<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
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","serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yes, Donovan. Perhaps you should look up the taxes that
the high tech companies in Moscow contribute to the community and also look up
the wages they pay. You might be pleasantly surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>B. J. Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Donovan Arnold
[mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> B. J. Swanson; v2020<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Real Economic Value<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>BJ,<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I fail to understand how anything
you mentioned can be defined as growth if it supported by tax dollars. Tax
dollars take away from the income of residents, it doesn't add. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I think Moscow needs some tax
generating industry and jobs, not just tax supported jobs. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Donovan<br>
<br>
<b><i>"B. J. Swanson" <bjswan@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;
margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
The idea of high tech jobs being a good fit and economic driver for Moscow is
based on the assets and culture we already have to attract and support them.
Assets being the University of Idaho, research dollars, quality of life,
arts community, etc. The high tech jobs bring in new money to support
several other jobs within the community and raise the overall standard of
living. Those high paying jobs will support housing, retail and overall
good of the community. Very similar to the economic models of Dr. Richard
Florida.<br>
<br>
We are not a Seattle, San Francisco or Washington DC, won’t be in the
next 100 years and it sounds like we don’t want to be. Comparing
Moscow with 12,000 permanent residents with cities of over 1 million
doesn’t work. We have limited resources. We are not a blue
collar town and don’t have an industrial base to build from. But we are
very fortunate to have two major universities nearby and should capitalize on
what they have to offer.<br>
<br>
At the MCA Smart Growth Forum on Monday night, Robin Woods and David Alexander
explained why their companies are in Moscow instead of Seattle or San
Francisco. Sue Hovey and Bev Bafus just said the same thing.
It’s quality of life. Quality of life is not an interstate, a
Wal-Mart or a strip-mine. It is a sense of community, the arts, walk
ability, Farmers Market, parks, open spaces, safety, good schools, Paradise
Path/Latah Trail, etc. <br>
<br>
Thanks to the current City Council and Mayor, we have a new fiber optic loop
funded by a grant, the first new building in Alturas Technology Park Phase II
and a proposed Urban Renewal District between the Downtown and the University.
These are certainly not examples of “No-Growth” and
“Anti-Business” that the conservative candidates keep touting.
They are also examples of a positive attitude for the future instead of
dwelling in the past. <br>
<br>
B. J. Swanson<br>
<br>
</span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>“The affluence of the few
presupposes the indigence of the many." Adam Smith</span></i>
=======================================================<br>
List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>
serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>
http://www.fsr.net <br>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>
=======================================================<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'> __________________________________________________<br>
Do You Yahoo!?<br>
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>
http://mail.yahoo.com <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>