Re: Alturas

["John and Laurie Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

Stepping aside from the "loophole" questions, it seems to this poor
uninformed individual that the only way to measure success of the Alturas
park is the number of businesses that graduate from the park into full
fledged stand alone enterprises.  These successes would then increase the
local business population, provide local jobs, and reduce the local property
tax burden for everybody.  If this does happen, then the park can be called
successful, and possibly a 'good investment" of community resources.  If the
park simply becomes a home for already stand alone businesses, or fails to
graduate current start ups, then it is clearly a failure and should be shut
down and sold.

John

John and Laurie Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Duncan Palmatier <dpalm@earthlink.net>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:32 AM
Subject: Alturas


> Dear Vision2020:
>
> The Alturas discussion has been excellent and very enlightening. The
> side issue of our local governments' responsiveness to ordinary citizens
> vs. special interests has been particularly interesting to me, since it
> seems that politicians and government institutions are uncomfortable
> with citizen involvement, preferring to work with a recognized group of
> familiar faces. I hope that citizen forums, like this one, will help
> change this.
>
> But, where are the responses to the Alturas questions from our local
> pols? I, for one, would very much like to hear from elected officials --
> those I can vote for or against -- about this. So far, I have been
> deafened by their silence.
>
> Duncan Palmatier
> Patent Law Office (a "high tech" firm, specializing in patents,
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> Email: dpalm@earthlink.net
>
>
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