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<DIV>These megaloads are an extremely great deal for us! </DIV>
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<DIV>We can help kill lots of First Nations Canadians and others, cause the
greatest environmental disaster in the history of North America, and help our
sneakiest global competitors, the Chinese, who own the majority interests in the
tar sands projects, to prosper even more at our expense.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paraphrasing Langston Hughes: Everyone benefits from these megaloads.
Big oil gets to ride, we gets to watch them ride.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title=kcraine@frontier.com href="mailto:kcraine@frontier.com">Craine Kit</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Questions About
Semi-Megaloads in Moscow</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>My Questions;</DIV>
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<DIV>How did the Mayor acquire the ability to dictate what questions can
an cannot be asked? I understand informing people they will
only answer questions they feel are related to the transport of the
megaloads, but to tell people what they can and cannot ask seems more
like a scripted event than an actual Q&A session. </DIV>
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<DIV>Why should any people be required to allow these megaloads to
be run through their towns when they are not designed to
handle this kind transport? I don't think it would hurt Exxon
Mobile financially to find another means of transporting their
product without disrupting the quality of life, safety, and well
being of others with lesser means than them. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
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<DIV> --- On <B>Tue, 5/10/11, Craine Kit
<I><kcraine@frontier.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<SPAN>Craine</SPAN> Kit <kcraine@frontier.com><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow<BR>To: "Tom
Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 9:47
AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Of course, one must ask about the impact of the
convoy of 30 or so <BR>vehicles--which is said to take an hour
to pass any particular point.<BR><BR>Kit
Craine<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On May 10, 2011, at 5:43 AM, Tom Hansen
wrote:<BR><BR>> Courtesy of today's (May 10, 2011) Moscow-Pullman
Daily News.<BR>><BR>>
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OUR VIEW: Questions about semimegaloads in Moscow<BR>> Lee Rozen,
for the editorial board<BR>> Posted on: Tuesday, May 10,
2011<BR>><BR>><BR>> In the middle of about 60 nights this
year, Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil <BR>> wants<BR>> to send oil
equipment convoys that are a block or so long, two lanes
<BR>> wide<BR>> and 16 feet tall rumbling and blinking north
through downtown Moscow.<BR>><BR>> The Korean-built equipment
would head from Lewiston via U.S. Highway <BR>> 95,<BR>>
Interstate 90 and Montana to the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta. To
get <BR>> each<BR>> load from Lewiston to the Benewah
County line should take one night<BR>> between 10 p.m. and 5:30
a.m. Officials promise traffic delays of no <BR>>
more<BR>> than 15 minutes.<BR>><BR>> But the travel plan is
under review, and neither Idaho nor Montana has<BR>> issued the
necessary permits, or said when they will. The Moscow<BR>>
semi-megaload route has been chosen because of the delays in
getting<BR>> megaloads up the scenic U.S. Highway 12
corridor.<BR>><BR>> ExxonMobil and Idaho Transportation
Department officials have <BR>> deigned to<BR>> listen to
Moscow's concerns about that at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the <BR>>
Hamilton<BR>> Indoor Recreation Center, 1724 E. F
St.<BR>><BR>> At that meeting. ITD and oil company officials
will talk first, and <BR>> then<BR>> take questions and
comments from those who have signed in. Also, you <BR>>
can<BR>> email your thoughts to the ITD at <A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=comments@itd.idaho.gov"
ymailto="mailto:comments@itd.idaho.gov">comments@itd.idaho.gov</A>,
and the City<BR>> Council at <A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us"
ymailto="mailto:skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us">skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us</A>.<BR>><BR>>
Mayor Nancy Chaney apparently has declared the morality of
ExxonMobil<BR>> profits, the Kearl Oil Sands project and fossil
fuel consumption<BR>> off-limits for discussion Wednesday
night.<BR>><BR>> ExxonMobil made profits of $10.7 billion in
first quarter 2011. Some <BR>> say<BR>> the Kearl Oil
Sands project is destroying the Canadian environment and<BR>>
killing residents of the area.<BR>><BR>> Still, that leaves
plenty of questions that need answers:<BR>><BR>> Who makes sure
delays are only 15 minutes? What happens if they <BR>>
aren't?<BR>><BR>> Will all cross-streets in Moscow be
closed?<BR>><BR>> Is it a delay if traffic keeps moving at 15
miles an hour behind the<BR>> convoy? (The ITD says it isn't a
delay; federal rules say it is.)<BR>><BR>> Who pays for moving
power lines and stoplights out of the way?<BR>><BR>> Will this
semi-megaload convoy be likely to wake me up when it goes
<BR>> by my<BR>> house or apartment?<BR>><BR>> Will you
notify shippers - and the media so they can alert the <BR>>
public - in<BR>> advance of a convoy?<BR>><BR>> Once permits
are issued, can their terms be changed without notice?<BR>><BR>>
What if state police escorts get called to an emergency? Will
that <BR>> stall<BR>> the convoy?<BR>><BR>> What if
Montana won't let the semi-megaloads in?<BR>><BR>> Let's hope we
hear some good answers.<BR>><BR>>
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Seeya there, Moscow.<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow,
Idaho<BR>><BR>> "This is the 'Mouse that Roared,' 'David and
Goliath' and 'Avatar' all<BR>> rolled into one. We must
remember that the thousands of citizens <BR>>
involved<BR>> in this effort to protect their personal and family
safety, their<BR>> businesses and their lifestyles are confronting
some of the largest<BR>> international corporations in the
world."<BR>><BR>> - Linwood Laughy<BR>><BR>>
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