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face="Times New Roman"><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
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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
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><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="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The purpose of the meeting
is to answer the question: How Can We Participate in Our Own City
Government?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">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></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">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; text-underline: none">www.moscowcivic.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>