<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Looks good to me. Thanks to all the Highway people for clearing the area. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 1/10/09, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Snow problems<BR>To: sslund_2007@verizon.net, bevbafus@verizon.net, donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 12:48 PM<BR><BR><PRE>Ladies and Gentlemen, of the Viz -
Your attention is invited to:
http://www.MoscowCares.com/011009
Seeya round town, Moscow.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
> Donovan's attitude is symptomatic of the problem. Other places manage
to
> appropriately handle the situation, so I honestly don't know
what's wrong
> with people here that we can't. There are still FAR TOO MANY
SIDEWALKS
that
> are covered in compact ice that hasn't melted. This is DAYS after the
last
> snow. Bev, I agree with you about the problem areas you specified, but
> there are other areas just as problematic forcing pedestrians to take
their
> lives into their hands either by walking in already too narrow streets or
> trying to negotiate icy sidewalks.
>
>
>
> Yesterday I saw an older gentleman carrying what looked like grocery bags
> trying to maintain his footing on icy sidewalks in the A Street area - he
> caught my eye so then I looked at the sidewalks he was heading towards
and
> saw that stretches were just plain treacherous. Kids were out playing in
> that specific neighborhood so people are in town, yet many of the
sidewalks
> were in deplorably icy conditions. I saw the same thing in other parts
of
> town, including the central business district Thursday night. Many, if
not
> most, sidewalks downtown and in residential districts have been
> appropriately shoveled throughout the tough conditions, which makes it
all
> the more obvious that some people just don't give a rip.
>
>
>
> And, to the 20-something dude with his friends helping him carry his
brand
> new big screen TV into the house while the sidewalk in front of his house
> has consistently been one of the worst I've seen, SHAME ON YOU!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> Saundra Lund
>
> Moscow, ID
>
>
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
>
> ~ Edmund Burke
>
>
>
> ***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2008 through life
plus
> 70 years, Saundra <SPAN>Lund</SPAN>. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce
outside
> the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the
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>
>
>
> From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-
bounces@moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Bev Bafus
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:54 AM
> To: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Snow problems
>
>
>
> Donovan, I'm not talking about just any sidewalk, or snow in general.
I'm
> talking about two specific areas that are an extreme danger zone.
>
>
>
> There is no public transit in these areas. There are people who have to
> walk. They have boots. They are walking, sometimes in a foot of slush.
> But why should they have to walk in the same lane as speeding chip trucks
> because adjacent landowners are too lazy to clean their sidewalks?
>
>
>
> One of these landowners IS the City of Moscow.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Bev
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:57 PM
> To: blambert@ci.moscow.id.us; dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us;
> jweber@moscow.com; tlamar@moscow.com; wmsteed@aol.com;
> wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us; nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us; Bev Bafus
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Snow problems
>
>
> I don't mean to sound insensitive;
>
>
>
> But this is Idaho. It snows. It snows a lot. If snow is such a burden for
> people that they feel a need to sue people over not being available 24/7
to
> remove it from every inch of city property that within 50 ft of them,
they
> should consider a move South.
>
>
>
> People, it snows, don't like it, complain to God. If someone, or a
business
> is being really neglectful in snow and ice removal, ask them nicely to
fix
> it, if they don't, write a letter to the editor to complain.
>
>
>
> Except for disabled parking in government and private businesses, people
> should just realize it snows, and if you are unsure footed like me, you
are
> probably going to fall. It is just the way it is, please stop with
endless
> complaining about snow in Idaho in the winter, it is just a fact of life,
> love your neighbor, it isn't his/her fault, and let us move on.
>
>
>
> Go buy a pair of boots with good traction, or stay home.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Donovan
>
> --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Bev Bafus <bevbafus@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> From: Bev Bafus <bevbafus@verizon.net>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Snow problems
> To: blambert@ci.moscow.id.us, dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us,
> jweber@moscow.com, tlamar@moscow.com, wmsteed@aol.com,
> wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us, nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 12:49 PM
>
> Now that we have a break in the weather, would it be possible for there
to
> be some sort of effort to clean the sidewalks lining Highway 95 north of
> Rosauer's and south of A & W? People are still walking in the
highway.
>
> There is also snow blocking parts or all of lanes in this area.
>
> Combine the blocked lanes with lack of sidewalks, people walking in the
> highway and heavy truck traffic, and you have a recipe for a major
disaster.
>
> Thank you,
> Bev Bafus
>
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