Now, on with my diatribe.
As "visionaries", I don't think that most of the discussion up to this
point has been done with much vision at all. It seems to me that it has
all been done as individuals with their own best interests at heart. This
particular group, first of all and in my opinion, does not even come close
to representing an accurate cross section of this community. We haven't
heard, to my knowledge, from any college age University of Idaho students
and, like it or not, if these folks register, they can vote in a bond
election. Most of the comments that I have read here I would have thought
had come from politicians, not private citizens (I don't really look at the
school board as being a real political body). If these discussions had
anything to do with the official process on getting a new pool, we could
kiss it goodbye until the new millennium.
It is about time that we come together and start looking at this project as
a community, not as individuals. The design for our proposed new pool was
conceptualized by a group of Moscow citizens that represented a pretty good
cross section of our community. And, contrary to the beliefs of some
"visionaries", their decision was unanimous in favor of this design.
I'll go now, but with one further comment. People, don't think that this
proposal is already in danger. I, for one, think that if it went to a vote
among us "visionaries", that it might be close, but I think that when it is
voted on by all voters that they will see that this is the best available
option -- and it is good! If you all want a new pool, it is time to
support the proposal and work towards getting the public as a whole behind
it, too!
Mark Miller