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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ultimately I don't think it matters what the city
wants and the govt. and Exxon don't care if we say bring em through or
not...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Exxon seems to be telling Boise how it's going to
go and they roll over like puppies to show subservience...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Andy Boyd<BR>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=betsyd@turbonet.com href="mailto:betsyd@turbonet.com">Betsy
Dickow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=moscowrecycling@turbonet.com
href="mailto:moscowrecycling@turbonet.com">'Andy Boyd'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Questions About
Semi-Megaloads in Moscow</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">And
the city will roll over and say please, oh please, send them
through!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andy
Boyd<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Vision
2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in
Moscow<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The meeting is a
farce because Exxon lies. Ie. can't make megaloads
smaller.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The meeting is a
farce because the Govenor and ITD rubbber stamps anything Exxon
wants.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The meeting is a
farce because Exxon's technical expertise was shown to be suspect when they
sent the load on hwy 12 and had the power line issues (great job rubber
stamping ITD).</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Don't like to be
pesimistic but exxon gets what exxon wants and the rest is lip
service.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Cheers</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Andy
Boyd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">----- Original
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision
2020</A> ; <A title=kcraine@frontier.com
href="mailto:kcraine@frontier.com">Craine Kit</A> ; <A
title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> ;
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Wednesday, May
11, 2011 9:59 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re: [Vision2020]
Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen,<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the history lesson. But that doesn't
change any of the facts on the ground. The meeting is still a farce
because it won't be to discuss the concerns of the Idaho and Moscow
residents unless they are technical questions about how the
transportation will proceed.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In all fairness, Council President Krauss was
correct that the mega-loads were not Moscow's
specific concern because at the time he said it the loads were
not scheduled to come through Moscow.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The only thing people of Moscow are being
offered is lip service and information on how the mega-loads are going
to come roaring through downtown in the dead of night. Where is the
meeting on how and what is being done to prevent this from happening?
Until that happens, people are just being played with by the
politicians, lawyers, and the big oil companies that fund them.
<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Remember Governor Cecil D. Andrus and how he
blocked the Feds from entering the state with nuclear
waste?<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> "I've got a state policeman and 15 of his
friends, and all of them are prepared to do what is necessary if that
truck makes it inside the borders of this state."
<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/08/us/idaho-governor-blocks-shipments-of-atom-waste-to-us-dump-site.html">http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/08/us/idaho-governor-blocks-shipments-of-atom-waste-to-us-dump-site.html</A><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Too bad we don't have politicians with courage and
a working moral compass today that really look out for the people they
represent! The rights of local citizens and property owners, and
our pristine irreplaceable environment should not be ignored
or put at risk of destruction in favor of the most privileged
billionaires that offer nothing in return for their trespasses against
us. <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Donovan Arnold<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 5/11/11, Tom Hansen
<I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><BR>From: Tom Hansen
<thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions
About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow<BR>To: "Donovan Arnold"
<donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>, "Art Deco"
<deco@moscow.com>, "Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com>, "Craine Kit"
<kcraine@frontier.com>, "Sue Hovey"
<suehovey@moscow.com><BR>Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 8:27
AM<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">A little history
lesson here, Mr. Arnold . . .<BR><BR>On June 28, 2010 the Idaho
Transportation Department began what was<BR>expected to be a series
of community discussions in Moscow, Lewiston, and<BR>Kamiah.
ITD, Conoco, and ExxonMobil were under the impression that
these<BR>forums were to be conducted similar to a "high school
career day" where<BR>representatives from Conoco and ExxonMobil
would present a short speech<BR>from their respective
displays. Shortly after Rep. Tom Trail arrived at<BR>the
meeting, was informed of the meeting's format, and had a
"discussion"<BR>with the ITD rep, the forum was re-formatted to
include a Q&A portion.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/highway12/ITDmtg_062810.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/highway12/ITDmtg_062810.htm</A><BR><BR>----------------------<BR><BR>On
August 16, 2010, during the public commentary portion of the
Moscow<BR>City Council session, it was suggested that Moscow adopt a
resolution<BR>against the transporting of oversized loads on Highway
12.<BR><BR>To which Moscow City Council President Wayne Krauss
responded, on<BR>September 6th, that the megaloads were none of
Moscow's concern.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/highway12/MoscowCC_PubCom_Hwy12Res.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/highway12/MoscowCC_PubCom_Hwy12Res.htm</A><BR><BR>----------------------<BR><BR>On
April 4, 2011 the Idaho Transportation Department presented a report
