[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

[Saundra Lund]

I agree with all of the concerns raised by those who have commented, and
based on the conversations I had at last night's caucus, there are a whole
lot of REGISTERED VOTERS who are equally unhappy (and that's putting it
mildly).  LOL -- had the timing been different, gathering the signatures
necessary for something like a recall would likely have been almost a fait
accompli by an organized group outside the caucus venue!  Of course, the
caucus was for all of Latah County, but the numbers and the significant
displeasure expressed by those present are certainly things our elected
officials had best ponder.

The secrecy reallyReallyREALLY concerns me, and I’d like an explanation from
our elected officials as to why they went along with this business being
conducted out of the public view.  After all, they certainly weren’t
discussing matters of national security!

Can we now expect our council to conduct in secret other business they
***know*** is controversial and unpopular???


Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
~ Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Bill London
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:29 AM
To: roger hayes; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

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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