RE: Alturas

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

BJ-
Sorry, but I think you are offering a pair of false dichotomies here.

1. No, I do not prefer the old 18% occupied Moscow Mall.  But I do honestly 
believe that the development of Alturas has virtually nothing to do with the 
resurrection of the mall.
The only impact I see is that the new businesses at the mall (Wingers, KFC, 
etc) are not currently paying their full tax load to the city but are 
helping pay off the Alturas bonds.

2. No, I am glad that the 47 jobs are here in Moscow.  Without Alturas, how 
many of those 47 jobs would be in Moscow?  The attorney's office would have 
stayed downtown.  Perhaps Anatek would have stayed at their place on Main 
Street or at some other location in Moscow.  Perhaps PacSim would have moved 
to some other town--or maybe like First Step, it would have gone downtown, 
too.  We won't know.  But I do think it is not correct to assume that those 
famous 47 jobs would not be in Moscow without Alturas.

BL
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>From: "B. J. Swanson" <bjswan@moscow.com>
>Reply-To: <bjswan@moscow.com>
>To: "Bob Hoffmann" <escape@alt-escape.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: Alturas
>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:11:18 -0700
>
>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
>
>
>[do not forward]
>
>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
>
>

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