Re: The City this week, July 9-16, 2001 An Occasional View from a Council Member

[WMSteed@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/01 9:15:22 AM, dpalm@earthlink.net writes:

<< "Their" campus?! The University is OUR campus. Moreover, the University
is a guest in OUR city. For those without parking permits, going to the
University is hard enough as it is; requiring permits to park in the few
remaining street spots will further cut the University off from the
people. >>

Not a bad point but off the mark.  It's the University of "Idaho", not 
"Moscow".  Base on your logic all parking, even off-street should be free; 
however, to do that, someone, students or taxpayers, would have to build 
parking lots, etc., with other funds.  Nope, still don't have a problem with 
University parkers paying to do so and those funds being used to create 
places to put their vehicles.

While on the subject of OUR, Eighth Street does belong to the citizens of 
Moscow.  When the City agrees to Gritman's request to abandon it so they can 
expand, I believe we should at least be paid for our property, i.e., pay the 
City the downtown Moscow market price per square foot of ground obtained for 
OUR street.

Walter Steed