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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, whenever tax money is spent, someone
benefits. That was not my point. I referred to the huge windfall of
having the taxpayers spend about $4million for roads, sewers, etc that those
local landowners will not have to spend were they going to develop their
land....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wasn't interested in seeing my money used in that
manner</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</A> ; <A
title=london@moscow.com href="mailto:london@moscow.com">london@moscow.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 29, 2005 12:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] RE: my
suggestions for next school bond</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">All:<BR><BR>Bill London wrote:<BR><BR>"The
owners of undeveloped<BR>land near that high school site would reap a
financial bonanza (they would<BR>not have to pay for development costs) and I
would be helping pay for it.<BR>Not good."<BR><BR>Bill, correct me if I'm
wrong, but these land owners near the proposed new high school site pay
property taxes that go to support MSD, so at least in part they would pay for
the development that would happen if the proposed high school went
forward. Besides, you are opposed to your taxes benefiting landowners in
the context of a debate on public education? Even a remodel of the old
Moscow High School might use your tax dollars for the financial benefit of
land owners in this area of Moscow if the remodeled high school raised their
property values do to making the downtown area more of a valued destination
for shopping and business. Would you also object to this?
<BR><BR>I can see the logic in wanting to stop sprawl via keeping the high
school downtown, but any publicly funded construction is going to use tax
dollars that will benefit someone or some business at taxpayers
expense.<BR><BR>Ted
Moffett<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>