vision2020
Re: Corridor car lot--on Moscow reply
Here, Here.....Very good insight, I agree!
Jerry
> orderly and cooperative fashion, then let's help to insure that they
proceed
> with their development from the west end of the corridor--or let them run
their
> pipes out ten miles to service the businesses from which they will derive
the
> revenue. I've heard it argued that Moscow should just charge more for the
> water. Well, NO, I'm not interested in that. There were/are ways to
develop
> the area between Moscow and Pullman in rational,
beneficial-to-business-AND-the
> community ways. It's their court, their goal, their net. We brought the
ball,
> but they didn't want to let us play. I suggest we take our ball and go
home,
> not let them buy the flippin' ball from us.
>
> Mike Curley
>
>
> > From: "bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>
> > To: psalant@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: Corridor car lot
> > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:40:37 PDT
>
> > Priscilla-
> > I think your worst fears are justified.
> > According to a 2-page ad in the Daily News (Wed. Aug 25), this weekend
we
> > will be treated to this FIRST ANNUAL event--the 3 big Pullman car
> > dealerships are joining forces to haul some of their clunkers out to the
> > rock-crushing site on the Corridor and wrap them all up in garish,
crass,
> > and shiny commercialism.
> > For those who think that somehow careful development in the Corridor is
> > really an option, this should be an awakening.
> > To those (especially in the Pullman business community) who think that
> > Corridor development is an economic boost for the towns, perhaps they
will
> > reconsider when the big auto dealers permanently move to the Corridor,
> > taking all their tax base with them.
> > To those who wanted a safe, enjoyable Corridor, too bad.
> > BL
> >
> >
> > >From: "Priscilla Salant" <psalant@moscow.com>
> > >To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
> > >Subject: Corridor car lot
> > >Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:02:03 -0700
> > >
> > >Can anyone give me the facts on how a car lot could have materialized
> > >overnight on the corridor? Perhaps the Whitman County Commissioners
are
> > >not legally required to formally approve the new development plan
before
> > >auto sales begin?
> > >
> > >Before I express unwarranted outrage at the knot of traffic (as
shoppers
> > >tried turning left into the gravel pit at rush hour), can someone tell
me
> > >it was all a mirage? Before I admit the foolishness of my sympathetic
> > >instincts for the revenue strapped commissioners and property owners,
can
> > >someone assure me this is not an in-your-face, we won kind of move?
> > >
> > >Surely I misunderstand what's happening in the corridor. It can't be
as
> > >bad as it appears.
> > >
> > >--Priscilla Salant
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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