Do the math, don’t let the Chamber spin their data…
East is the wrong direction
Letter to the editor
appearing June 3, 2006
Something was bothering me when I read the April 8 & 9 Daily News article “Survey: Businesses favor controlled growth.” The article stated that “the largest number of respondents (25 percent) said they favor expansion to […]
Appearing DNews 5/8
I emphatically oppose the rezoning of the 77 acres on State Highway 8 in Moscow.
When I moved to Moscow in 1990 to attend the University of Idaho, I did not appreciate Moscow’s unique qualities. I eventually grew to love Moscow. Despite this, I moved from the Palouse to a large metropolitan area and […]
Letter to editor, DNews, submitted Feb 23, appearing April 1.
Last night (last week by the time it published) Moscow did a remarkable thing. 150 people packed into Council chambers to discuss amending the comprehensive plan. They did it surprisingly civilly, for which I thank Jerry Schutz for a well run meeting and each […]
Mark Solomon’s Town Crier column (DNews 3/8) and the letter to the Editor by Michael Kyte (below), each suggest a more community-based approach to development is needed.
Come out, Wed, March 22, 7:30 PM, City Hall, to be part of the start of that conversation. This is not a NewCities meeting which will end in […]
appearing as a letter to Daily News 3/3/06
I want to thank the Daily News for its excellent coverage of the Feb. 22 night meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission to hear an application for a rezone of 77 acres in Moscow’s southeast corner. The applicant was asking for a rezone from agriculture/forestry to motor […]
Thank you, Steve McClure, for gracing Omie Drawhorn’s story about the Feb. 22 Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission hearing with the “Yes Moscow/No SuperWal-Mart” button.
Thanks to Jerry Schutz for pointing out that the hearing was not about one retailer; it was about the direction for Moscow. When I got home from that meeting, I found […]
I was in Wal-Mart recently and my heart went out to the little finches fluttering around inside the store desperately seeking a way back out of that big box.
They didn’t know what they were getting themselves into when they flew in, or how difficult it would be to find a way back out. They will […]
Dear Editor,
At the P & Z hearing on the application to rezone 77 acres of agricultural land to permit development of a big box shopping center in Moscow, the developer’s representative made some puzzling statements.
Early on, he said insistently of the mega-shopping center: “The market wants to deliver this now.”
Late in the […]
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 […]
B.J. Swanson has come under fire for her opinion on the proposed Wal-Mart
Supercenter and some are calling for her head. I say bully for her. As a
well-respected local banker, her learned opinion should be worth a great
deal.
Some local economists have trumpeted the economic mantra of “consumer
choice” and bemoan Moscow’s 1 percent annual growth.
Basic […]