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<DIV><SPAN class=937561121-03102005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>dangit Tim. You are dragging me kicking and screaming into the 21st
century . . . </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937561121-03102005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>don't mind the nude photo . . . <A
href="http://areamanforcouncil.blogspot.com/">http://areamanforcouncil.blogspot.com/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Tim Hillebrand<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 03, 2005 9:48
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Vision2020'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Candidate
Chastisement<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005>Wanting to be an
informed citizen, and not having the benefit of any literature whatsoever on
any of the city council/mayorial candidates for the looming election, and not
knowing all of them personally, I thought I would just visit their
Websites for the information. Lo and behold, I could not find a Website for
even one of the candidates, which is unfathomable to me this day and age. I
would think that it would be the first thing a candidate would do, even before
filing. In fact, it ought to be a requisite for running. I can't think of a
better, more cost-effective means of letting the broadest spectrum of citizens
know about you and your platform. I find it difficult to take a candidate
seriously who doesn't have such a simple, rudimentary means of informing the
constituency. And, you can say so much more on a Website than you can in a
brochure. It's not as if Moscow consists of a bunch of computer illiterates.
If fact, it is<SPAN class=390204416-03102005>,</SPAN> perhaps<SPAN
class=390204416-03102005>,</SPAN> a little insulting to the community that our
candidates seem to be so electronically
unadroit. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005></SPAN><SPAN
class=281100221-02102005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005>I must say,
though, that the search exercise was not without its amusements and awards.
For instance, I found a quotation from Peg Hamblet informing the City
Council that, as an aerobics instructor, most of her students would not pass
the strictures of the topless ordinance. I discovered several
probate notices for Walter Steed, and found that he may be a judge in Utah
with three wives and countless offspring.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005>Anyway, I
say shame on all of you, and I suggest that you get with it and get
out some e-blicity for your own good and the good of the community. It
will save you money in the long run. Consider a blog as a possible
alternative. By the way, I'm available for Website design. I charge $1500 per
hour, but give deep discounts for candidates who promise to vote as I
dictate--just kidding. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005>The
uninformed,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281100221-02102005>Tim
Hillebrand </SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>