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THE CITY THIS WEEK: AN OCCASIONAL VIEW FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER
November 5-12, 2001
from Linda Pall, Moscow City Council
PLEASE VOTE NOVEMBER 6!
If there is ever going to be a principled answer to the idiocy of the Taliban, the El Kaeda terrorist network and all the bigoted know-nothing groups that abound from many different ideologies, it is found at the ballot box.
Your voice is your vote! Sua voce es sua voto!
Vote your preferences for mayor, council and the fire station bond issue Tuesday from 8 AM to 8 PM at the 4-H Building at the Fairgrounds in east Moscow. If you have recently (30 days or more) moved to Moscow, you can register AT THE POLLS November 6 by bringing evidence of your residency (rental agreement, utility bill, etc.) and identification.
Hot Times Tonight at the Council Meeting!
The Council meeting this evening will address an LID hearing on Roosevelt Street and the Gritman Hospital request for vacation of 8th street. You should take a look at both of these issues, one small and neighborhood oriented (paving a street, finally) and one large, downtown and circulation oriented. Please come to the meeting and express your views!
Veterans Day Celebrated November 12… Armistice Day Still the 11th…
The city offices will be closed Monday, November 12, in honor of Veteran’s Day. Flags will be flown at Linda’s, NE corner of A and Jefferson, as they will be on Armistice Day, November 11. My grandmother whose brother, Uncle Wallace, was a WWI vet and brought home an abiding love for France and hatred of war, always remembered Armistice Day and her little brother. I can do nothing less.
Our Commission/Task Force/Workshop Meetings are concentrated this week and next…
Partly because of timing of regular meeting dates and partly because we have eager groups, our commissions, task forces, workshops, etc., tend to be concentrated in the first half of the month. If you’re interested in anything from the Arts Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Fair Housing Commission, Paradise Path Task Force, etc., call City Hall 883-7000 to get exact times and locations for meetings.
If the discussion surrounding the city election piqued your interest, the absolute best way to get a taste of city politics and prospects is to ask to be appointed to a commission or committee. Your efforts are deeply appreciated and truly needed!
Coming Events Cast Their Shadow…..
The ultimate downtown renewal event is set for the near future on November 13 at the 1912 Center beginning at 6:00 P.M. We’re hoping for a huge turnout of people from all parts of Moscow, from downtown business people to the university to residents to the financial community to city and county government representatives…
We have an opportunity to shape the future of the heart of our community. This is not to be missed. Your views are critical to the forging of this partnership among community interests that can keep downtown the vibrant, welcoming core we need and want!
If you don’t think your view counts, think again. When we were doing the earlier downtown revitalization in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the ideas of citizens were critical to the success of the project. Nobody has a lock on the good ideas, nobody has the full answer, nobody has the only vision of downtown’s future.
What we do have that is so valuable to all of us is parts of the vision, shards of the future, if you will. Putting these together and making them work is the task of the consultants and eventually all of us as implementers.
The great good news about this project is its openness and the promise of opportunity. I had no idea that in twenty years we would have such a beautiful street scape on Main Street or such outstanding features as the avenue of scarlet oaks up Third Street. What will we look like in twenty years?
That’s the question we get to answer November 13 and after, as we craft a vision into reality.
What about the Legislature?
What indeed!?! It’s time to think about the next session of the Idaho legislature and what we need, want and DON’T WANT from the legislature. The Association of Idaho Cities is meeting this week to look at issues that affect cities in particular. But you can look at this from the perspective of a citizen as well… it’s your legislature and it’s your future!
Vote, vote, vote… actually, just once per person but be sure you do it your 'once'!
All the best,
Linda Pall
Moscow City Council