Letter to Ed: Protect Our Quality of Life
Moscow, Idaho, Heart of the Arts, home of the Farmers Market - nestled
cozily in the undulating Palouse. Moscow is a community unique in its
ability to combine small-town familiarity and warmth with the enriching,
energizing force of the University of Idaho. This has been Moscow’s
strength for many years and now it is under attack.
Wal-Mart, the largest corporation in the world, and persistent violator of
human rights both locally and globally, wants to gouge out a chunk of the
Palouse and replace it with a sprawling, concrete Goliath of commerce - the
Wal-Mart Supercenter.
The super center is likely to alter the character of Moscow to something
more gray and generic. It will initiate urban sprawl, threaten both
downtown businesses and the potential for sustainable economic growth, and
have a negative impact on the local environment - all of which makes Moscow
a less attractive place to live.
Whether or not this assault on our quality of life occurs has a lot to do
with the City Council’s answer to the question: How to zone the area
Wal-Mart wants to invade. If it is zoned a mixed-use area, Moscow will be
protected from the corporate onslaught.
Please contact your City Council members and let them know how important it
is to this community that they zone that area mixed-use in order to protect
our quality of life.
Eileen McGovern
Moscow