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<DIV>I say horse feathers to Murf Raquet's illogical reasoning and poorly
focused arguments in his February 1, 2005 <EM>Daily News</EM>
editorial. The City of Moscow does review zoning ordinance compliance
prior to granting zoning certificates. NSA officials apparently failed to
ask for a review, and consequently did not receive a zoning compliance
certificate. City statues are clear that the burden to secure required
permits (including the specifically named zoning certification) rests with
the applicant. Further, city officials are statutorily exempt
from culpability due to the failure of applicants to secure required
permits. </DIV>
<DIV>A more apropos question from Mr. Raquet might have been: How is it that NSA
officials failed to have city officials perform a zoning compliance
review? NSA has the services of an attorney, presumably a mortgage company
or a bank, and real estate brokers. Did all these professionals
fail to introduce this very important issue to NSA
administrators? It is difficult, impossible actually, to imagine that
no one involved in the sale, financing, or legal aspects of the transaction
considered the implications of zoning codes
in our central business district. Of course, there is another
possibility. </DIV>
<DIV>NSA administrators and Board of Trustees members may have believed that
since abiding by city zoning codes would prevent their use
of a highly desirable property, they preferred to ignore them. Rather
than risk a zoning review that they could not pass, they passed on having a
zoning review. </DIV>
<DIV>"Nice neighbors", Mr. Raquet, don't ignore zoning codes and justify their
own failures by claiming to be victims of malicious former church
members. Wise editorial writers check their facts before unfairly
criticizing city officials and defending zoning code
violators. </DIV>
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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