[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

[Bill London]

R-
I agree with your concern and your indignation.
I thought these GMA council candidates were supposed to bring "common sense" 
to Moscow.
Now we Moscow taxpayers are financing sprawl in Whitman County.
Disgusting
BL



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roger hayes" <rhayes at turbonet.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:25 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow


> 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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