<DIV>Nobody can REPLACE John Dickinson. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Sue Hovey" <SUEHOVEY@MOSCOW.COM><BR>To: "J Ford" <PRIVATEJF32@HOTMAIL.COM><BR>Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:42 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement scenarios<BR><BR><BR>> Well, that leaves all of us in the city unrepresented so none of us is <BR>> less represented than the rest of us. City council members are at-large, <BR>> they don't come from a specific zone as school board trustees do.<BR>><BR>> Sue H.<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "J Ford" <PRIVATEJF32@HOTMAIL.COM><BR>> To: <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:05 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement
scenarios<BR>><BR>><BR>>> The only issue that looms heavily before this reasoning is the fact that <BR>>> the<BR>>> people in John's District will be left unrepresented for a great deal of<BR>>> time. We have over 9 months left in this year and those people need to <BR>>> feel<BR>>> like their views and issues are represented on the Council and/or that <BR>>> they<BR>>> have a representative they can call and talk to.<BR>>><BR>>> I still think the people should be allowed to put in there the person <BR>>> THEY<BR>>> want and not have the Mayor just appoint someone.<BR>>><BR>>> J :]<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>>From: jeanlivingston <JEANLIVINGSTON@TURBONET.COM><BR>>>>Reply-To: jeanlivingston <JEANLIVINGSTON@TURBONET.COM><BR>>>>To: "Dan Carscallen" <AREAMAN@MOSCOW.COM>, <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>>>Subject:
[Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement scenarios<BR>>>>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:43:02 -0800<BR>>>><BR>>>>My sense of the situation with John Dickinson's seat on Council is that <BR>>>>the<BR>>>>legal eagles that have looked at the issue find no indisputable basis or<BR>>>>provision for replacing John, unless he is declared dead. That would<BR>>>>easily be done if there were a body found, but without a dead body or a<BR>>>>live one with the ability to resign as Jack Hll did, the situation is an<BR>>>>anomaly that does not seem to have a ready answer. There really seems to<BR>>>>be no prescribed basis for a replacement in this situation. One<BR>>>>possibility might be to file a declaratory judgemnt action in court and <BR>>>>try<BR>>>>to prove that the City can't function unless the court orders a<BR>>>>replacement. But it is not at all clear that
the City cannot function<BR>>>>without John's presence. Dan's point about the increased likelihoood of <BR>>>>a<BR>>>>quorum problem without replacing the "vacant" spot might provde such a<BR>>>>basis, but when you add in the debatable nature of that argument, (i.e.,<BR>>>>generally business can be conducted), plus the time and !<BR>>>> expense<BR>>>>of litigating the issue in court, maybe the powers that be have decided<BR>>>>that it is better to continue to just "wait and see."<BR>>>><BR>>>>Bruce Livingston<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>-----Original message-----<BR>>>>From: "Dan Carscallen" areaman@moscow.com<BR>>>>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:51:08 -0800<BR>>>>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal<BR>>>><BR>>>> > Tom says:<BR>>>> > "If John Dickinson's term
expires in December of this year, I assume<BR>>>> > then that there is an election scheduled for this November? If so,<BR>>>> > wouldn't it be more prudent to simply let it remain vacant until<BR>>>> > somebody is elected to fill it?"<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> > Yes, elections are again this November. And that may be Mayor <BR>>>> > Chaney's<BR>>>> > plan--just leave it open for the next 10 months. I don't know if she<BR>>>> > can be "forced" to fill the position, but if we have situations again<BR>>>> > where two council members get sick, with an appointment we'd still <BR>>>> > have<BR>>>> > a quorum. Right now, only one council member can be absent at a time<BR>>>> > and still allow the council to do the city's business.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> > Not that it's that big a deal, but it might be to some
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