[Vision2020] Sen Schroeder

[Andy Boyd]

Maybe I am missing something?  It seems to me that the Palouse Empire Mall 
(really a food court with a mall rather than a mall with a food court) has 
not been full for over 15 years.  How will a new mall fill its empty shops 
when the current mall can't?  Also, the rodeo mall on N. Main only has two 
tennants and 3-4 empty shops.  Seems to me we can't fill the open spaces we 
currently have.  Is this not a problem?
Andy Boyd
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Clevenger" <garrettmc at verizon.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:51 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Sen Schroeder


> As a farmer, it saddens me to know some think it's acceptable to use water 
> and farmland to build an unneeded $100 million mega-mall, one designed to 
> compete with Moscow. Thinking we'll be wasting water on the very symbol of 
> why America is losing power, instead of using it to grow food, makes me 
> understand why we just let the 21st century robber barons swindle our 
> coffers with the the greatest and most costly scam ever.
>
> You may think it's ok to let these same people profit from a crucial 
> natural resource, but that does nothing to ensure water, and food, are 
> affordable, safe, and readily accessible to us.
>
> Perhaps in 2020 people will love Hawkins, but I have my suspicion 
> economies are going to be radically changed, and priorities about what is 
> important will lean more toward appreciation of conservation. Limiting use 
> of water for commercial develop, to insure cheap water is available for 
> everyone else, seems like wise planning to me...
>
> Garrett Clevenger
>
>
>
> Donovan Arnold writes Sun Feb 15 20:58:12 PST 2009:
>
>
> You know, you people that think we should cut off the spigot to our 
> neighbors and to other states that we depend upon for other reasons, does 
> nothing, because the Federal Courts will not allow the State of Idaho deny 
> other states in the Union water unless we can prove we would die if we 
> shared it, or we are not being paid a fair price.
>
> You also know that Native Americans still own a lot of the water you are 
> drinking in Idaho, and if Idaho can shut down Washington's water supply, 
> Natives can certainly shut down yours too. So be careful what powers you 
> wish local governments to have.
>
> Everyone has a right to water if it is available. When we make water less 
> affordable, it is really the farmers and the poor, who are mostly 
> children, elderly, and disabled, that suffer, not the asshole politicians 
> that play games with natural resources. You didn't do anything to bring or 
> produce the water in Idaho. So don't be telling others they are not 
> entitled to have water.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
>
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