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<div>At 6:00 PM -0700 4/14/07, Donovan Arnold wrote:</div>
<div>Donovan,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Examine the record instead of "understanding". I was
not involved in any way with the Naylor Farm issue unless you consider
serving on the county's Groundwater Task Force with such other
liberals as Dan Carscallen and Cindy Agidius as somehow related to
Naylor (which it wasn't despite Naylor's allegations to that effect).
It would have been unethical for me to be involved, even if I had
wanted to be which I didn't, as I was employed by the county at the
time on the hydrogeological project. I never even knew James Toyota
was moving until I read it in the paper and certainly have not
registered any comments with anyone about that either. Businesses
being evicted from the Mall? Give me a break. I don't have the
faintest idea what you are referring to.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If your test for being unfriendly to business is telling
SuperWalmart to stay out of town, then call me unfriendly to business.
If your test is unmitigated devotion to big box chains over local
businesses, then call me unfriendly to business. But that's the only
place you'll have to stand.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>m.</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>My understanding is that you also blocked
Naylor Farms, clay extraction, the expansion of James
Toyota, and other business that are being evicted from the Palouse
Mall. You also helped create a reputation with others that Moscow is
not business friendly. Thus this has resulted in other businesses that
won't attempt to open a business in Moscow.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>The revenue saved by cheaper food and
retail items, prescription drugs, etc, could have been used to support
other industries as well and made life a little easier for the
poor.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>You realize it is the poor, the
elderly, disabled, and minorities that work, shop, and benefit from
Wal-Mart?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>My high blood pressure would be going
untreated if it weren't for the $3 a month prescription drug that
ONLY Wal-Mart gives. </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Wal-Mart is not predatory. It provides
high paying jobs to people. It hires people others won't. It has an
overall positive impact on the economy:</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href=
"http://www.globalinsight.com/About/PressRelease/PressRelease2439.htm"
>http://www.globalinsight.com/About/PressRelease/PressRelease2439.htm</a
></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I believe that Wal-Mart wanted a
Super-Walmart, so it applied in both areas in the hopes that it would
prevail in one.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Best,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Donovan<br>
<br>
<i><b>Mark Solomon <msolomon@moscow.com></b></i> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Donovan,</blockquote>
<blockquote>"Every business you have blocked, Super Wal-Mart, on
down the line"</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>While I'll certainly take part of the credit for keeping a
predator like SuperWalmart out of town, please tell me what other
stores I have blocked. I can't recall any. And by the way,
SuperWalmart was well on the way towards opening a Pullman store
before they ever even applied to build one in Moscow. As I've said
previously (today), there is 40+ acres zoned and ready to build on in
Moscow for big boxes, hate them as I do.</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>As far as the research I don't have time to dig around
for: it's there. I've read it and I consider myself a truthful guy. If
you want to refer me to your source for</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>" retail stores and services near Super-Walmart do
excellent"</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>and make sure that it discusses existing mall retail
space, not new big boxes, I'll be glad to read it and continue the
discussion.</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>m.</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark,<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>I wish you would make the time to review your research. I
think you would find that retail stores and services near
Super-Walmart do excellent. It is the businesses that are far away
that suffer. When people cannot find what they are looking for at
Wal-Mart, which is frequent, they go to nearby businesses, not to
another section of town. When people are out shopping, they also visit
restaurants and other service industries nearby.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>I think the community is indebted to you and others that
attempt to raise awareness of our environment and the limits of
resources. I applaud the efforts of the you, the city, and many others
in reducing water consumption by 15% over the last two
years.</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>You wrote:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>"The City is actively exploring alternative water
sources.<u> Assuming those actions continue</u> we can as a community
decide to spend some of the water capital we've saved on other
uses."<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>I don't agree that we should take a socialist
approach to business development as your actions and words seems to
advocate. Private individuals have the right to establish
businesses with their own capital that is at risk when invested.
