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<DIV>I read this slowly as per your request, however, it still reads with just as much illogical drivel as your previous statement regarding the matter. </DIV>
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<DIV> Observe your statement;</DIV>
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<DIV>"Apparently not one of our council members found anything wrong with it,<BR>otherwise there would have been at least one "no" vote."</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it possible to find something wrong with it and still vote "aye" on the bill anyway? </DIV>
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<DIV>Is it possible that our council members didn't even look for anything wrong with it?</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it possible that even though not one of our council members found anything wrong with it there was still something wrong with it undiscovered by them?</DIV>
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<DIV>And;</DIV>
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<DIV>"Close votes, like 4-2 and 3-3 (where the mayor breaks the tie), possess<BR>some debatable substance."</DIV>
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<DIV>So your reasoning, or lack of it, minorities never have a valid point or justification for their positions worthy of debate? <BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
<DIV>Milky Way, Earth</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 2/6/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow's Anti-Business Mean Green Committee Machine<BR>To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>, "Gary Crabtree" <jampot@roadrunner.com>, "Representative Tom Trail" <ttrail@house.idaho.gov>, "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe@gmail.com>, dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us, tbrown@ci.moscow.id.us, vision2020@moscow.com, wmsteed@ci.moscow.id.us, sscott@ci.moscow.id.us, nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us, wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us, tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us<BR>Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 11:00 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Donovan Arnold iterates:<BR><BR>"So you are saying that legislation that passes with a close vote, like<BR>the abolition of slavery is bad law, and laws that pass with near<BR>legislative unanimity are good laws, like the one to go to war with Iraq?"<BR><BR>No, Mr. Arnold. What I am saying is (now read this slowly) . . .<BR><BR>Apparently not one of our council members found anything wrong with it,<BR>otherwise there would have been at least one "no" vote.<BR><BR>Close votes, like 4-2 and 3-3 (where the mayor breaks the tie), possess<BR>some debatable substance.<BR><BR>Do you understand now?<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Spokane, Washington<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Sun, February 6, 2011 10:49 am, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR>><BR>> "There must be something beneficial in it . . . what with a unanimous vote<BR>> and all, dontcha think?"--Tom Hansen<BR>> <BR>> So you are saying that legislation that passes with a close vote, like
the<BR>> abolition of slavery is bad law, and laws that pass with near<BR>> legislative unanimity are good laws, like the one to go to war with Iraq?<BR>> <BR>> A law is good or bad based on the merits of its outcomes and<BR>> justifications, not the number of yeas and nays cast, <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>dontcha</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> think?<BR>> <BR>> BTW, how do you have a bike rack sheltered and well lit? Indoor bike rack<BR>> lighting?<BR>> <BR>> Donovan Arnold<BR>><BR>><BR>> --- On Sun, 2/6/11, Tom Hansen <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Tom Hansen <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow's Anti-Business Mean
Green Committee<BR>> Machine<BR>> To: "Gary Crabtree" <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jampot@roadrunner.com" ymailto="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A>>, "Representative Tom Trail"<BR>> <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ttrail@house.idaho.gov" ymailto="mailto:ttrail@house.idaho.gov">ttrail@house.idaho.gov</A>>, "Donovan Arnold" <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>,<BR>> "Joe Campbell" <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=philosopher.joe@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A>>, <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us">dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us</A>,<BR>> <A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tbrown@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:tbrown@ci.moscow.id.us">tbrown@ci.moscow.id.us</A>, <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>, <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wmsteed@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:wmsteed@ci.moscow.id.us">wmsteed@ci.moscow.id.us</A>,<BR>> <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sscott@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:sscott@ci.moscow.id.us">sscott@ci.moscow.id.us</A>, <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us">nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us</A>, <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us">wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us</A>,<BR>> <A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us" ymailto="mailto:tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us">tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us</A><BR>> Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 10:02 AM<BR>><BR>><BR>> Here is a little light reading for you, Mr. Crabtree.<BR>><BR>> Proposed Amendment of Title 4, Chapter 6, Section 5 of Moscow City Code<BR>> Providing for the Requirement of Bicycle Parking for Commercial and<BR>> Multi-Family Residential Development<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.moscowcares.com/011811_06_BikeParking.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/011811_06_BikeParking.pdf</A><BR>><BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> And, since you have, so demandingly, expressed your opinion against this<BR>> proposed amendment, why weren't you at the . . .<BR>><BR>> Public Hearing<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.moscowcares.com/011811_06_BikeParking.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/011811_06_BikeParking.htm</A><BR>><BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> FYI, this proposed amendment passed the city council with a vote of 5-0 (1<BR>> absent).<BR>><BR>> There must be something beneficial in it . . . what with a unanimous vote<BR>> and all, dontcha think?<BR>><BR>> If interested, I have extracted some rather poignant portions of the<BR>> proposed amendment that (pretty much) respond to your concerns.<BR>><BR>> Catcha on the flip-flop, Moscow,<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Spokane, Washington<BR>><BR>> “I don’t believe that my great-grandfather crossed four thousand miles<BR>> of<BR>> Atlantic Ocean only to see this country overrun by immigrants.”<BR>><BR>> - Stephen Colbert<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist
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