to<BR>the Moscow City Council outlining US95 and I90 as alternate
routes for a<BR>portion of the Highway 12 megaloads. In strong
suggestive language (using<BR>terms like "right" and "ethics") Mayor
Chaney asked that a public forum be<BR>conducted in Moscow so that
Moscow's citizens may be heard on this issue.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/040411_05_MegaloadsITD.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/040411_05_MegaloadsITD.htm</A><BR><BR>----------------------<BR><BR>On
April 18, 2011, during the Moscow City Council session, Mayor
Chaney<BR>presented an update concerning the potential for megaloads
being<BR>transported through Moscow on US95.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/041811_05_Megaloads.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.moscowcares.com/041811_05_Megaloads.htm</A><BR><BR>------------------------------------<BR><BR>So
. . . you see, Mr. Arnold. In my opinion, where the people of
Moscow<BR>are concerned, Mayor Chaney has their back.<BR><BR>Perhaps
your anguish would be better aimed at Moscow City
Council<BR>President Wayne Krauss who publicly expressed that these
megaloads are not<BR>of Moscow's concern.<BR><BR>Footnote,
V-peeps: Although Rep. Tom Trail and Moscow City
Council<BR>President Wayne Krauss are both members of the Republican
Party, there are<BR>three words that clearly define the difference
between them . . .<BR><BR>CONCERN FOR CONSTITUENTS<BR><BR>You decide
who's got your back next time you step into the voting
booth.<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow,
Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On Wed, May 11, 2011
6:40 am, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR>> Sue,<BR>> Â <BR>>
I don't think that Mayor Cheney believes that the other issues are
not of<BR>> concern. I just don't think the Mayor can restrict
what people can ask,<BR>> only what she and her invited speakers
are willing to address. I think<BR>> having a public forum simply
to take only technical questions is rather<BR>> pointless unless
you are an engineering student. Most people won't have<BR>>
technical questions about the transport if explained the
process in a<BR>> well written article posted on the internet and
published in the paper. I<BR>> think the meeting is a farce if
the real questions and concerns people<BR>> have are not
even allowed to be asked.<BR>> Â <BR>> How about this
question? What can the people do to stop these<BR>>
mega-transports?<BR>> Â <BR>> Donovan
Arnold<BR>><BR>> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Sue Hovey <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Sue Hovey <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in
Moscow<BR>> To: "Art Deco" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A>>,
"Vision 2020" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>>,<BR>>
"Donovan Arnold" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>,
"Tom Hansen"<BR>> <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>>,
"Craine Kit" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>><BR>>
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 11:45
PM<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
Tom, Donovan & All,<BR>>  <BR>> I don’t see that
framing the discussion around local issues is a signal<BR>> that
the Mayor has declared the rest to be ok. It seems to me
the<BR>> meeting was set to discuss impacts on our city. Those
are the concerns<BR>> which will determine whether they get a
permit to transport the rigs. <BR>> Obviously the other
risks are not important to the Governor, ITD, and<BR>> other
folks or this wouldn’t have already happened in
Idaho.   As a<BR>> group of citizens concerned
with this whole mess--how Exxon Mobile and<BR>> other oil
extractors are willing to do any damage to any environment,
and<BR>> any people simply to turn a profit—you point out a
legitimate discussion<BR>> topic for Moscow citizens, and I bet
the mayor is willing to have that<BR>> meeting, too. Why
not ask her. <BR>>  <BR>> Sue
H.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Â <BR>><BR>> From: Art
Deco<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:39 PM<BR>> To: Vision
2020<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About
Semi-Megaloads in Moscow<BR>> Â <BR>><BR>> These
megaloads are an extremely great deal for us!<BR>>
 <BR>> We can help kill lots of First Nations Canadians and
others, cause the<BR>> greatest environmental disaster in the
history of North America, and help<BR>> our sneakiest global
competitors, the Chinese, who own the majority<BR>> interests in
the tar sands projects, to prosper even more at our expense.<BR>>
 <BR>> Paraphrasing Langston Hughes: Everyone
benefits from these megaloads.<BR>> Big oil gets to ride, we gets
to watch them ride.<BR>> Â <BR>> w.<BR>>
 <BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From:
Donovan Arnold<BR>> To: Tom Hansen ; Craine Kit<BR>> Cc:
Moscow Vision 2020<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:40
AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads
in Moscow<BR>>
 <BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> My
Questions;<BR>> Â <BR>> How did the Mayor acquire the
ability to dictate what questions can an<BR>> cannot be asked? I
understand informing people they will only answer<BR>> questions
they feel are related to the transport of the megaloads, but
to<BR>> tell people what they can and cannot ask seems more like
a scripted event<BR>> than an actual Q&A session.<BR>>
 <BR>> Why should any people be required to allow these
megaloads to be run<BR>> through their towns when they are not
designed to handle this kind<BR>> transport? I don't think it
would hurt Exxon Mobile financially to find<BR>> another
means of transporting their product without disrupting the
quality<BR>> of life, safety, and well being of others with
lesser means than them.<BR>> Â <BR>> Donovan
Arnold<BR>> Â <BR>> Â <BR>> --- On Tue, 5/10/11,
Craine Kit <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Craine Kit <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in
Moscow<BR>> To: "Tom Hansen" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <<A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>>
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 9:47 AM<BR>><BR>><BR>> 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>>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>><BR>>>
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">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">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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