<DIV>Like we didn't see this coming?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Moscow City Council rejected fair efforts by Wal-Mart to play ball according to the rules laid out by Moscow. Now Wal-Mart is going across the street to play ball over there. You didn't think that was going to happen? Of course it is.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is why people, economic professors included, were saying to the then Moscow City Council and Mayor to work with Wal-Mart so we have the revenue, set the environmental standards, and the layout to our advantage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When a handful of noisy vocal, we know what's best, residents showed up to threaten the council if they voted to support Wal-Mart, they with that vote, gave 100% of the power, revenue, and jobs to Whitman County, just one mile away. Was it worth it? I think not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wal-Mart is much bigger than Moscow, and will have a Super Center in the area, regardless of a
few efforts by some community members. The Anti-Wal-Mart effort was only successful in preventing a Green Wal-Mart that brought jobs and revenue to the community from coming into the Moscow city limits. It was not successful in anything else. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>roger hayes <rhayes@turbonet.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>> Moscow citizens need to take a good look at what the city council's <BR>> decision to provide water and sewer to the Hawkins company will bring.<BR>> Yesterday's Daily News posted some serious speculation about WalMart <BR>> building a Super Center in the Hawkin's development. Earlier, I did <BR>> have a suspicion that was a distinct possibility. I could not see how <BR>> a Lowes could be the anchor store. WalMart, Idaho
division, remains <BR>> tight lipped about its plans, but would not rule out the possibility. <BR>> A local WalMart employee speculated that it is a reality.<BR>> By providing water and sewer service across the state line, Moscow <BR>> taxpayers may now subsidize the construction of WalMart. Whitman <BR>> county taxpayers are providing over 10 million in infrastructure <BR>> development. This is an ultimate irony since both communities have <BR>> waged campaigns against the building of a Super Center in their <BR>> communities. And in Moscow's case, we are dealing a vast economic blow <BR>> to our community.<BR>> Much more is going on than we citizens know. What other "deals" are <BR>> happening behind closed doors?<BR>> I do feel that if WalMart comes in it will prove how inept, and most <BR>> likely, corrupt the current Moscow city council is. The council will <BR>> no doubt plead ignorance, and do so with an arrogant
smile.<BR>We need to do something and do it quickly. Any ideas?<BR>><BR><BR>> Roger Hayes<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 <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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