[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

[pkraut at moscow.com]

Ah, but this is the reason I voted for the newcomers and encouraged 
others to also. If you continue to put your head in the sand and think 
that you can control whats happening in another state and keep control of 
things you are very wrong. The only way we will have any say is to be 
involved and a part of the process. 




> 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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