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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gussie443@hotmail.com
href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen Roskovich</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 09, 2009 11:29 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">editor@lataheagle.com</A> ; <A
title="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title="mailto:rhayes@turbonet.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:rhayes@turbonet.com">rhayes@turbonet.com</A> ; <A
title="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">chasuk@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] water sale bill</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><STRONG>Hmmmm. . . .hate to be the bearer of bad news, but. . . .
there's a really good chance that even our home grown "mall rats" will have to
change their habits as more national stores lay off employees, close their
doors for good all across the country and potential UI students see the
family savings evaporate as dad get's laid off with no health care and no
pension for those "Golden Years" we were all
promised.</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>I get the feeling that
either Moscow residents are very sheltered or in complete denial about the state
of affairs regarding our present
economy.</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>It must be the Moscow
water....or the Red State Kool Ade you're all drinking. Cause I'm down
here visiting family in Blue State Oregon where everyone on the block
has at least one family member laid off and people are scrounging our mill end
cut-off pile for something free to keep the family warm for one more
day.</STRONG><BR> <BR> <BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>Ellen A.
Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<BR>From: editor@lataheagle.com<BR>To: gussie443@hotmail.com;
donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com; rhayes@turbonet.com; chasuk@gmail.com<BR>CC:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] water sale bill<BR>Date: Mon,
9 Feb 2009 10:34:03 -0800<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">And in the meantime McMansions, with their
attendant high-maintenance, water dependent lawns are plopped down all over the
place without so much as a peep of opposition.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I wonder which uses more H2O?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Looking at it, the mall "may" be a good idea.
I'll tell you why:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Because we have raised a couple of generations
of "Mall Rats", a mall with the shops that today's kids expect may very well be
a draw for prospective to students to both universities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">That translates into outside $ flowing into
the communities and that is a good thing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen Roskovich</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 09, 2009 7:44 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=rhayes@turbonet.com
href="mailto:rhayes@turbonet.com">rhayes@turbonet.com</A> ; <A
title="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">chasuk@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] water sale bill</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><STRONG>Donovan. . . . You are probably not old enough to
remember, but the "Moscow Mall" was built prior to the Palouse Empire
Mall. The one big anchor was Sears and lots of little outlets that were
later duplicated in the Palouse Mall. There simply wasn't enough traffic
to justify two Jay Jacobs, two Hallmark shops, two of the same shoe shops. . . .
duplication, not choice was the order of the day. And at the same time we
had a lively downtown with really nice family owned shops with quality
merchandise. I remember going "downtown" to outfit my oldest daughter for
back- to- school clothes and supplies. . . .but ten years later, when my
youngest was ready to start school, one mall was turning into a ghost
town, Main Street had more services than retail and all
the back-to-school sales were at K-Mart and the Palouse
Mall.</STRONG><BR> <BR><STRONG>So our "area" is set to get a bigger
and badder-assed mall than the one we already can't afford to shop in now.
Great timing, guys. First off, you didn't learn a thing from the past
thirty years and, I hate to break the news to y'all, but we're in a
recession. There's absolutely no hope of Home Depot opening up and I
wonder if Lowes isn't having second thoughts. There will be no Circuit
City because they've already thrown in the towel nationwide. Across the
country Macy's is cutting jobs. . . will Moscow be next?
</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>And once and for all, Donovan,
is doesn't matter if our water "tastes bad" or leaves a brown ring in the
toilet. . . . if it's the only water available to us, then we need to know that
and protect it. I can't believe that this issue hasn't been studied and
revisited with some conclusion finally available to us. Communities need
guidelines and can't we utilize the brainpower within our community. . . namely
the University of
Idaho? </STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR> <BR><STRONG>Also,
Donovan, for what it's worth (not much, I know, because I'm not an expert) I
remember reading somewhere that our snowfall, rain, etc. contributes
very little to recharging the aquifer. So every year we loose huge amounts
of water because we can't store it. Perhaps this is part of the issue that
needs to be addressed for the future. . . or maybe I'm finally a nutty old
lady who can't remember anything.</STRONG> <BR> <BR><STRONG>Ellen A.
Roskovich</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG> </STRONG><BR> <BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR> <BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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<BR>Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:31:11 -0800<BR>From:
donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>To: rhayes@turbonet.com; chasuk@gmail.com<BR>CC:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] water sale bill<BR><BR><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>I always thought they built the Moscow Mall just to make
the Palouse Empire Mall look better. <BR>I think if you fired a cannon
through the center of the Eastside Market Place the ball would kill more
people after it crossed the street into the cemetery.<BR><BR><BR>Best
Regards,<BR><BR>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 2/8/09, <SPAN>Chasuk</SPAN>
<I><chasuk@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">From: Chasuk
<chasuk@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] water sale
bill<BR>To: "roger hayes" <rhayes@turbonet.com><BR>Cc:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3:22 PM<BR><BR><PRE>I live very near Safeway. However, it generally fails me as a grocery<BR>store, as it is too expensive for my income level. So I travel the<BR>extra distance to the
much-less-expensive WinCo.<BR><BR>I would prefer to buy books locally -- and sometimes I do -- but I<BR>usually buy from Amazon. Why? Convenience and affordability.<BR><BR>I love motion pictures. They are one of the few treats I allow<BR>myself. But do I attend Moscow cinemas? Of course not. All Moscow<BR>cinemas suck compared to the Village in Pullman.<BR><BR>Assuming that this mega-mall opens, I will likely shop there, as will<BR>the majority of the citizens of Moscow, as they presently shop at<BR>Wal-Mart, even if they are among the naysayers.<BR><BR>If this mega-mall opens, most of its employees will be from Moscow. I<BR>count that as a cash-injection for my community (although arguably<BR>offset by the loss of tax revenue). The water will come from our<BR>shared aquifer. I count that as a loss if we do nothing but bitch and<BR>sulk, but as a gain if we shut up and sell them the water.<BR><BR>The first question is, why is the Palouse Empire
Mall so pathetic?<BR><BR>Any "real" mall has a food court, which our pathetic mall lacks. <BR>Even<BR>the CUB at WSU has a passable food court. Please don't mention the<BR>Sodexo abomination in the UI Commons.<BR><BR>Any "real" mall has a cineplex, which our pathetic mall lacks.<BR><BR>At least Eastside Marketplace is honest enough not to include the word<BR>"mall" in its name.<BR><BR>The second, and last, question is, since the combined populations of<BR>Moscow and Pullman don't seem adequate to support the Palouse Empire<BR>Mall or Eastside Marketplace, why should this mega-mall succeed?<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>
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