Re: Red letter day for 1912 Center

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In a message dated 9/1/01 9:05:51 AM, psalant@moscow.com writes:

<<August 31, 2001 was a red letter day for the 1912 Center.  The Moscow 
Pullman Daily News endorsed the project>>

For those who don't read the Daily Effort, it should be noted that while 
Priscilla's quote did appear in the paper, it was one sentence in an 
editorial entitled, "City Council should follow head, not heart."  It's main 
point was that 1912 use fees should be set so they, "pay as much of the cost 
to operate the facility as possible."

The piece goes on to remind the community that, "Moscow's City Council sold 
the 1912 Center idea to the public with the understanding no city tax dollars 
would go to construction and maintenance of the building.  That promise must 
be kept."  

Unfortunately it has already been broken with $27,000 in next year's budget 
for the building's maintenance.  It will be interesting to see how much 
additional subsidy the City will pay in the form of rent when they expand 
city offices into the building.

Walter Steed