[Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow

[Sunil Ramalingam]

'Entrepreneurs are willing to take risks, provided there is a probable and 
appropriate return for those risks.  An important element for them is a 
relative predictability of the business climate.  Divisiveness and social 
conflict are generally not good indicators of a stable market place.'

How do you define 'social conflicts?'   And I guess I'm curious why would 
you raise specific issues here, call them pollutants, and then want to 
discuss them off-list?

Finally, do conservatives never question their opponents' honesty 'to 
obfuscate issues?'

Sunil


>From: Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com>
>To: "Bruce and Jean Livingston" <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>;,        
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow
>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:22:17 -0700
>
>Thanks for weighing in Bruce.
>
>Frankly, the most important element of your post was your closing
>comment - and I will respond to that first.  I have not discussed my
>comments with Wayne - he is the kind of fellow that can allow me to
>have my own point of view and if he disagrees, we discuss it and move
>on.  Just the sort of person that we need in a leadership position in
>the City of Moscow.  He has experience and judgment. We would do well
>to elect him.
>
>As to where Wayne stands on these various issues - ask him - I am
>certain he has his positions and he would be pleased to share them with 
>you.
>
>You might have missed the closing paragraph of my post. My post was
>to highlight for Joe Campbell some of the issues that lead to a
>conclusion that the current city government (or the current climate
>in Moscow) is anti-growth or anti business.  The point was not to
>revisit the "right or wrong" of those decisions.  I thought I made it
>rather clear that the issues are necessarily philosophical and
>ideological in tenor - thus the outcomes are necessarily divisive.  I
>do have positions and opinions on many of the issues - others I don't
>have much interest in.  But, I stand by my conclusion that each of
>these issues casts a shadow or cloud on Moscow as a place for an
>entrepreneur to invest his or her capital.  Entrepreneurs are willing
>to take risks, provided there is a probable and appropriate return
>for those risks.  An important element for them is a relative
>predictability of the business climate.  Divisiveness and social
>conflict are generally not good indicators of a stable market place.
>
>Hopefully, that clarifies the list of issues and their importance to
>this upcoming election.  Collectively, the climate is murky - quite 
>polluted.
>
>Now if you wish to discuss any of the issues cited as to our relative
>positions, I would be pleased to do that.  It would likely be
>interesting and productive.  Probably best to have that dialogue
>offlist so that we don't add excess murkiness to the already murky 
>situation.
>
>