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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'>Mr. Moffett stated:<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'>“With the apparent lack of
enforcement of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s
zoning codes, why not abandon them? So what if downtown turns into a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinitarian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> dominated by NSA? We could look
at it like some big cities look at "<st1:place w:st="on">Chinatown</st1:place>,"
a place for tourists to gawk and shop surrounded by the different life of
another culture. “<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'>If <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>
were a big city (assuming you mean <st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>
[population 800,000] or <st1:City w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City> [population
over 6 million]), permitting six blocks of downtown to “evolve”
into a virtual “<st1:place w:st="on">Chinatown</st1:place>” would
not be so burdensome. With a limited central business district, it is
imperative that businesses within that district contribute their share back to
the community either in the form of retail sales or property tax or both.<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'>Mr. Moffett further stated:<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'>“The growth in population will fuel
an increasing mentality that does not even know about or care about what is
being lost, when people with money move to the Palouse from much bigger uglier
cities, who will think that the older locals who complain about too much
unmanaged or ugly development compromising the quality of life, are so quaint.”<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'>I seriously do not foresee “people
with money” moving to <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> unless <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> provides
opportunities for careers and futures. Once these minimum–wage sumps
(like Wal-mart) blanket our environment with their outlets from <st1:City
w:st="on">Troy</st1:City> to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pullman</st1:place></st1:City>,
career opportunities in the area are vastly diminished. As I stated earlier, I
do not believe that people care to begin and end a 20-year career at $7.50 an
hour.<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'>Take care, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<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 Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;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!'"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></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'> Ted Moffett
[mailto:starbliss@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 08, 2006
8:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tom Hansen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Moscow
Vision 2020</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Zoning Law &
Freewheeling Capitalism: Adamson Challenges Otter</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:
12.0pt'><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'>Tom et. al.<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'> <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'>These proposed "tax exempt free enterprise zones" reminds me
that I discovered that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Houston</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> has no zoning laws, unless
there has been a change recently. A different subject, I know, but
related to the principle of promoting less government regulation of
business. Here are two web links to info on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City> that mention the absence of zoning
laws: <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'> <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'><a
href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_n9_v25/ai_15143280">http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_n9_v25/ai_15143280</a><br>
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<a href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553195/Houston.html">http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553195/Houston.html</a><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'> <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'>With my cynical absurdist realist (what is this?) mindset in gear,
consider the following suggestions:<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'> <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'>With the apparent lack of enforcement of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s zoning codes, why not abandon
them? So what if downtown turns into a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Trinitarian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
dominated by NSA? We could look at it like some big cities look at "<st1:place
w:st="on">Chinatown</st1:place>," a place for tourists to gawk and
shop surrounded by the different life of another culture. We
could advertise this as a draw for the tourist industry. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> needs some sort of new economic model,
don't you think? The sprawl malls spreading on the
outskirts far away from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s
city center will soon dominate economic activity anyway, unless big money/big
corporate power can be fought. <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'> <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'>Don't get me wrong. I'm not a proponent of fundamentalist
religion, in case you haven't noticed, and I'm on the fringe of opinion on
growth, insofar as I am tend to favor zero growth, or very
slow environmentally (i. e. not dependent on increasing fossil fuel
consumption) friendly highly managed growth, but the writing is on the wall. <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'> <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'>Big corporate power can push little <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>
around with ease. And though <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
has a core of progressive environmentally minded people who wish to see
capitalism and growth regulated to protect the quality and values of small town
life, this group faces serious local opposition. <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'> <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'>The growth in population will fuel an increasing mentality that does
not even know about or care about what is being lost, when people with money
move to the Palouse from much much bigger uglier cities, who will think that
the older locals who complain about too much unmanaged or ugly development
compromising the quality of life, are so quaint. <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'> <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'>Money talks and bullshit walks!<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'> <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'>I trust this little somewhat tongue in cheek spiel is understood not as
advocacy of these possibilities, but rather as a hard cold look at the reality
of the powers that be in the world we live in, and how they might
overwhelm our area. <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'> <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'>Now, I'm retreating to my flame proof bomb shelter... <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'> <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'>I don't think what I just wrote will be the most popular post of the
week.<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'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ted Moffett<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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