[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth - Ament Toast-R-Wafflesnow at the Co-Op?

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Or GW Bush, right?


>From: "Glenn Schwaller" <vpschwaller at gmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth - Ament 
>Toast-R-Wafflesnow at the Co-Op?
>Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:49:01 -0700
>
>Well Donovan, maybe it's a case of "I was for it before I was against it 
>and
>now I'm for it again until I become against it".  If so, Aaron Ament can 
>now
>feel right at home with the likes of John Kerry, Rudy Giulianai, Tom
>Tancredo, Sen Mitch McConnell, Hillary Clinton and Rep Kim Berifeld, and on
>and on . . .
>
>Pass the syrup, please.
>
>GS
>
>On 10/29/07, Saundra Lund <sslund at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >
> > The letter below appears in today's Daily News -- anyone care to add 
>more
> > to
> > Ms. Sullivan's list?
> >
> > Also, do any of you GMAers care to provide a list of new businesses that
> > came to Moscow during any two-year period of Comstock's reign and a list
> > of
> > businesses that were denied?
> >
> > I think it might be interested to have a ***factual*** comparison rather
> > than just rumors designed to tear down the community.
> >
> >
> > Saundra Lund
> >
> >
> > "Dispel the anti-growth myth
> >
> > I agree that having the "perception" of being anti-growth/anti-business 
>is
> > harmful to the city of Moscow, and I was driven to find out why that
> > perception exists when Wayne Krauss expressed concerns and asked, "Why 
>do
> > we
> > have this perception?" at a recent forum.
> >
> > Since the most recently elected council came into office in January 
>2006,
> > more than 35 new businesses have opened in Moscow, including Old Navy,
> > Bed,
> > Bath and Beyond, Cramer's Furniture, Dad's Diner, Marco Polo, Nectar,
> > Lilliput, Sisters Brew Coffeehouse, West of Paris, Palouse Scoots, 
>Moscow
> > Bagel and Deli, Anytime Fitness, San Miguels, Sure Shot Sporting Goods,
> > Subway, and BioTracking just to name a few. Many businesses have 
>expanded
> > and moved into larger spaces during this time. Only two businesses were
> > denied by the city and these were both handled in the way that Walter
> > Steed
> > states he would address a pig farm wanting to locate behind his 
>property;
> > they were denied in the specific proposed locations in accordance with
> > zoning regulations. Never did city officials say they were not wanted in
> > Moscow.
> >
> > Back to the question posed by Krauss: "Why do we have this perception?"
> > For
> > the answer, I would look to recent advertisements in the Moscow-Pullman
> > Daily News for Krauss, Steed and Carscallen in which the headline calls
> > the
> > current city leadership "anti-growth politicians." I would pay attention
> > to
> > who is repeating this anti-growth message over and over.
> >
> > I believe Dan Carscallen is concerned when he says, "Changing the
> > perception
> > is the thing that needs to happen," and if we can all agree that this is
> > harmful, we should all agree to stop, to dispel this myth and to promote
> > Moscow.
> >
> > Brandy Sullivan, Moscow"
> >
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