Commissioner campaign announcement

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

Moscow has an Urban Renewal Agency.   This agency, governed by a board of 
commissioners, was created to authorize and sell the $600,000 worth of bonds 
that were used to build the Alturas Technology Park.
	According to Mayor Comstock, the number of commissioners of Moscow's Urban 
Renewal Agency will soon increase from three to five.
	I would like to serve on that commission and have already sent my 
application to Mayor Comstock (who will appoint the commissioners, with the 
consent of the City Council).
	I am offering to serve on the commission because I believe in open 
decision-making when it comes to tax money and public programs.  Over the 
last few years, the operation of Alturas Park and the Urban Renewal Agency 
has been closed to public scrutiny.  For example, the City has spent 
$150,000 to take over the Urban Renewal Agency's unpaid debts--and not even 
the City Council was told about it.
Are Moscow citizens tired of quiet backroom deals?  If I am appointed to the 
commission, my goal will be to keep the process as open as possible, through 
well-publicized open meetings and email reports to interested individuals 
and groups, including Moscow Vision 2020.
I also want to refocus the work of the Urban Renewal Agency not on paving 
farmland at the edge of town, but on investigating ways in which we can 
revitalize the blighted areas and substandard housing in Moscow.
If you support open government decision-making, please consider helping this 
"campaign" by sending an email to Mayor Comstock at the address of the city 
supervisor: griedner@moscow.com.
	Thank you.  Bill London


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