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<DIV>A very important public hearing will take place at 6 p.m. on Monday Sept.
25 in the Moscow High School Auditorium. The subject is the Naylor Farms
application for a conditional use permit to operate a strip mine for clay, sand
and gravel on its 640 acre farm that is located a mile and a half north of
Moscow. The proposed hours of operation are long, the water is not
available or permitted at this time, and without water, the dust will
undoubtedly be an issue. </DIV>
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<DIV>I write as President of the Moscow Civic Association and on behalf of the
MCA Board, and also as a Board member of the Latah Economic Development Council,
though expressly <EM>not</EM> on behalf of the LEDC, which has not
discussed the matter explicitly.</DIV>
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<DIV>The MCA Board has taken a formal position against the Naylor's request for
a conditional use permit to operate its proposed mining business. Numerous
reasons to oppose this application were apparent to us. It makes growth of
the kind we want to encourage less likely. It brings pollution on the
neighbors and town, and high volumes of heavy truck traffic to our highways and
roads. Moreover, the Naylor mining operation will likely only create
temporary, low-paid jobs. And it will do so at the expense
the Moscow-Pullman region's efforts to recruit and retain high paying
businesses and entrepreneurs to our "Knowledge Corridor," employers
that value our community's intellectual, research, and quality-of-life
assets. </DIV>
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<DIV>Our opposition to this application cannot be lumped into the "crazed
environmentalist" or "anti-growth" mis-characterization that misguided defenders
of developers' rights always seem to assert without considering the private
property rights of adversely affected neighbors. Please note the following
health-related opposition to the Naylor Farms proposal recently published in a
letter to the editor from 34 local doctors:</DIV>
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<DIV>From the Wednesday Sept. 13 Moscow Pullman Daily News:</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>Say ‘no’ to Naylor Farms mining permit</STRONG>
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<P><FONT size=2>Naylor Farms LLC has applied for a conditional use permit to
create a large scale clay (Kaolinite), sand and gravel strip mining and
processing operation just 1.5 miles north of Moscow. We, the undersigned
physicians of Moscow and Pullman, are extremely concerned about the long-term
health effects to the surrounding population and strongly oppose this
conditional use permit. </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><FONT size=2>We encourage all residents to sign a petition at the Farmers
Market, donate, volunteer and be proactive in preventing this potential
environmental disaster. </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><FONT size=2>The hearing for this permit will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at the
Moscow High School auditorium. All written correspondence must be received at
the Latah County Courthouse by Tuesday to be considered.
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<P><FONT size=2>Contact your county commissioners and attend this meeting.
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<P><FONT size=2>Your voice is important to clearly say “yes” to farming and
“no” to Naylor strip mining. Please visit protectourpalouse.com or
protectourwater.net for additional information. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Working together to protect your health. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Christopher Reisenauer MD/John Grauke MD/Robert Wiggins
MD </FONT>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG><EM>This letter also was signed by 31 other
physicians</EM>.</STRONG></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P dir=ltr>The Moscow Civic Association likewise opposes the Naylor Farms
application and concurs with our community's doctors. We
recommend that you make known to our county commissioners that you oppose the
Naylor Farms application. Whether the most compelling reason to you is
Naylor's negative effects on our health, deleterious effects on our
economic well-being, the harm to future development of well paying,
non-polluting businesses that enhance rather than hurt our quality of life, the
Hobson's Choice of choosing whether to hurt our air or water supply, or
whatever other reason that you may have, please appear and speak briefly in
opposition to the Naylor Farms application. We encourage and implore you
to attend this important public hearing and briefly state any reason you have
for opposing this unwise and harmful addition to our community.
<P dir=ltr>Bruce Livingston, President, on behalf of the Board of Directors of
the Moscow Civic Association</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>