[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

[roger hayes]

Dear Moscow taxpayers and business owners,

It appears the city of Moscow will provide water, sewer, and most 
likely police and fire services to the proposed Hawkins development 
which is slated to be built just across the border in Washington. Who 
will benefit by this? Hawkins, regional developers and Whitman county. 
The losers will be Moscow businesses and Moscow taxpayers.
If this plan comes to fruition, we will be exporting our tax dollars to 
Whitman county, shipping the profits of local business to another 
state, while reducing Moscow's tax base, AND increasing the demand on 
our city's infrastructure. How much money will Hawkins agree to pay 
Moscow to mitigate the destructive consequences this megamall will have 
on our city?
With the exception of Tom Lamar, the city council voted against the 
best interests of our city and its citizens. Walter Steed said he could 
not comment on the negotiations because they were held in "secret." Why 
the secrecy? Steed also said "this will not make some people happy." 
Well, when you make a deal which is destructive to the people who 
elected you, it is bound to make them unhappy.
We need to consider a RECALL!

Roger Hayes
Moscow!