[Vision2020] Fw: Recall the city council

[Betsy Dickow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Betsy Dickow" <betsyd at turbonet.com>
To: "roger hayes" <rhayes at turbonet.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Recall the city council


> Dear Roger,
>
> Thank you for your remarks...I, for one, could not agree with you more. 
> This Hawkins deal is not the first time I have found the city
> negotiating behind closed doors.
>
> For the good of the community, I encourage all concerned citizens to 
> become watchdogs of our city "guardians"  (irony intended)...Please attend
> as many Moscow City Council meetings as you can, whether you are directly 
> affected by their actions or not.  It is only with the watchful eyes, 
> speech, and actions of  its citizens that Moscow will have the transparent 
> and open government that is our due in a democracy.
>
> And to the council, mayor, and staff at City Hall, while I believe most of 
> you have the best of intentions, your actions have, in recent years, been 
> deplorable.
>
> Yours,
>
> Betsy Dickow
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "roger hayes" <rhayes at turbonet.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:40 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Recall the city council
>
>
>>
>>> Moscow citizens need to take a good look at what the city council's
>>> decision to provide water and sewer to the Hawkins company will bring.
>>> Yesterday's Daily News posted some serious speculation about WalMart
>>> building a Super Center in the Hawkin's development. Earlier, I did
>>> have a suspicion that was a distinct possibility. I could not see how
>>> a Lowes could be the anchor store. WalMart, Idaho division, remains
>>> tight lipped about its plans, but would not rule out the possibility.
>>> A local WalMart employee speculated that it is a reality.
>>> By providing water and sewer service across the state line, Moscow
>>> taxpayers may now subsidize the construction of WalMart. Whitman
>>> county taxpayers are providing over 10 million in infrastructure
>>> development.  This is an ultimate irony since both communities have
>>> waged campaigns against the building of a Super Center in their
>>> communities. And in Moscow's case, we are dealing a vast economic blow
>>> to our community.
>>> Much more is going on than we citizens know. What other "deals" are
>>> happening behind closed doors?
>>> I do feel that if WalMart comes in it will prove how inept, and most
>>> likely, corrupt the current Moscow city council is. The council will
>>> no doubt plead ignorance, and do so with an arrogant smile.
>> We need to do something and do it quickly. Any ideas?
>>>
>>
>>> Roger Hayes
>>>
>>
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