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Sue - it was not only imminent litigation, it was actual litigation -
Moscow had already filed suit on the water transfer. Fits
perfectly!<br><br>
And Moscow was impacting the ability of a sovereign state (WA) from
pursuing their economic development plans. Again, fits
perfectly.<br><br>
Now, let's move on to something substantive - the actual agreement
signed. What are your problems with the accord reached?<br><br>
At 01:14 PM 2/14/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Well e involves
competition with other public bodies and f involves imminant litigation,
so how do those fit? Certainly none of the other options do, but
even so, looks like a stretch to me.<br>
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<font size=2>Sue H<br>
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<dd>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b> <a href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com">Jeff Harkins</a> <br>
<dd>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> <br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:13 PM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> [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
<br>
<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>
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