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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Mr. Eiselein, Dutch Bros. coffee leapt to mind for
me as well. The debacle with the refused rezone of the 77 acres of Thompson
property would be another shining example. Now, how about you provide a
little collaboration for your assertion that the GMA is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wilson Inc. (I'm guessing that Jim Anderson, Steve Busch, and Jim
DeMeerleer will be surprised) along with a little documentation on those
stacks of hundred dollar bills you claim are changing hands?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=privatejf32@hotmail.com href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com">J
Ford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Dispel the
anti-growth myth</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>You say:<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black,Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">"I believe that in
the majority of the instances where entrepreneurs did need to go before the
council and our illustrious mayor to obtain some sort of dispensation they
were roundly turned down."</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR>I ask:<BR><BR>For
instance..............................................?<BR><BR><BR>J
:]<BR><BR><BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A><BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:aprilf@fingerlos.net">aprilf@fingerlos.net</A>;
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:56:20 -0700<BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth<BR>> <BR>> The
problem with Ms. Sullivan's letter is its backhanded attempt to give <BR>>
credit to the incumbent candidate's for the emergence of all these "new
<BR>> businesses." In practically all of the cases cited the city had no
say in <BR>> whether the establishment opened its doors or not. The
locations were <BR>> properly zoned and no variance was required nor any
change made to the <BR>> comprehensive plan. The only exceptions to this
might be Nectar and San <BR>> Miguel's as the city would have had to
approve their beer and wine license. <BR>> In all the other cases since the
city was not asked to make any <BR>> accommodation for the new enterprise
they effectively had no say in whether <BR>> they opened their doors or
not. We are fortunate in that a person does not <BR>> have to go and
genuflect before city government and obtain a blessing to <BR>> start a
perfectly legal biz in a properly zoned commercial space, at least <BR>>
for now.<BR>> <BR>> I believe that in the majority of the instances
where entrepreneurs did need <BR>> to go before the council and our
illustrious mayor to obtain some sort of <BR>> dispensation they were
roundly turned down.<BR>> <BR>> To say Moscow is anti-growth is almost
certainly incorrect but to say that <BR>> the MCA endorsed incumbent
candidates are anti-growth is to strike much <BR>> closer to the mark.
Support for Dan Carscallen, Walter Steed, and Wayne <BR>> Krauss will go
along way toward improving our business climate as well as <BR>> peoples
negative perceptions.<BR>> <BR>> g<BR>> ----- Original Message -----
<BR>> From: "April Fingerlos" <aprilf@fingerlos.net><BR>> To:
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:30
PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> >A perspective from Lurkerville...<BR>> ><BR>>
> The only problem with Brandy's interesting list is that nearly every one
<BR>> > of them is a replacement business, not a new one. That's not
<BR>> > growth--that's maintenance. Don't forget Winger's doubled in
size by <BR>> > reworking the old Bonanza building, and Tucci's took
their old building. <BR>> > But, again, both are replacement businesses,
not new ones. VJ's BBQ and <BR>> > Loco Grindz are more replacement
business. Fastenal moved into a bigger <BR>> > building, and Animal
House slowly moved into their old building (returning <BR>> > the
building to a pet business). The Inland Blood Center is yet another <BR>>
> replacement business, as is the list-beloved Moscow Food Co-Op. I'm
<BR>> > admittedly not one that puts the magnifying glass to the
council's meeting <BR>> > agendas, but offhand, I don't know that the
city council had much <BR>> > influence on any of these, nor any of the
additional replacements Brandy <BR>> > lists.<BR>> ><BR>> >
What about totally new construction for a totally new business to Moscow?
<BR>> > PAWS is one I can think of right off--it was neat to see an Arxx
building <BR>> > go up from bare ground. The small malls (Rodeo Mall and
Village Center) <BR>> > are businesses in their own respect, but at the
same time, aren't really <BR>> > in this context. It's kind of like
calling a condo complex a business--it <BR>> > sort of is, but I'm
referring primarily to general public-interacting <BR>> > businesses in
this context.<BR>> ><BR>> > If that's all the real growth there
has been, I can see the support for <BR>> > the anti-growth
perception.<BR>> ><BR>> > As for future replacement predictions, I
already miss Stookey's for my <BR>> > show gelding's Purina Strategy
supply, but I would guess that the building <BR>> > will be leveled and
replaced by a recycling center expansion. And, of <BR>> > course,
there's the URA ground, but who knows what will ultimately wind up <BR>>
> there.<BR>> ><BR>> > April<BR>> ><BR>> > April
Fingerlos<BR>> > Moscow, ID<BR>> ><BR>> >
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