[Vision2020] Moscow City Council's Megaload Discussion

[Ted Moffett]

Rising Tide Portland- Hood River, OR
http://www.extractionaction.net/2011/04/rising-tide-portland-hood-river-or/

"They're making a killing. Profit > People+Planet?" Quote from badge or
poster at this website:
http://www.extractionaction.net/2011/03/add-the-day-of-action-to-your-site/

>From first website above:

To commemorate the one year anniversary of the gulf oil disaster, 100 people
gathered today on the banks of the Columbia River where the infamous Tar
Sands shipments will be transported by barge to the port of Lewiston, ID.
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A few moments of searching revealed this action April 20, 2011 (anniversary
of the gulf oil disaster), in Hood River, Ore. against the tar sands bound
equipment that may pass through Moscow.  As is obvious from the pictures, a
major focus of this action involved anthropogenic climate change ("Climate
Justice" in banner), which is a separate issue from whether or not the
mega-loads local or state impacts are acceptable or legal; and is an issue
that I find exceedingly strange is not a major focus of local discussion, as
far as I have determined, regarding why the mega-loads should be opposed

Note this action brought members of first nation indigenous communities from
the tar sands and surrounding areas and Northwest climate justice
activists.  Anyone attempting to organize effective civil disobedience in
Moscow opposing the mega-loads should consider gaining the involvement of
committed and experienced activists from outside our area who oppose the tar
sands development.

No, that would not be me!
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting critical comments.  Thanks.
>
> As you may know, given local newspapers had pictures of the "protests,"
> there were several public actions recently (though I don't think these
> events qualified as "civil disobedience" given my understanding that this
> involves breaking a law) opposing the mega-loads with those involved
> carrying supposedly mega-load sized signs, and so forth.  Why those involved
> in these actions did not post about these events to Vision2020, I wonder.
>


> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>wrote: . .
>
> Hey -- if anyone reading this knows of any civil disobedience plans for
> if/when the mega-loads come through Moscow, ***please*** let me know.  For
> obvious reasons (including the Council not giving a rip about full input
> from Moscow citizens), I'm not interested in attending public meetings or
> writing letters.  However, Steed's stunt -- along with the other lemming
> Council members' disinterest in the input of their constituents -- has
> annoyed me enough that I'm willing to participate in civil disobedience if
> needed, and I've got some friends who would also probably like to
> participate   :-)  For a variety of reasons (including the fact that even I
> get tired of tilting at windmills, and since our governor & his henchmen
> had
> sold us out *long* before we'd heard a word about the mega-loads defiling
> Idaho qualifies as tilting at windmills), I'd made a conscious decision not
> to get too involved in the issue.  However, given our Council's blatant
> disregard for and disrespect of citizen input on this highly controversial
> issue, I'm ticked enough that I'm willing to express with action my
> absolute
> disgust at the Resolution.
>
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Sue Hovey
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:43 PM
> To: MoscowCares at moscow.com; Moscow Vision 2020
>
>> Cc: Jane Kauzlarich; Borg Hendrickson; Friends of the Clearwater; Fritz
>> Knorr; Jeanne McHale; Marilyn Beckett; Joann Muneta
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow City Council's Megaload Discussion
>>
>> Somewhere I had a thread in this discussion where I stated Randy Fife had
>> teamed up with Walter Steed to blindside the mayor.  Walter sent me an
>> email
>> to tell me Randy had nothing to do with it.  Yesterday I saw Nancy at
>> Farmers' Market and she agreed.  So the video should not be interpreted
>> with
>> an inference that Fife was helping Walter create council chaos.  He did it
>> all by himself, with council members who were willing to support him.
>>
>> Sue
>>
>>
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