<DIV>Tom Ivie wrote,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"For discussion, and because OUR legislators read vision2020, as well as the fact that some of them may value our input and ideas,"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do you have any evidence of these unbelievable claims that our legislatures are literate and care about their constituents input?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">For discussion, and because OUR legislators read vision2020, as well as the fact that some of them may value our input and ideas, I pose this question: <BR><BR>What should the State do with the $247 million general fund budget surplus? <BR><BR>$247 million was the figure released by the state Controller, Donna Jones, on July 16th. She stated that while "corporate income tax
collections were down, strong individual income tax collections contributed to this year's larger than expected surplus."<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Tom & Liz Ivie <DIV> <HR SIZE=1> Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48516/*http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7">Join Yahoo!'s user panel</A> and lay it on us. =======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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