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Melynda et. al.<BR>
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Melynda wrote:<BR>
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The City Council is likewise free to ignore my opinions and ideas if they wish, whether because I live in the county or because they find them objectionable in some way.<BR>
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To recap: a) Melynda can't vote in Moscow elections; b) Melynda may still express her thoughts about Moscow city government; c) The City Council doesn't have to pay any attention to Melynda.<BR>
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It seems so clear. . .<BR>
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Maybe the Moscow City Council would not have to pay any attention to you if you expressed concerns about Moscow City matters that impact your child attending MSD, but I think they should, regardless of the precise legal standing you may have to influence Moscow City affairs, given that you live in MSD, but not in Moscow. <BR>
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Perhaps your legal power to influence Moscow City affairs is not as marginalized as your post seems to imply? It is clear that some legal actions to attempt to influence Moscow City affairs can be legally taken by those who legally reside outside the city limits, though voting in city elections is not one of them. It has been pointed out over and over on Vision2020 that some of the scrutiny over zoning code in Moscow has been instigated by some living outside Moscow City limits, and apparently this sort of influence over Moscow City affairs is quite legal, unless I missed something.<BR>
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Some people obviously don't like the fact that the actions by some non-city residents to bring scrutiny to enforcement of Moscow Zoning regs. is legal! Maybe they have a good argument against a non-city resident taking these sorts of actions, but current law does not support blocking a non-city resident from a variety of legal actions regarding the City of Moscow, as far as I know.<BR>
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If a Moscow City work truck ran over your child on Washington St. on their lunch break from attending classes at Moscow High School, does this mean you cannot sue the City of Moscow for damages because you live outside the city limits? I suspect that if the all the Spokane TV networks ran a news story about an MSD student run over by a Moscow City work truck, a student that had a parent who lives in MSD but outside the city limits, who had been ignored by the Moscow City Council and/or the MPD about traffic safety impacting their child attending MSD, a parent now with a seven figure lawsuit against the city, you'd suddenly see the Moscow City Council doing back flips off the high dive to accommodate you.<BR>
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Am I wrong?<BR>
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Ted Moffett<BR>
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