Consumers decide which businesses stay and go by supporting or not
supporting the business. We as a community can establish regulations
on all businesses equally. However, I think those restrictions are so
severe that they are damaging the community while not preventing the
extraction of our resources which you seek to protect because
they simple go over the boarder.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Every business you have blocked, Super Wal-Mart, on down
the line, simply moves across the boarder, and they are still going to
extract the same amount of resources. The only difference is that the
tax revenue is going to Washington, Whitman, and Pullman rather than
Idaho, Latah, and Moscow. Why a reasonably intelligent
person such as yourself cannot see that is what is happening
is puzzling to me.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Best to you,<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Donovan<br>
</blockquote>
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<i><b>Mark Solomon <msolomon@moscow.com></b></i> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Donovan,<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>I don't have time right now to dig out the original cite,
but the research that has been done suggests strongly that rather than
drawing new customers to old malls located by new big box developments
they instead are their death knell. Newer, shinier, prettier, more
"hip", etc: the attributes of consumer culture apply to
architectural space as well as personal buying choices.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>I was here when the Moscow Mall opened and you're
absolutely correct.. it's been a dud since day one when it opened
almost simultaneously with the Palouse Mall. As you say, location is
everything and being closer to the Pullman consumer is a winner for
the Palouse mall. It is why I support development, if it is going to
occur, on the 40 acres already zoned for motor business behind the
Palouse mall. Depending on the type of businesses contemplated there,
water could be an issue, but it is one that we can address as a
community. Moscow residents have reduced their water demand by about
15% in the past two years in response to the call for water
conservation. The City is actively exploring alternative water
sources.<u> Assuming those actions continue</u> we can as a community
decide to spend some of the water capital we've saved on other
uses.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>m.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>At 3:44 PM -0700 4/14/07, Donovan Arnold wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Mark,<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>If you built the best mall on the far side of the moon
would it get much business? Location is is everything in business and
the Eastside Mall doesn't have much of one. That mall would be bumpin
though if a Super Wal-Mart was put across the street.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>You should have seen that mall when it was the Moscow
Mall. You could have fired a cannon down the center of it and not
killed a soul.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Best,<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Donovan<br>
<blockquote>And that somehow explains the, ahem, "under-occupancy
rate" at the Eastside Mall?<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>m.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>At 2:43 PM -0700 4/14/07, Donovan Arnold wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Tom,<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Businesses went under in the Palouse
Mall because the Mall owners raised the rent really high
so many left. A new mall will create competition and serve as a
check on the lease prices. Also, the mall kicked out many smaller
businesses that are locally owned in favor of big chain stores.
Market Time Gifts was one forced out. The mall owners won't even
let Book People in there.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>It would be nice to have a mall that supports local
business owners and counters the over inflated rent prices.
This is the free market at work. One guy jacks his rates to the
roof, so another builds one for cheaper.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Best,<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Donovan<br>
<br>
<i><b>Tom Hansen <idahotom@hotmail.com></b></i> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Building more malls is NOT the answer. How many businesses
have come and<br>
gone from the Palouse Mall? And your answer is to build another
mall?<br>
<br>
That reminds me of a joke:<br>
<br>
John and Jerry were buying widgets from a manufacturing warehouse at
a<br>
dollar each. To develop and exapnd a customer base they decided to
undercut</blockquote>
<blockquote>their competition by selling their widgets at 80 cents a
piece.<br>
<br>
Sure enough, customers were flocking to get more and more widgets from
John<br>
and Jerry. John realized that the more widgets the customers
purchased, the<br>
more widgets John and Jerry had to buy from the manufacturing
warehouse.<br>
Joh also realized that somehow they were losing money on this venture.
John<br>
approached Jerry and asked him what could be done to avoid further
loss.<br>
Jerry's response was, "Simple. We will get a larger
truck."<br>
<br>
Like John and Jerr's predicament, building another mall here in Moscow
will<br>
not solve anything.<br>
<br>
We need to expand on career-oriented, professional jobs. As more and
more<br>
people move to Moscow seeking professional employment in a
career-oriented<br>
job, the more appealing another mall will be for retailers who will
be<br>
targeting more than just the college-age customer.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
>From: "Matt Decker"<br>
>To: thansen@moscow.com, donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com,
msolomon@moscow.com,<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>> lfalen@turbonet.com, jampot@adelphia.net,
vision2020@moscow.com<br>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Corridor debate: Daily News<br>
>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:18:40 -0700<br>
><br>
>Tom,<br>
><br>
>I do agree conservation and prevention should be on all our minds.
