[Vision2020] [Bulk] water sale bill

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Vary good points Paul
Roger
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From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:16:13 -0800
To: roger hayes rhayes at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Bulk]  water sale bill

> I would agree with you 100% if it weren't for the "milkshake" problem 
> (see the movie There Will Be Blood for the reference).  The aquifer 
> knows nothing about State borders.  If we don't sell the water to them, 
> they'll just suck it up out of the same reservoir that we currently use, 
> which  means we'll be out of both the water and the money.  They will 
> still build, which will rob us of tax dollars.  I'm not convinced that 
> we wouldn't benefit overall from more traffic coming to our local area, 
> even if we lose some sales to the mega-mall.  Not to mention that the 
> construction sector of our economy is hurting, so I'm glad to see 
> anything going up.
> 
> If you're going to build a grocery store, where do you build it?  Do you 
> build it next to other grocery stores, or do you stake out land that's 
> farther away in an area that doesn't have coverage?  You would think 
> that building in the area that doesn't have a grocery store would be 
> better, but if you do it will more than likely go under because people 
> are used to going to where the grocery stores currently are for their 
> shopping needs.  So it's better to build it near the other grocery 
> stores.  You'll get a percentage of the traffic coming into that area, 
> which is likely higher in absolute numbers than what you would bring in 
> in the other area.  So it's possible that this mega-mall will actually 
> help out the Palouse Empire Mall and the businesses along the highway 
> there.  It depends upon whether or not the added traffic will compensate 
> for the lost percentages.
> 
> Paul
> 
> roger hayes wrote:
> > This issue is very divisive to our community. I come down on the side 
> > which does not wish to encourage development outside of our ability to 
> > tax  that development. Idaho water, and in particular Latah county 
> > water is a very precious commodity. Why in heaven's name do we want to 
> > sell it to out of state interests? Particularly during the difficult 
> > times we should be looking to enhance our revenues, not ship them out 
> > of state.
> >
> > Now, we already have lost James Toyota from the state, county and city 
> > revenue stream. Can you imagine what a mega-mall just across the border 
> > will do to our tax base if we encourage them to build there by handing 
> > them water and other infrastructure?
> >
> > I tire of the argument "they are going to build it anyway, so we may as 
> > well just sell them the water."
> > This legislation smacks of "special interest" gifting, and I do hope a 
> > large percentage of Latah county residents will begin to turn their 
> > attention toward the supporters of this initiative.
> >
> > Thanks for listening,
> > Roger Hayes
> > Moscow
> >
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