[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow
Tom Ivie
the_ivies3 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 6 08:42:32 PST 2008
Do you hear a sucking sound? Water - business?
At least charge them a premium for the services. Otherwise we the people of Moscow are in effect subsidizing this development.
Whoever drafted the mediation agreement is brilliant. Secret proceedings and deliberation. How about transparency?
While my family tries to be responsible water users, water is not my beef. My beef is with the subsidization of business that isn't in Moscow and with the secrecy. Does this bother anyone else?
roger hayes <rhayes at turbonet.com> wrote: 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!
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