RE: Alturas

["B. J. Swanson" <bjswan@moscow.com>]

Bob & Bill,

Would you prefer that we still have the old foreclosed Moscow Mall that was
less than 18% occupied?  It would probably be a real slum area by now. And
would you prefer that the community be without the 47 jobs in Alturas that
pump $2 million annually into our economy?

B. J. Swanson

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hoffmann [mailto:escape@alt-escape.com]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 3:39 PM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Alturas


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Bill,

One juicy detail that I forgot to mention:

Shelley Bennett (formerly of the LEDC) spoke.  She said that when looking
for a location, and the issue of the Troy Highway area came up, she was
quite enthusiastic, because her family had just bought the mall across the
street, and what a great selling point that would be for filling the mall
vacancies.

I was astounded that she was speaking in public about how her influence
over a decision involving public funds could result in substantial
financial gain for her family.  She must have felt really comfortable with
her audience.

According to the agenda, the man in charge of questions and answers was
Rich Levengood, Latah Economic Development Council, Alturas Outsider
Extraordinaire.  Question & Answer period did spill over about an extra 15
minutes, although Ken Medlin took up most of that.  Aside from Ken's
questions/comments, there was only one other written question that was
submitted.

Bob Hoffmann
229 East C St., Suite B
Moscow, ID  83843  USA
Phone: (208) 883-0642
Fax: 1-800-683-3799
http://www.alt-escape.com