Not just<br>
>water, but also electricity, fossil fuels, and such.<br>
><br>
>What I can't foresee, is why a company would want to move here. We
have<br>
>very little to offer. Very limited businesses, resturaunts,
shopping areas,<br>
>etc.<br>
><br>
>I don't see how adding a costco, olive garden, red lobster, old
navy, and<br>
>whatever else comes into mind will kill our "perfect"
little town. We could<br>
>stand to grow a little without taking away the soul of our great
little<br>
>community.<br>
><br>
>All of these will help draw in the bussiness types we would all
hope for.<br>
>With this current Mayor and council nothing will happen. She will
focus on<br>
>getting rid of poeple who oppose her. Instead of worrying about a
$134,000<br>
>fine we have now received from the feds. Along with
keeping/seeking a<br>
>conservation driven growth policy. Something that is very possible
with our<br>
>technology.<br>
><br>
>Meantime, we lose bigtime money from our neighbors who seem to get
it.<br>
>Moscow and Pullman need to both thrive for conservation.<br>
><br>
>Matt<br>
><br>
><br>
>>From: "Tom Hansen"<br>
>>To: "'Matt Decker'" ,<br>
>>, ,<br>
>>, ,<br>
>><br>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Corridor debate: Daily News<br>
>>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:28:24 -0700<br>
>><br>
>>I have no problem with housing development. As Moscow expands
housing<br>
>>development becomes an absolute necessity. Tacking on
another<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>>>mega-shopping<br>
>>center isn't.<br>
>><br>
>>We have enough shopping malls to support the population of
Moscow (as well<br>
>>as Pullman). What we need is expansion of career-oriented
professions<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>>>here<br>
>>in Vandalville. More shelf-stockers and fast-food egg flippers
merely<br>
>>doesn’t fit the bill.<br>
>><br>
>>As professional, career-oriented jobs develop and grow in
Moscow, more<br>
>>students will opt to stick around after graduation. Housing
developments<br>
>>will increase along with the tax base.<br>
>><br>
>>Until we can calculate just how much water remains in the
aquifer, we must<br>
>>assume a defensive posture.<br>
>><br>
>>If not, what will we do when the faucets run dry?<br>
>><br>
>>Tom Hansen<br>
>>Moscow, Idaho<br>
>><br>
>>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college
students. The college<br>
>>students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."<br>
>><br>
>>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>
>>-----Original Message-----<br>
>>From: Matt Decker [mailto:mattd2107@hotmail.com]<br>
>>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:08 AM<br>
>>To: thansen@moscow.com; donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com;
msolomon@moscow.com;<br>
>>lfalen@turbonet.com; jampot@adelphia.net;
vision2020@moscow.com<br>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Corridor debate: Daily News<br>
>><br>
>>Tom,<br>
>><br>
>>You stated"If we allow unlimited<br>
>> >use of the aquifer by corporate "gluttons", it
will disappear and our<br>
>> >citizens will suffer. We must restrict access to our
limited water<br>
>> >sources<br>
>> >until another source is identified and put into
use."<br>
>><br>
>>So are suggesting that we stop all houses being built? Maybe
even a high<br>
>>tech industrial baised company moving into Moscow? All this
while Pullman</blockquote>
<blockquote>>>catapults itself way ahead of us, and continues to
drill new wells which<br>
>>draw from the same water source. Thus drawing more business,
residents,<br>
>>and<br>
>>tax revenue, most of which is beneficial to the area. Granted,
some such<br>
>>as<br>
>>a Walmart I could go without. Along with growth would become
more problems<br>
>>too. However, the ending result will most likely create a
better community<br>
>>with more options.<br>
>><br>
>>Matt<br>
>><br>
>> >From: "Tom Hansen"<br>
>> >To: "'Donovan Arnold'" , "'Mark<br>
>> >Solomon'" , "'lfalen'"<br>
>>,<br>
>><br>
>> > "'g. crabtree'" ,<br>
>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Corridor debate: Daily News<br>
>> >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:05:17 -0700<br>
>> ><br>
>> >Arnold stated:<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >"Mr. Solomon's ideas are not based on economic
realities and don't solve<br>
>> >the<br>
>> >water problem, it just prolongs it."<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >So, you are admitting that there is a water problem. If
we allow<br>
>>unlimited<br>
>> >use of the aquifer by corporate "gluttons", it
will disappear and our<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>>> >citizens will suffer. We must restrict access
to our limited water<br>
>> >sources<br>
>> >until another source is identified and put into use.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Arnold goes on . . .<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >"Thinking we shouldn't have stocking and service
orientated jobs for<br>
>> >students I think is a bad idea. First, those lower paying
jobs should go<br>
>>to<br>
>> >college students, not 40 year olds trying to make a
living; somebody has<br>
>>to<br>
>> >ask, "Would you like fries with that?" And I
don't think it should be<br>
>> >people<br>
>> >middle aged with Master's in Environmental
Science."<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Our community NEEDS career-oriented, professional jobs if
it is to<br>
>>compete.<br>
>> >If Moscow were to limit its growth to those
minimum-wage,<br>
>>service-oriented<br>
>> >jobs you reference, those 10,000 college students
(referenced by Dale<br>
>> >Courtney below) will simply graduate and move on to
greener pastures<br>
>>away<br>
>> >from Moscow.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Question: What 40 year olds and local residents
"with Master's in<br>
>> >Environmental Science" are you aware of that are
hold these jobs at fast<br>
>> >food outlets? I have lived here in Moscow for 15 years.
All I have<br>
>>seen<br>
>> >are college students working at local fast food
restaurants (as well as<br>
>> >bartenders at my favorite haunts).<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Tom Hansen<br>
>> ><br>
>> >Moscow, Idaho<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college
students. The college<br>
>> >students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."<br>
>> ><br>
>> >- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>
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