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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi MoscowSam and Other
Interested Visionaries,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the response! I
think your question is a good one I don’t know the answer to – perhaps
Roger Falen (I’ve cc’ed him my response) might have some comments?
I seem to recall that he’s got a keen interest in and understanding of ID
Open Meeting Law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Awhile back (2005), I attended a
local workshop sponsored by the AG’s office regarding open meeting and
public records laws, which I found very informative! And, this is why the
whole stinkin’ (pun intended) sewer agreement folded into the water
negotiation puzzles and troubles me. Of course, I’m not a legal
eagle or attorney . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regardless, it seems to me that
if we, as local citizens, can’t ensure that Open Meeting law is followed
on a local level, it’s a dicey proposition to think that it will be
respected and followed on a state level. Which is why I asked the
question regarding the secret negotiations regarding the secret sewer
negotiations and agreement regarding the Hawkins development in Washington
state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>***** Original material
contained herein is Copyright 2008 through life plus 70 years, Saundra
Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020
forum without the express written permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Sam Scripter
[mailto:moscowsam@verizon.net] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Saundra Lund<br>
<b>Cc:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Sewer Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Please see below,
in black . . .</span><br>
<br>
Saundra Lund wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Visionaries:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As I continue to try to
understand the Council’s decision, I’ve come across something else
that puzzles me, and I’m hoping someone here can help me to understand.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My understanding is that the
City of Moscow had appealed the transfer to Hawkins of three water
rights, and the mediation was an attempt to resolve <b>that issue</b>.
Apparently, the City agreed to confidentiality in negotiations as part of that
deal.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>However, why was the sewer (in
more ways than one!) part of agreement secretly negotiated and what’s the
legal authority behind removing that part of public business from public
scrutiny and public input?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To quote Idaho Attorney General
Lance Wasden:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>“Open and honest
government is fundamental to a free society. The Idaho Legislature formalized
our state’s commitment to open government by enacting the Idaho Open
Meeting Law in 1974. The Open Meeting Law codifies a simple, but fundamental,
Idaho value: The public’s business ought to be done in public.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Do
committees of the Idaho State House of Representatives and of the Idaho State
Senate adhere to the Idaho Open Meeting Law????<br>
<br>
MoscowSam<br>
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</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Inquiring minds want to
understand!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>TIA,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>***** Original material
contained herein is Copyright 2008 through life plus 70 years, Saundra
Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020
forum without the express written permission of the author.*****</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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