<DIV>Tom I,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The composition of members of the City Council changes almost monthly, if not yearly. I don't think it is so much the individuals as it is the policies. The current City Council members that are running again strongly support economic policies that have stifled growth in Moscow and opposed ones that would significantly improve it. Aaron Ament, for example, strongly opposed the Alturas Project and expansion. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do you agree of disagree with his position? If you agree, why do you think this project should be stopped from expanding? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You cannot have change if we keep electing the same people over and over again that keep enforcing the same bad policies over and over again. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Remember;</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
-----Albert Einstein</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">...and just over 2 yrs ago was a different city council and Mayor<BR><BR><B><I>baukunst@moscow.com</I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">My wife & I left Moscow just over 2 years ago because of the business<BR>climate, limited available opportunities, and looking for a change of<BR>scenery. I understand Moscow businesses to operate just fine if your<BR>clientele are UI student, staff, or faculty; or are out of the area - there<BR>is a very limited population to find a maket niche in otherwise. To depend<BR>upon the local pop. is too limiting for very many. Others followed suit<BR>and left the
Palouse around the same time we did because of its<BR>self-imposed limits. It could be more, but...<BR><BR>Moscow development seems to limit itself to supplying current resident<BR>needs. It does not want to draw attention to itself and attract others to<BR>the area. In the 27 years I witnessed, it has done so because of a<BR>"mentality" of "do the minimum to get by." Its agrarian background is<BR>strong and will subside, but it is still highly ingrained. Frugality is<BR>too progressive. The Palouse is progressive in thought - actions say the<BR>opposite.<BR><BR>Looking towards the future, Moscow will not want to change from its past. <BR>It will not seek to build upon the UI resource(s) to attract more people<BR>and attention. High-tech jobs maytrickle in because of the quality of<BR>life, but it is tightly controlled by the forces the above subject line<BR>means to rebuke. Why move there when other places are more well known? <BR>What does it have to offer that CO, AZ,
or OR & WA don't? Most would<BR>likely head to Boise first anyway, unless only the UI had it.<BR><BR>"Free market" forces bring Moscow's slow growth rate. Christ Church<BR>results from the free market and the willing buyers of belivers. Condos<BR>along the UI golf course will come when the 'boomer market demands. "Free<BR>market" forces will bring a pedestrian overpass at 3rd & TriState. <BR>Building upon the available creative resources has as more common sense<BR>than the no-brainer "attract high-tech."<BR><BR>I don't belive the "free market" is wise, nor do I trust it. The "free<BR>market" is part of a larger system and as such it is influenced by forces<BR>beyond the local market. What happens in Moscow, ID is not totally out of<BR>control, but it is beyond local influence only. The local political<BR>election changes people, it does not change the system.<BR><BR>As long as there is gravity, water will seek equilibrium. It might<BR>overshoot past being
sustainable, but it will find a usable level. <BR>Development levels will follow water too. Although development can be<BR>retrofitted to fit consumption levels that should have been implemented<BR>initially.<BR><BR>Anyway, I hope the UI condos are in-place in 5 years so I can move back and<BR>retire in comfort; not having to be concerned about making a living in<BR>Moscow, ID. As long as there are students serving up lattes & bagles or<BR>crumpets and tea, I should be just fine, then, cheerio.<BR><BR>Mark Seman, Architect<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR>This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>http://www.fsr.com/<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net
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