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Yours has always been a voice for reason, livability, and stability for our community.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7301"><br>Roger Hayes</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7302">Moscow</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7228"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7181"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7307" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7306" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7305" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7304" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7303" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7309"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "vision2020-request@moscow.com" <vision2020-request@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Vision2020 Digest, Vol 137, Issue 12<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7315"><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7314" dir="ltr">Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7316" dir="ltr"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7326" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7317" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7318" dir="ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7320" dir="ltr"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7319" href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509907023719_7321" dir="ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-owner@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-owner@moscow.com">vision2020-owner@moscow.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1. Re: Candidates for mayor see growth for Moscow (Linda Pall)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 10:00:47 -0800<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: "Linda Pall" <<a href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:lpall@moscow.com">lpall@moscow.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: "Moscow Cares" <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>>, "Moscow Vision 2020"<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Candidates for mayor see growth for Moscow<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:E7BC22083EED4FE49396927415C4FF36@LindaPC" ymailto="mailto:E7BC22083EED4FE49396927415C4FF36@LindaPC">E7BC22083EED4FE49396927415C4FF36@LindaPC</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dear Visionaries,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think you should see what I wrote to the Daily News and will send this morning to the Spokesman Review this morning! Read on...<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> The Daily News? front page story in the weekend, November 4-5, 2017 edition titled ?Candidates for mayor see growth for Moscow? carried several misstatements in the front page portion of the story concerning election results from 2007 and impressions left with use of quotations from me. I ask that the Daily News correct this as soon as possible so that voters may consider this as they go to the polls Tuesday, November 7.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> FIRST, GMA-backed candidates did not ?oust left leaning Moscow city councilors.? I reject the left-right characterization of municipal politics, particularly where the issues have to do with livability of the community. If one reviews the record leading up to the 2007 election, numerous citizens felt a Wall-Mart Super Center was not a positive contribution to the City of Moscow and would have left a dark store on the western edge of our business district on the Pullman Road.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> The top vote getter in that election was Tom Lamar (2847 votes, 22.02% of the vote) followed by Wayne Krauss (2768, 21.41%) then further back was Dan Carscallen (2579, 19.95%). Losing were myself (2451 votes, 18.96%) and lastly, Aaron Ament (2285, 17.67%). In the head to head, 2 year race, Walter Steed was elected (2529 votes) against Evan Holmes (2307 votes). You might note that my total compared to Walter Steed?s total where all of the voter could mark their ballots, I was only 78 votes behind Steed. ?Swept away?? It did not seem so then nor does it now. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> SECOND, Cabeza confused the issue because he did not note the very important difference between the decision to reject a Wall Mart Super Center on the eastern edge of Moscow with all of its attendant problems, and the need to keep the existing Wall Mart in the already developed site on Warbonnet Drive, rather than having a dark store on Moscow?s western entry.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> All of this was open to discussion throughout this election IF IT HAD BEEN SALIENT TO THE VOTERS, rather than re-opening a ten year old decision of a majority of the Council and mayor, with the errors and innuendo contained in this article. Not a single letter to the editor felt this was the major reason for their letter writing in this campaign!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It was not of interest to the voters enough to be one of the serious discussion topics for the ?in depth? article done by Garret earlier in the campaign. Instead, a brief phone call Thursday was all I received, without any background or knowledge of what was intended with this article. The Daily News and NOW the Spokesman Review owe readers more factual coverage and fewer loaded words like ?ousted? and ?left-leaning? and ?swept away.? When you look at the vote totals from 2007, Tom Lamar was certainly an advocate of the planning decisions we took and on social issues, he and I share a view of progressive positions, like support for the gay community and opposition to discrimination against any group in the city as well as being in favor of living wages and a higher minimum wage. Yet, Tom was the highest vote getter in that election and was not ?ousted? by GMA. I did not seek their endorsement then and did not seek it in this election.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Visionaries for reading and for putting your open mind to this election decision Tuesday!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">All the best,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Linda Pall<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Moscow Cares <br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 8:51 AM<br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Moscow Vision 2020 <br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Candidates for mayor see growth for Moscow<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of today?s (November 5, 2017) Spokesman-Review. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">???????????????-<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Candidates for mayor see growth for Moscow<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ten years ago, left-leaning Moscow city councilors perceived as having anti-growth views were swept away by three Greater Moscow Alliance-backed members. Linda Pall was one of the left-leaning incumbent members who was ousted. Now, she is running for mayor against incumbent mayor Bill Lambert, a pro-growth councilor who kept his seat in 2007 and was joined by Walter Steed among others.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall said the anti-growth characterization placed on her and other councilors at the time was ?absolutely? unfair.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It is quite reasonable to have development, she says.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?But I don?t want that development to be at the cost of the livability of Moscow,? Pall said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said it should be the right size for the city.