[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth - Ament Toast-R-Waffles now at the Co-Op?

[Glenn Schwaller]

Well Donovan, maybe it's a case of "I was for it before I was against it and
now I'm for it again until I become against it".  If so, Aaron Ament can now
feel right at home with the likes of John Kerry, Rudy Giulianai, Tom
Tancredo, Sen Mitch McConnell, Hillary Clinton and Rep Kim Berifeld, and on
and on . . .

Pass the syrup, please.

GS

On 10/29/07, Saundra Lund <sslund at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> The letter below appears in today's Daily News -- anyone care to add more
> to
> Ms. Sullivan's list?
>
> Also, do any of you GMAers care to provide a list of new businesses that
> came to Moscow during any two-year period of Comstock's reign and a list
> of
> businesses that were denied?
>
> I think it might be interested to have a ***factual*** comparison rather
> than just rumors designed to tear down the community.
>
>
> Saundra Lund
>
>
> "Dispel the anti-growth myth
>
> I agree that having the "perception" of being anti-growth/anti-business is
> harmful to the city of Moscow, and I was driven to find out why that
> perception exists when Wayne Krauss expressed concerns and asked, "Why do
> we
> have this perception?" at a recent forum.
>
> Since the most recently elected council came into office in January 2006,
> more than 35 new businesses have opened in Moscow, including Old Navy,
> Bed,
> Bath and Beyond, Cramer's Furniture, Dad's Diner, Marco Polo, Nectar,
> Lilliput, Sisters Brew Coffeehouse, West of Paris, Palouse Scoots, Moscow
> Bagel and Deli, Anytime Fitness, San Miguels, Sure Shot Sporting Goods,
> Subway, and BioTracking just to name a few. Many businesses have expanded
> and moved into larger spaces during this time. Only two businesses were
> denied by the city and these were both handled in the way that Walter
> Steed
> states he would address a pig farm wanting to locate behind his property;
> they were denied in the specific proposed locations in accordance with
> zoning regulations. Never did city officials say they were not wanted in
> Moscow.
>
> Back to the question posed by Krauss: "Why do we have this perception?"
> For
> the answer, I would look to recent advertisements in the Moscow-Pullman
> Daily News for Krauss, Steed and Carscallen in which the headline calls
> the
> current city leadership "anti-growth politicians." I would pay attention
> to
> who is repeating this anti-growth message over and over.
>
> I believe Dan Carscallen is concerned when he says, "Changing the
> perception
> is the thing that needs to happen," and if we can all agree that this is
> harmful, we should all agree to stop, to dispel this myth and to promote
> Moscow.
>
> Brandy Sullivan, Moscow"
>
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