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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been very clear all along that ITD and our
Governor gave the OK to the oil companies a long time ago. The companies
didn't have this equipment manufactured in Korea without assurances they would
be able to move it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe this whole "permitting process" is all
show, fronting for assurances given long ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The unfortunate truth is that the majority of
elected officials don't share our concern. We found no sympathy among the
vast majority of legislators - quite the opposite. The engineers from ITD
are determined to get them through - I think they are delighted to have the
challenge.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the 2000 Legislative session, we opened
experimental routes in southeast Idaho for trucks weighing 135,000 pounds.
There was supposed to be a report on the effect on pavement and bridges.
That report never came, yet ITD is comfortable with approving at least 200
shipments of these mega loads.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We see the Washington legislature acting much more
responsibly, but we just don't have the right folks in decision-making
positions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a major imposition on the people for a
number of reasons. It is definitely not in the public interest. (We
might even want to talk about spills related to the pipe-line delivery of oil
from this project.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is one of many frustrations regarding Idaho's
leadership. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be sure to sign your petitions to allow a vote on
the school laws.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shirley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Saint
Augustine: "Hypocrisy is the tribute thatvice pays to virtue."</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bullshit!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Silence about vitally important issues at these kinds of
meetings amounts to tacit approval.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>w.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us href="mailto:nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us">Nancy
Chaney</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=starbliss@gmail.com
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A> ; <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <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> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 1:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Saint Augustine:
"Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue."</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>All: Thank you for copying me on this exchange. All of the
points are important, and reflect our common concern for this place,
including our community and the planet.<BR><BR>The point of tonight's
meeting is to exchange information about a particular proposal, to be
factually informed and to ask questions and state concerns for the best
possible outcome. <BR><BR>It is not within the City's authority to approve
or deny permits for the ExonMobil loads. It is within ITD's authority to do
so. I encourage attendees to give ITD the tools it needs to make a reasoned
and defensible decision, including addressing whether transport comports
with the standard of necessity (i.e. whether it is inescapable or
compulsory), whether there are feasible alternatives, whether dimensions and
weight have been reduced to the extent possible/practicable, public safety,
access to public facilities, and to anticipate placing conditions on such
aspects as allowable times of use, acceptable durations of delay and
definition thereof, routes, indemnity for injury to persons or property,
allowable conditions of operation (weather, darkness, traffic), and
requirements for flagging, signing, and lighting, etc. <BR><BR>The
topic of dependence on fossil fuels and its environmental implications is
vitally important, but cannot be resolved at tonight's meeting. I have
scheduled a follow-up report and synopsis of tonight's meeting for the City
Council meeting on Mon 5/16, and asked that Moscow Sustainable Environment
Commission take on the task of developing recommendations based on public
input and its own research for the City Council's consideration. There will
be future opportunities for the public to address those larger concerns. It
would be counterproductive to open that discussion tonight. Thank you for
your consideration.<BR><BR>Nancy J. Chaney, Mayor<BR>City of Moscow<BR>206
E. 3rd St./P.O. Box 9203<BR>Moscow ID 83843<BR>Ph: (208) 883-7021<BR><A
href="http://www.ci.moscow.id.us">www.ci.moscow.id.us</A><BR><BR><BR>________________________________________<BR>From:
Ted Moffett [starbliss@gmail.com]<BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:48
AM<BR>To: Donovan Arnold; Nancy Chaney<BR>Cc: Art Deco; Vision 2020; Craine
Kit; Sue Hovey; Tom Hansen<BR>Subject: Saint Augustine: "Hypocrisy is the
tribute that vice pays to virtue."<BR><BR>On 5/11/11, Donovan Arnold <<A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Tom Hansen,<BR>><BR>> Thanks for the history
lesson. But that doesn't change any of the facts on<BR>> the ground. The
meeting is still a farce because it won't be to discuss the<BR>> concerns
of the Idaho and Moscow residents unless they are technical<BR>>
questions about how the transportation will proceed.<BR><BR>We are to accept
that discussion of other so called non-local issues<BR>regarding the
mega-loads are off limits, that this meeting is to focus<BR>only on the
impacts to the city of the loads passing through the area.<BR> So, to
use a worn out yet apt analogy, if the mega-loads were
holding<BR>concentraton camp prisoners on their way to the gas chambers, as
long<BR>as the impacts to the city were acceptable, the morality or
economics<BR>etc. of the ultimate non-local goals of the mega-loads is not
to be<BR>addressed.<BR><BR>Actually, my analogy is not exactly correct,
given that the ultimate<BR>consequences of the mega-loads will have profound
direct local<BR>impacts, eventually. The oil sands development in
Canada is a<BR>profound moral issue for everyone on this planet, impacting
economics<BR>and the lives of millions of people. I'll let NASA
climate scientist<BR>James Hansen clarify the issue, by quoting excerpts
from his<BR>acceptance speech for the Sophie Prize, given the focus on
Norway's<BR>Statoil investments in Canadian tar sands
development:<BR><BR>Speech by Sophie Prize winner Dr. James E.
Hansen<BR><BR>June 22th 2010<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.sofieprisen.no/Articles/514.html">http://www.sofieprisen.no/Articles/514.html</A><BR><BR>Our
planet today is close to climate tipping points. Ice is melting in<BR>the
Arctic, on Greenland and Antarctica, and on mountain glaciers<BR>worldwide.
