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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ms Opyr, It is amazing how consisantly you almost
get it right. Folks in apts. downtown park for days on end in the jackson st.
lot and still spare spaces. N.S.A. students come & go as well as shop
downtown. The only time parking seems to be difficult is at times N.S.A. is not
in session--farmers market & after 5:00 etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Error number two would be that I am not the owner
of the Lock Shop. I am but the lowly cook & bottle washer, But thanks for
the promotion(aww and you pretend that ya don't like me)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Error number three. Faulty comparisons. "Third
Street Mall" parking lot is private property. Jackson st. is public. Co-Op
customers parked in front of my place of employment all the time, as was their
right. There are no signs advising customers of the shopping center not too. The
Co-Op was, all in all, a good neighbor and while parking was sometimes tight, we
did O.K. I expect it will be the same with our new tennants.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With regard to your recomendations for my health
and personal betterment, Thank you. I will consider the source and take them
under advisement.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joanopyr@earthlink.net href="mailto:joanopyr@earthlink.net">Joan
Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lpall@moscow.com
href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com">Linda Pall</A> ; <A title=nchaney@moscow.com
href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com">Nancy Chaney</A> ; <A
title=lblackburn@turbonet.com href="mailto:lblackburn@turbonet.com">Lois
Blackburn</A> ; <A title=johnd@moscow.com href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com">John
Dickinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Business
parking</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 14 Dec 2005, at 05:56, g. crabtree wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>With regard to my brief answer to the question of allowing
N.S.A. the right to have it's students and staff park downtown, I really
don't see how it could confuse you. It strikes me as massively unfair to
single them out for some kind of burdensome parking restriction. All
businesses downtown us up parking to one degree or another. Restaurants,
coffee shops, and apartments all require parking. I suspect that residents
at the Moscow Hotel use up far more parking in the Jackson st. lot than the
school does and there is still plenty of left over
spaces.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The reason NSA should be "singled out" in terms of
parking, Mr. Crabtree, is because NSA is not a business. It is a college. Its
students don't park for an hour and then leave; they come and park for several
hours. Some park in the Jackson lot all day. The businesses dependent on the
Jackson lot -- Bookpeople, Paradise Creek Bicycles, Sweet Peas and Sage, the
Wild Hare, and the various restaurants in the Central Business District need
that parking for their customers. If people can't find parking downtown, then
people will stop shopping downtown. They'll go instead to the mall.<BR><BR>U
of I students and employees pay for the privilege of parking on campus. NSA
students pay nothing to park in the Jackson Street lot. What's more, their
parking is subsidized by the tax-paying businesses downtown. This is unfair;
it's detrimental to downtown retail; and it's a pain in the ass for both
customers and shop-keepers. According to city zoning ordinance, NSA should not
be in the Central Business District. If the code is amended to allow them to
stay, then something must be done to ensure that NSA's 150 to 200 students
(their projected growth) don't clog up parking for retail. Surely as the owner
of the Lock Shop in the Third Street Mall, you can appreciate having your
business parking hogged up by non-customers. For years, Food Co-Op customers
parked in front of your shop despite the clear signs asking them not to. (I
didn't park in front of your shop; I respected your signs advising me not to.
I also didn't want to be towed.)<BR><BR>BTW, I apologize for suggesting you
might benefit from a dose of Fletcher's Castoria. My friend, Dr. Seuss, has
advised me that re: the Mack Trailer Park evictions, constipation is not your
problem -- it's just that your heart is four sizes too small. The good doctor
suggests a diet of Roast Beast and a rousing chorus of "Bah-hoo Doray" with
Cindy Lou Who.<BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment<BR>www.joanopyr.com<BR><BR><?/bigger>
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