"Water Water everywhere and not a drop to drink"
--?
He then learns that in going down into the secrets
of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of
all minds.
--Emerson
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition
means death by slow starvation. The old principle: Who does not
work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: Who does not
obey shall not eat.
--Leon Trotsky, 1937
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Kenton Bird wrote:
> re: Susan's question about the Office Depot site ... supposedly to be
part of a
> shopping center called "Warbonnet Plaza."
>
> I believe that the property in question (north of Appaloosa Horse Club and Pea &
> Lentil Commission, west of Warbonnet Drive) is ALREADY zoned for Motor Business.
> The request that is/was before the City Council is to REPLAT the property into
> larger lots (to accommodate "big box" stores like Office Depot). Perhaps Joel
> or Dale Pernula can correct me if this is not the case.
>
> And yes, Moscow appears to have a surplus of property in this zone... but the
> only way to have prevented the strip-malling of this end of the M-P Highway
> would have been to "downzone" the property to a less intensive use, which the
> property owners (still the Hatleys?) would have protested.
>
> Joel, has the P&Z had hearings yet on the land-use section of the comprehensive
> plan revision? That's a logical place in the process to ask for policies and
> zones that would encourage businesses to locate in already existing commercial
> zones (downtown and Eastside Marketplace), rather than rezoning more land on the
> periphery for MB.
> --Kenton
Hasn't the talk been, for the last 10 years or so, that Moscow wants to
expand that corridor farther west in the hopes the Pullman will streach to
the east so that eventually "the twain shall meet?