<DIV>Mr. Hansen wrote:</DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="arial black" color=#800000 size=1>"Steed, Krauss, Carscallen, and GMA each accepted a $1,000 contribution from “Palouse Rentals and Construction” (PRC), a company that has been administratively shut down by <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>’s Secretary of State for failure to file annual reports." </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Are you suggesting that Walter Steed, Wayne Krauss, and Dan Carscallen are all going to collectively sell out the best interests of Moscow residents and do the bidding of a construction company, that doesn't exist, because the owner gave them $1000?</DIV> <DIV>Seems like another pretty far fetched conspiracy
theory to me. This is almost as bad as the slanderous accusation made against a certain mayoral candidate saying she was a drug dealer 20 or 30 years ago.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Why don't we stick to the issues and candidates instead of trying to say someone is guilty of inappropriate behavior because they got a financial contribution from someone that may have done something wrong years ago in another state? I am willing to bet that most financial contributors have done something or another, or belonged to a company, that would reflect badly on a candidate if someone would bother to dig deep enough. I for one think that is going to too far to investigate the histories over every contributor of every candidate. I bet anyone here a gift certificate to Tri-State that Aaron Ament has at least one vocal supporter that has even been to jail. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE> <!--
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is not about the amount of the contribution. It is all about where that contribution originated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steed, Krauss, Carscallen, and GMA each accepted a $1,000 contribution from “Palouse Rentals and Construction” (PRC), a company that has been administratively shut down by <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>’s Secretary of State for failure to file annual
reports. PRC is headed by John Ficca, a <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> resident/businessman who has been permanently banned from ever bidding on state projects within the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> for reasons explained numerous times earlier here on V2020.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To take this a step further, there are numerous OBV (Owned But Vacant) properties - the triangular lot on the south edge of town, the old Goodwill building on Main Street, etc. etc. – all belonging to Mike Hoffman. You remember him. He’s the guy that proudly announced (in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News) that he is buying and selling
property all over <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And then there is the North Polk Extension “project”. Parties to that little venture include Matthew Gray, Douglas Wilson, and Mike Hoffmann.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Like I suggested earlier . . .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“One can only wonder how Moscow will be divvied up . . . er . . . uh . . . I mean rezoned come January if Palouse Rental and Construction should gain three seats on our city council.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Seeya round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><BR><BR>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tom Ivie<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:37 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Moscow Vision 2020</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] The BLog and More Political Contributions</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Nothing is ever certain in horse races or politics. All the money in the world doesn't win an election. It does help though. Send your checks to...<BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com></SPAN></I></B> wrote: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I cannot wait to see who wins the third seat for the four year term. I really think it looks like Tom Lamar, Wayne Krauss, and Dan Carscallen are going to be fighting for the last two seats. I think <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Aaron Ament</st1:PersonName> with a big load a cash, incumbency, and being liberal in a liberal town is
definitely going to place in the top three. I am also certain that Walter Steed will win.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Donovan<BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></SPAN></I></B> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;
MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">One person contributed $4,000 to a city election? What are we, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boise</st1:place></st1:City> or Seattle? or is that what they want us to be? What does one person have to gain by providing so much money in a little race? like ours? Nothing against the candidates though, good for them to have a big spending benefactor. <BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></SPAN></I></B> wrote: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">>From Dale Courtney's blog
at:<BR><BR>http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2007/10/31/55739.aspx<BR><BR>------------------------------------------<BR><BR>"Hey, Big Spender <BR><BR>I have a copy of all of the City Council Candidates' Campaign Financial<BR>Disclosure Reports. <BR><BR>I'll post them shortly. <BR><BR>Of interest is how much money the candidates have received. <BR><BR><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Aaron Ament</st1:PersonName>: $9,475 <BR>Tom Lamar: $8,817 <BR>Walter Steed: $6,936 <BR>Wayne Krauss: $6,135 <BR>Dan Carscallen: $4,545 <BR>Linda Pall: $3,910 <BR>Evan Holmes: $1,992<BR>Bill London accuses the GMA candidates of being the "big spending" group. <BR><BR>Seems like most of the money is being funneled to the liberal candidates. <BR><BR>If money is any indication, the libs have their bets set on Ament. <BR><BR>Heaven help us."<BR><BR>------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Although it is important to learn how much money has been contributed to<BR>each candidate, it is
vitally more important to learn from where that money<BR>was contributed.<BR><BR>Your attention is invited to the Financial Disclosure reports located at:<BR><BR>http://www.MoscowElection2007.com<BR><BR>A review of the Financial Disclosure Reports submitted by Dan Carscallen,<BR>Walter Steed, Wayne Krauss, and the Greater <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> Political Action<BR>Committee reflects contributions in the amount of $1,000 to each of the<BR>aforementioned by Palouse Rental and Construction.<BR><BR>Who is Palouse Rental and Construction you ask?<BR><BR>As mentioned earlier by Mark Solomon in an earlier posting at:<BR><BR>http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2007-October/049113.html<BR><BR>"As I'm always interested in who is contributing big $$ in elections, I<BR>looked it up and saw Palouse Rentals and Construction had donated $1000 to<BR>GMA. Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I
did not know that name. A quick<BR>search on the Sec'y of State website gives up John Ficca as the president of<BR>the corporation, which, by the way, has been administratively dissolved by<BR>the Sec'y of State for failure to file annual reports since 2004."<BR><BR>It appears that this defunct company is/was headed by John Ficca, who back<BR>in 2000 . . .<BR><BR>http://www.lni.wa.gov/news/2000/pr000214a.asp<BR><BR>"TUMWATER - An <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> employer must pay more than $95,000 in unpaid wages to<BR>12 current and former employees in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spokane</st1:place></st1:City> area according to a<BR>settlement agreement announced today by the Department of Labor and<BR>Industries.<BR><BR>John Ficca, of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>, owner of Art's Electric, Inc., also has been<BR>permanently prohibited
from bidding on or performing work on future public<BR>works projects in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>. Ficca also does business as Palouse Country<BR>Electric and U Cities Contracting."<BR><BR>It appears that perhaps the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> may be interested in the business<BR>posture of "Palouse Rental and Construction" as it makes political<BR>contributions to a select few (Steed, Krauss, and Carscallen) of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s<BR>city council candidates.<BR><BR>One can only wonder how <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> will be divvied up . . . er . . . uh . . . I<BR>mean rezoned come January if Palouse Rental and Construction should gain<BR>three seats on our city council.<BR><BR>Things that make you go . . .<BR><BR>Hmmm. <BR><BR>Seeya round town, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><BR><BR>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<BR>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<BR><BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<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>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><BR>Tom & Liz Ivie <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
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