<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>You wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"So, you are admitting that there is a water problem. If we allow unlimited use of the aquifer by corporate “gluttons”, it will disappear and our citizens will suffer. We must restrict access to our limited water sources until another source is identified and put into use."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The problem with the water is the quality, not quantity. We have enough water to last us until the year 2300. This is a
concern, not a crisis as some liberals are trying to make it out to be. We need to get a better source of water, the way to do that is to get businesses into the area that will yield high tax revenue, resources, and people with the skills to get the job done. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Second, I don't share the same anti business socialist viewpoint that all corporations are EVIL gluttons out to destroy the world. Businesses provide jobs. They provide tax revenue, they put food on the table for the people of Moscow. Private enterprise generates wealth.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000bf><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Our community NEEDS career-oriented, professional jobs if it is to compete. If <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> were to limit its growth to those minimum-wage, service-oriented jobs you reference,"</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hansen, I am not advocating ONLY minimum wage jobs. Which strawman are you plucking that argument from? </SPAN></SPAN></FONT>It is you that are opposing the Naylor Farms and Clay Industries that would bring high paying jobs for a variety of people, and a new fresh water source. I advocate for all jobs that we can manage to bring into the community. You advocate limited job growth with no plan for tapping a new water source. You just want elite jobs few qualify for housed in tax free havens. How does that help us? </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>"Question: What 40 year olds and local residents “with Master’s in Environmental Science” are you aware of that are hold
these jobs at fast food outlets?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>I know lots of my former High School and college friends that have to take jobs in the low paying service and retail industry. Some of them live in married student housing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>I know one of the former Presidents of ASUI, a very brilliant student, had to apply for a job at Wal-Mart after he graduated. He isn't the only one. You just don't know that many people Hansen. Visit the Co-OP. Lots of
brilliant college grads there working for $6.50/$7 an hour. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>There aren't very many jobs in Moscow that pay over $10 an hour. The ones that do, are at the University and many of those jobs hire people outside of Moscow. Its nearly impossible to live in Moscow if you aren't a student, work for Gritman, UI, the MSD, or own your own private business. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Moscow is doing a GREAT JOB of preserving the water supply by preventing industry, services, and
retail from coming into the community. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Donovan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><BR><FONT color=#0000bf><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator><?xml:namespace prefix
= o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} tt {font-family:"Courier New";} span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arnold</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> stated:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>“Mr. Solomon's ideas are not based on economic realities and don't solve the water problem, it just prolongs
it.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>So, you are admitting that there is a water problem. If we allow unlimited use of the aquifer by corporate “gluttons”, it will disappear and our citizens will suffer. We must restrict access to our limited water sources until another source is identified and put into use.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arnold</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> goes on . . .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>“Thinking we shouldn't have stocking and service orientated jobs for students I think is a bad idea. First, those lower paying jobs should go to college students, not 40 year olds trying to make a living; somebody has to ask, "Would you like fries with that?" And I don't think it should be people middle aged with Master's in Environmental Science.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>Our community NEEDS career-oriented, professional jobs if it is to compete. If <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> were to limit its growth to those minimum-wage, service-oriented jobs you reference, those 10,000 college students (referenced by Dale Courtney below) will simply graduate and move on to greener pastures away from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#0000bf>Question: What 40 year olds and local residents “with Master’s in Environmental Science” are you aware of that are hold these jobs at fast food outlets? I have lived here in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> for 15 years. All I have seen are college students working at local fast food restaurants (as well as bartenders at my favorite haunts).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Moscow</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#0000bf size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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