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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rumor Control has it, and inquiring minds
want to know:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is Moscow City Council maintaining a
suggestion box at Anselm House?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hmmm.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom “just stirring the stink pot”
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>U.S.</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Army (Double-Dipping Lifer)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just Another Intolerista Liberal Elitista
Diversity-Cleansing Wacko Nutjob Horse’s *** Loose in the Palouse Doing What
Comes Natural<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'> “Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bruce and Jean Livingston<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 17, 2005
11:20 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020]
NSA/Verizon/Zoning Trouble Timeline (was: Whostartedit? Who cares?)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think that a subsequent post from Rose Huskey corrects, though
not explicitly, the mistake in paragraph 3 below of Joan's recitation. I
believe that the City did give NSA an occupancy permit for the Skattaboe
bldg. What NSA failed to obtain was a "zoning certificate,"
which is also required. That certificate has still never been issued (and
can't be, unless the zoning code is changed, because NSA has been found to be
an illegal use under current code).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The files available for review in City Hall plainly show that when NSA
was being told about its various zoning violations in <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Russell</st1:PlaceName>
and that they had to leave <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Russell</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> (where they were
operating illegally), that the City explained the requirement of the Zoning
Certificate. Nevertheless, NSA did not apply for a zoning certificate
when it moved downtown.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bruce Livingston<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:joanopyr@earthlink.net" title="joanopyr@earthlink.net">Joan Opyr</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:bbonte@moscow.com" title="bbonte@moscow.com">bill bonte</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Friday, December
16, 2005 6:33 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Vision2020]
NSA/Verizon/Zoning Trouble Timeline (was: Who startedit? Who cares?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 16 Dec 2005, at 16:31, bill bonte wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Speaking of who started it, what was the origin of the NSA zoning
mess. I have read vision2020 and the daily news for the past 2 years and
I still am not clear on two points.<br>
<br>
1. Didn't the realtor who sold the building to NSA know that the planned use
was a violation of the zoning ordinance? Shouldn't she bear some
(financial) responsibility for this mess?<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Why didn't the city intervene and forbid the use of the property as a
college. Did they know what was to be done with the property or was NSA's
opening a surprise? If I open a small grocery store in my garage,
zoned R-2, I'm sure I'd be issued a zoning violation citation and
forced to close.<br>
<br>
I seems so simple to me: the CBD is not zoned for a college, close them
down!<br>
<br>
Bill Bonte<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Hi Bill,<br>
<br>
This is the timeline of events, as best I recall:<br>
<br>
1. The Verizon Building was sold by Bennett Realty, specifically by Shelly
Bennett. (I may be spelling her first name wrong. Perhaps it's Shelley?) There
was more than one bid for the building, and Doug Wilson's was the lowest, not
the highest. Why NSA won is anyone's guess. A tax write-off for Verizon because
they sold to a non-profit. (Yes, I know; that opens up another can of worms.)<br>
<br>
2. At the time of the Verizon sale, New St. Andrews was located -- illegally --
in the home of Chris Schlect on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Polk
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>. The City told Schlect and company that
they could not operate a college in this residential zone. The college
continued to operate in that location until the Verizon/Skattaboe Building was
renovated and ready to be occupied.<br>
<br>
3. NSA moved into the Verizon/Skattaboe Building. They did not get and do not
now have an occupancy permit.<br>
<br>
4. Three evangelical Christians -- two former NSA students and one ex-member of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> -- filed a zoning complaint
against NSA on the grounds that educational institutions are prohibited in the
Central Business District. Why? Because the CBD was created to prevent the encroachment
of the U of I on downtown retail space. This happened in the wake of the U of
I's purchase of the old Murdock's Tavern and Cavenaugh's Hotel.<br>
<br>
5. Joel Plaskon ruled on behalf of the City that the complaint filed against
NSA was without merit or some such. (Mike Curley, the attorney for the three
plaintiffs, will perhaps supply the correct terminology.) <br>
<br>
6. Plaskon's ruling was appealed. The City Council then voted 4 to 2 that NSA
could not, in fact, be located in the Central Business District under current
zoning code. <br>
<br>
7. Someone or ones set in motion the current attempt to amend the city zoning
code so that NSA could remain downtown. I attended several city planning and
zoning meetings, ably chaired by Jerry Schutz, who earned my eternal respect
for his exemplary conduct of those hearings, during which everyone was hot
under the collar and pretty damned feisty. He never lost his cool or, more
importantly, his sense of humor and proportion. (I think Jerry is a Republican,
so coming from this Democrat, this praise is high praise indeed.)<br>
<br>
8. Planning and Zoning made a host of recommendations re: amending city code to
allow NSA downtown. The City Council rejected those and bounced the whole thing
back to P & Z, which worked again on this thankless task. The fight now
seems to be about parking rather than a straight up-or-down should colleges be
allowed in the Central Business District. <br>
<br>
I say no; some say yes; others don't seem to give a tinker's damn. I envy the
latter group because they're not tempted to kick one another's teeth down one
another's throat over this issue. I'm sure they fight about other things --
whether or not <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
needs a ring road; water mining; the proposed ball fields. Who knows? We're all
different, and different things push our buttons. <br>
<br>
(Mine are pushed by people who call my friends "simpering douche
bags." I'm funny that way. I also don't much care for hectoring lurkers
who get hold of the wrong end of the stick and then proceed to lecture me on
bullying. I'm glad I don't have Kathy Sprague's nerve in my tooth.) <br>
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