<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>If the mall were built closer to Pullman, the city could annex it, doing the county out of the taxes.<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force</div><div>
Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 20, 2012 1:34 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Location is Everything<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1803277583"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of the Letters section of today's (January 20, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with much appreciation to Garrett Clevenger.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><span class="yiv1803277583Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;line-height:24px;"><h1 style="font-size:24px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:normal;font-style:inherit;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:34px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Location is everything</h1><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;"><b>Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 12:00 am</b></div><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">After reading Whitman County Commissioner Pat O'Neill's column (His View, Jan. 18), I wonder why, if he truly asks, "Is it good for all the residents of Whitman County," he supports placing the megamall where it's mostly intended to serve (i.e. take business away from) Moscow?</div><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">Wouldn't building the mall closer to Pullman, perhaps west of Pullman, instead of at the eastern border, better serve the rest of Whitman County?</div><div class="yiv1803277583encrypted-content"
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><div style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">Why should
residents in Colfax, or even Pullman, who presumably will pay for the $15 million-plus Hawkins subsidy, have to drive almost to Moscow to shop? If the mall were west of Pullman, the rest of Whitman County would have more convenient shopping opportunities.</div></div><div class="yiv1803277583encrypted-content" style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">Folks in Whitman County may have to live with their elected officials' belief that tax dollars should be used to build the mall, but I imagine they'd want to at least make sure the subsidy makes sense and will pay itself back. They'd probably also hope that what they are supporting financially is built with their best interests at heart, not Hawkins's bottom line.</div></div><div class="yiv1803277583encrypted-content"
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><div style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">It seems like
the Hawkins deal serves more the desire to develop the Moscow-Pullman corridor than serve the needs of Whitman County residents.</div></div><div class="yiv1803277583encrypted-content" style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">I wonder what other enterprises these commissioners are willing to invest tax dollars in, with or without really doing due diligence?</div></div><div class="yiv1803277583encrypted-content"
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;"><div style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;">Garrett
Clevenger, Moscow</div><div style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;"><span class="yiv1803277583Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;">------------------------------</span><br></div><div
style="font-size:17px;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;float:none;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:16px;color:black;background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font:normal normal normal 17px/24px Times, serif;"><span class="yiv1803277583Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;"><img src="cid:1.2362195741@web46104.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" alt="image.jpeg" id="yiv1803277583353A811D-F01D-42B6-94DF-46A5D4AC6738" height="467" width="700"><br></span></div></div></span><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If
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