Politics from the Palouse to Puget Sound

Friday, March 24, 2006

Pullman Held Hostage: Day 173

Since PARD filed its Site Plan appeal on October 3 2005, Pullman has lost:

  • $345,565.77 in sales and property tax revenues (based on data presented at the appeal hearing by Johnson Gardner and the Whitman County Assessor's Office)

  • $16,980.65 in direct fees associated with the appeal (based on figures from Pullman Finance Director Troy Woo)

  • Incalculable hours of the city staff's time spent in preparation for and attendance at the appeal hearings, keeping them from other important business of the people


  • In return, PARD has gained:

  • An increased contribution (anywhere from 21% to 100%) from Wal-Mart for a traffic light at Grand and Fairmount that was already planned

  • A traffic light at Bishop and Pro Mall Blvd. that will never exist


  • DEMAND THAT PARD END THIS COSTLY POLITICAL THEATER NOW!!!

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