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Part of the anti-growth perception existed because she and other councilors did not think it would be a great idea to allow Walmart, which she said could be found anywhere else ? including Pullman ? to come to Moscow.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today she says Walmart is a fine store and a great asset on Warbonnet Drive where even she shops.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said the perception was also there because she thought development should serve the larger interests of Moscow rather than building anything that takes away from Moscow?s character.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?We want to maintain the uniqueness and the livability of who we are and what we are,? Pall said, while at the same time saying big box stores such as Target would be a great advantage for Moscow.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said he does not mind big box stores coming to Moscow.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Running off Walmart a decade ago was a bad idea, Lambert said, and when the Pullman Walmart was built, many Idaho license plates could be seen in the parking lot, which meant Moscow lost out on those tax dollars.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He and Moscow City Councilman John Weber were the only two councilors in favor of a Walmart in Moscow at the time, Lambert said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall said the vacant Old Dumas Seed Site on the corner of A and Almon streets would be a great residential spot for people of all ages.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said it is an opportunity to promote Moscow as a retirement destination.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said the vacant lot would be a good area for apartments.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Moscow Community Development Director Bill Belknap told the Daily News on Thursday that Noel Blum, founder of Blum Construction LLC, recently purchased the lot and is in the planning stages for development. Belknap said he believes the property will be largely residential with construction to start in the next year or two.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?We are at a cusp here and we could go toward that wonderful future that we would all like to see for downtown Moscow and for development in Moscow, or we could blow it,? Pall said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall said she wants to make sure the livability, joy and great possibilities for Moscow do not disappear.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?If we do not make sure that there is high-quality design in our community, we are going to lose the edge,? Pall said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said that not only includes buildings, but parks and other things.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall said the UI College of Art and Architecture should be at the center of it.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall suggested building a new Palouse Ice Rink near Palouse Mall, where the the rink would help support the businesses there.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said when parents drop their children off at practice, they could go shopping.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She does not know exactly where the rink could be built.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?I do not have all the answers,? she said. ?I work best in that particular role as spark plug.?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert also said he is in favor of a full-sized ice rink, but said its current location at the Latah County Fairgrounds would still be the best place for it.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said the ice rink is important because it keeps children busy during winter. Plus, he said a new rink would bring teams and their families from out of town to Moscow, which would help boost Moscow?s economy.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall urged development of the areas west of Jackson Street near the entrance to the university, including areas next to Paradise Creek along the Sixth Street entrance to campus.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Pall said a boutique hotel looking toward the university would enhance downtown.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said development is important to Moscow. He said he is a big fan of the proposed Moscow urban renewal district on the south side of town.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The district would provide a place for such businesses as a small manufacturing plant, he said. The new businesses would create good-paying jobs, which results in an improved economy for other businesses in town, he said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?We?re looking forward to getting that done,? Lambert said. ?That?s critical for the next 20, 30, 40, 50 years.?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said moving toward a water supply alternative is significant so development is not restricted due to water shortages.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?As soon as you start restricting growth you kill business,? Lambert said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He said Moscow needs growth to create more taxpayers, which in turn, helps sustain infrastructure improvements.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said more mixed-use buildings would be nice to see downtown, such as the soon-to-be Sangria Downtown LLC development on the corner of Sixth and Jackson streets. The building will have the Sangria Grille restaurant on the ground floor and apartments on the second and third floors.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?You?re taking one space and you?re going up with it,? Lambert said of mixed-use buildings. ?That makes total sense.?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lambert said too much development downtown could damage the character of the downtown core, so finding a development balance is key.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He said he would like to see more availability of condominiums and smaller housing for retirees since he said people are retiring in Moscow.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">?We need to grow, we need to build,? Lambert said.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">???????????????-<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Vote/Vote_Dog_Cat.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Vote/Vote_Dog_Cat.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr">Tom Hansen<br></div><div dir="ltr">Moscow, Idaho<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20171105/66076c98/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20171105/66076c98/attachment.html</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">Name: image1.jpeg<br></div><div dir="ltr">Type: image/jpeg<br></div><div dir="ltr">Size: 28403 bytes<br></div><div dir="ltr">Desc: not available<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20171105/66076c98/image1.jpeg" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20171105/66076c98/image1.jpeg</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">=======================================================<br></div><div dir="ltr"> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br></div><div dir="ltr"> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">=======================================================<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">End of Vision2020 Digest, Vol 137, Issue 12<br></div><div dir="ltr">*******************************************<br></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>