[Vision2020] The Exxon/ITD Dog-and-Pony Show

[lfalen]

See Letter to the Editor in today's Dnews by Geoff and Sue Pritchard. He quotes an ITD spokesman as agreeing that every citizen in Idaho could oppose this and it would still have to be approved.
Roger
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From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34:40 -0700
To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] The Exxon/ITD Dog-and-Pony Show

> Greetings Visionaires -
> 
> I have just returned from the Moscow City Hall after having attended a
> presentation by Exxon-Mobil and the Idaho Transportation Department.
> 
> Thispresentation was originally designed to be a monologue of information
> provided by Exxon-Mobil and TD (No Q&A).  That was . . . until
> Representative Trail and Nick Gier showed up.
> 
> After Rep. Trail and Nick Gier explained the "facts of life" to the ITD
> reps, the presentation acquired a whole new aura; a monologue of
> information presented by Exxon-Mobil and ITD followed by a make-shift Q&A.
> 
> How it went down was interesting . . . fifteen minutes of the Exxon/ITD
> Dog-and-Pony Show, followed by 83 minutes of Q&A.
> 
> I have just started converting the video.  I will have it up and ready as
> soon as possible.  The initial 15-minute presentation may have been a bit
> of a pre-formatted yawn fest, but I GUARANTEE you the last 83 minutes was
> extremely invigorating.
> 
> Stay tuned, V-peeps.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
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