moscow, ID is not totally  
> out of
> control, but it is beyond local influence only. The local political
> election changes people, it does not change the system.
>
> As long as there is gravity, water will seek equilibrium. It might
> overshoot past being sustainable, but it will find a usable level.
> Development levels will follow water too. Although development can be
> retrofitted to fit consumption levels that should have been  
> implemented
> initially.
>
> Anyway, I hope the UI condos are in-place in 5 years so I can move  
> back and
> retire in comfort; not having to be concerned about making a living in
> Moscow, ID. As long as there are students serving up lattes & bagles  
> or
> crumpets and tea, I should be just fine, then, cheerio.
>
> Mark Seman, Architect
>
>
>
>
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