Jerry,<br> <br> I don't think Moscow is willing to do what it needs or takes to survive in the 21st Century as a strong growing community. We are not a growing community. We are in fact a shrinking one. We are quickly losing our political and economic influence in the state. We are the Spanish after the Armada. It is not a mystery of how to get out of this rut. But that is the direction many people here in power today want the city to go. They want us to be a small, poor college town stuck in 1999. They want the average annual income to be $24,000 in the city, and family income in Latah to be $30,000 a year. They want us paying 45% of our income in substandard housing, 20% on food, and 10% more on all other retail goods. They even want us to pay 20% in sales tax, even for food and other necessities.<br> <br> If Moscow wants to be a thriving community it needs to be willing to embrace change and growth. Our community leaders so far have refused to do
that. Our leaders fear it and run away from it, rather then learning about it and using it to our advantage. They insist on using a candle out of the fear of being electrocuted by turning on a light switch. <br> <br> Thanks for the work you do for this community Jerry.<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><b><i>Jerry Weitz <gweitz@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> No, and I believe that UI needs all the help we can give it and wish the V2020's focus is on how to prosper with 21th Century realities, how to avoid "swaths of prosperity(Gov. Warner),'' and help make our rural area prosper as an example for other rural areas that are being gutted. jerry (a devoted ruralist) At 11:38 PM 6/2/06, Donovan Arnold wrote:<br><br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""><font size="1">"It seems to me that if folks on
Vision2020 focused on solutions to pressing issues such as helping the UI regain its prestige and position, offering solutions rather than difficult arguments to such items as water, attracting/retaining business that create good jobs, helping with transporation issues, providing excellence in k-12 education for all students, making the town more attractive, promoting sensible growth through actual planning, considering the consequences of having the area's retail shift to the corridor and how to have our community prosper if this occurs, etc., I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have the reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and actions."-- Jerry W. </font><br><br> In other words, in that very long sentence, Jerry, you think V2020 is doomed?<br><br> Best,<br><br> _DJA<br><br> <b><i>Jerry Weitz <gweitz@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<br> <dl> <dd>It seems to me that if folks on Vision2020 focused on
solutions to pressing issues such as helping the UI regain its prestige and position, offering solutions rather than difficult arguments to such items as water, attracting/retaining business that create good jobs, helping with transporation issues, providing excellence in k-12 education for all students, making the town more attractive, promoting sensible growth through actual planning, considering the consequences of having the area's retail shift to the corridor and how to have our community prosper if this occurs, etc., I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have the reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and actions. After all, local politics may turn out to be the most important. jerry <br><br> </dd><dd>At 11:23 AM 6/2/06, Michael wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""> <dd><font face="arial" size="2">I agree with Bill London. It almost seems that the strange conservative
presence on Vision 2020 is a strategic move; Im not saying it is, but it certainly does look like it. I know there are some long term contributors here who have recently given up, and I certainly cant defend this list as I have done in the past. Ironically, though, Wilsons point about whos doing what and why on Vision 2020 has been disintegrated in the process. I have not given up on V2020 either, though. <br> </font></dd><dd><font face="arial" size="2"> <br> </font></dd><dd><font face="arial" size="2">Michael Metzler<br> </font></dd><dd><font face="arial" size="2"> <br> </font></dd><dd><font face="arial" size="2"> <br> </font></dd><dd><font face="arial" size="2">have heard from a few people lately who think V2020 is doomed. The horrible mean-spirited postings of late have disgusted many of us. What is to be done?<br> </font> </dd><dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
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