Politics from the Palouse to Puget Sound

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Pullman Held Hostage: Day 179

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

  • $357,550.96 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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    WSUStretch said...

    How many of these type of articles are needed to prove to the PARD folks that people CHOOSE where they want to work...

    In other news (from the Americans for Wal-Mart site)

    (3/31/06) A new Wal-Mart store that recently opened in Atlanta received a warm welcome from the community based on its ability to provide convenient, affordable shopping and hundreds of job opportunities to an area that lacked both. The store, located in south DeKalb County, was Wal-Mart’s first inside I-285, the perimeter highway that circles Atlanta.

    The need for jobs in the area was evident in the 8,000 applications that were received for about 500 available positions. The store has revitalized a blighted, formerly empty property, and will create more jobs through the ripple effect of other new stores opening in the same shopping center.

    An article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 22, entitled “Wal-Mart gets warm welcome in south DeKalb,” included the following quote:

    “It's a good shot in the arm for the community,” said John Evans, a community activist and former president of the DeKalb NAACP. “We needed development there. It may serve as a real catalyst to bring in new businesses.”

    http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/03/20/daily18.html

    12:19 PM

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