<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Kit,<br><br>Thanks for that explanation. I think what we get most from the Hawkins development is jobs. I know it isn't important to many, but I think jobs is a good thing to have. <br><br>I am no geologist. However, I believe regardless of if we give Hawkins water or not, they will get it, and it will be from the same source. I don't think water recognizes state boarders. <br><br>I think it is best we encourage industry on the Moscow side of the corridor, rather than the Pullman side, that way Moscow residents can more easily get to the new jobs. We cannot do anything about the property taxes unless you want to petition the states to move the stateline. But we can encourage which side the development occurs on. We can grow from Moscow to Pullman, or Pullman to Moscow. Which is better? <br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 3/9/09, Sam
Scripter <i><moscowsam@verizon.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Sam Scripter <moscowsam@verizon.net><br>Subject: [Vision2020] Sell-Outs: Senator Gary Schroeder and Moscow City Councilman Walter Steed<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 12:04 PM<br><br><div id="yiv490991353">
<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Very well expressed, Kit!!!<br>
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<pre>1) It doesn't matter how much water is in the over all aquifer or how <br>many straws are in it. What's important is the fact that Moscow has <br>the right to pump a defined and limited amount of water. If the City <br>contracts with Hawkins, we the residents will be legally obligated to <br>reduce our share of a finite resource to outside interests. If we do <br>not have that contract, the outside interests cannot dip into our <br>bucket.<br><br>2) Water rights are based on first come, first served (i.e. "Senior" <br>vs. "Junior" rights). When water becomes scarce, the junior right <br>holders must pull their straw so the seniors can retrieve their <br>share. If Moscow contracts with Hawkins, they join our senior right <br>rather than being the most junior in Washington's scheme. How do we <br>benefit from that?<br><br>3) The amendment does not specify "Hawkins". It applies to any <br>development adjacent to our city limits. There's
lots of land <br>available for development just across the line, North, South, and <br>West. How much of our allocation are we going to ultimately sell?<br><br>This is like selling your seed potatoes.<br><br>Kit Craine<br> </pre>
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