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Well, convincing you of a semantics argument is not a task for
me.<br><br>
But frankly, our communities have been in some form of competition since
founding Moscow and Pullman - athletic, school reputation and
commercial. And of course, the competition really fired up when the
Palouse Mall was built - right on the border.<br><br>
Oh - also recall that Moscow was suing Whitman County over their
"DEVELOPMENT" plans. The suit has been dropped.<br><br>
At 07:13 AM 2/14/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Yes, but WERE we in
competition? Sounds like, to me, the only thing negotiated was the
water/sewer use and nothing else. Don't see how that is competition
with Washington especially if they weren't even involved in the
talks.<br><br>
Clarification would be nice.<br><br>
J :]<br><br>
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<dd>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:13:09 -0800<br>
<dd>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<dd>From: jeffh@moscow.com<br>
<dd>Subject: [Vision2020] (no subject)<br><br>
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<dd>To those interested, it would appear that items e and f of the state
statute for executive sessions would be applicable.<br>
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<dd><font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>(e) To consider
preliminary negotiations involving matters of <br>
<dd>trade or commerce in which the governing body is in competition with
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<dd>governing bodies in other states or nations;<br>
<dd>(f) To communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to
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<dd>discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending
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<dd>litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently
likely to be<br>
<dd>litigated. The mere presence of legal counsel at an executive <br>
<dd>session does not satisfy this requirement;<br><br></font>
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