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<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:City><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"> Civic Association Meeting Focuses on Public
Input<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The Moscow
Civic Association (MCA) will sponsor an open public forum with the
mayor and
council members, as well as local attorneys and faculty experts, about
citizen
access to </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">’s city government on Monday, October 11, at </span><st1:time
minute="30" hour="19"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7:30pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"> at the 1912 Center in </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The
goal of this free public meeting is to increase democratic
participation in the
decisions made by the </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"> city government, and to identify roadblocks
to
citizen input.<span style=""> </span>The meeting will include
both a facilitated group discussion and small group interaction,
focusing on
building a functioning democratic city government. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The
purpose of the meeting is to answer the question: How Can We
Participate in Our
Own City Government?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The
October meeting continues the discussion held at the September MCA
forum about how
the city makes decisions – and who makes those decisions. In the
September
meeting, City Supervisor Gary Riedner led a panel of city
administrators
discussing the management of the city and oversight of development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The Moscow Civic Association is a non-profit
citizen’s organization that</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
strives to
improve the quality of life for </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"> residents. More information is available on
the
MCA website, <a href="http://www.moscowcivic.org/"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">www.moscowcivic.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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