Many species are stressed by environmental destruction and<BR>climate
change. Continuing fossil fuel emissions, if unabated, will<BR>cause sea
level rise and species extinction accelerating out of<BR>humanity's control.
Increasing atmospheric water vapor is already<BR>magnifying climate
extremes, increasing overall precipitation, causing<BR>greater floods and
stronger storms.<BR><BR>But our governments have no intention of solving the
fossil fuel and<BR>climate problem, as is easy to prove: the United States,
Canadian and<BR>Norwegian governments are going right ahead developing the
tar sands,<BR>which, if it is not halted, will make it impossible to
stabilize<BR>climate. Our governments knowingly abdicate responsibility for
young<BR>people and future generations. I have been disappointed
in<BR>interactions with more than half a dozen nations. In the end,
they<BR>offer only soothing words, "goals" for emission reductions at far
off<BR>dates, while their actual deeds prevent stabilization of
climate.<BR><BR>The Sophie Prize provides a new opportunity to draw
attention to the<BR>actions that are needed to stabilize climate. Norway may
be the best<BR>place, with its history of environmentalism. I can imagine
Norway<BR>standing tall among nations, taking real action to address
climate<BR>change, drawing attention to the hypocrisy in the words
and<BR>pseudo-actions of other nations.<BR><BR>So I wrote a letter to the
Prime Minister suggesting that the<BR>government, as the majority owner of
Statoil, should intervene in<BR>planned tar sands development. I appreciate
the polite response, by<BR>letter, from the Deputy Minister of Petroleum and
Energy. The<BR>government position is that the tar sands investment is "a
commercial<BR>decision", that the government should not interfere, and that
a "vast<BR>majority in the Norwegian parliament" agree that this
constitutes<BR>"good corporate governance". The Deputy Minister concluded
his letter<BR>"I can however assure you that we will continue our offensive
stance<BR>on climate change issues both at home and abroad".<BR><BR>A
Norwegian grandfather, upon reading the Deputy Minister's letter,<BR>quoted
Saint Augustine: "Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays
to<BR>virtue."<BR><BR>The Norwegian government's position is a staggering
reaffirmation of<BR>the global situation: even the greenest governments find
it too<BR>inconvenient to address the implication of scientific facts.
Perhaps<BR>our governments are in the hip pocket of the fossil fuel industry
–<BR>but that is not for science to say.<BR><BR>What I can say from the
science is this: the plans that governments,<BR>including Norway, are
adopting spell disaster for young people and<BR>future generations. And we
are running out of time.<BR><BR>Stabilizing climate is a moral issue, a
matter of intergenerational<BR>justice. Young people, and older people who
support the young and the<BR>other species on the planet, must unite in
demanding an effective<BR>approach that preserves our
planet.<BR>------------------------------------------<BR>Vision2020 Post:
Ted Moffett<BR><BR>><BR>> In all fairness, Council President Krauss
was correct that the<BR>> mega-loads were not Moscow's specific concern
because at the time he said it<BR>> the loads were not scheduled to come
through Moscow.<BR>><BR>> The only thing people of Moscow are being
offered is lip service and<BR>> information on how the mega-loads are
going to come roaring through downtown<BR>> in the dead of night. Where
is the meeting on how and what is being done to<BR>> prevent this from
happening? Until that happens, people are just being<BR>> played with by
the politicians, lawyers, and the big oil companies that fund<BR>>
them.<BR>><BR>> Remember Governor Cecil D. Andrus and how he
blocked the Feds from entering<BR>> the state with nuclear
waste?<BR>><BR>> "I've got a state policeman and 15 of his
friends, and all of them are<BR>> prepared to do what is necessary if
that truck makes it inside the borders<BR>> of this state."<BR>> <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><BR>><BR>>
Too bad we don't have politicians with courage and a working moral
compass<BR>> today that really look out for the people they represent!
The rights of<BR>> local citizens and property owners, and our pristine
irreplaceable<BR>> environment should not be ignored or put at risk of
destruction in favor of<BR>> the most privileged billionaires that offer
nothing in return for their<BR>> trespasses against us.<BR>><BR>>
Donovan Arnold<BR>><BR>><BR>> --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Tom Hansen
<<A href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Tom Hansen <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow<BR>> To:
"Donovan Arnold" <<A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>,
"Art Deco"<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A>>, "Vision 2020" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>>, "Craine
Kit"<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>>, "Sue Hovey"
<<A href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>><BR>>
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 8:27 AM<BR>><BR>><BR>> 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">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">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">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">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="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: Sue Hovey <<A
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>><BR>>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in
Moscow<BR>>> To: "Art Deco" <<A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A>>, "Vision 2020" <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>>,<BR>>>
"Donovan Arnold" <<A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>,
"Tom Hansen"<BR>>> <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>>, "Craine Kit"
<<A
href="mailto: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>>> Â<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.Â<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.Â<BR>>> Â<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>>> Â<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>>>
Â<BR>>> Paraphrasing Langston Hughes:Â Everyone benefits from
these megaloads.<BR>>> Big oil gets to ride, we gets to watch them
ride.<BR>>> Â<BR>>> w.<BR>>> Â<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>>>
Â<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>>> Â<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="mailto:kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: Craine Kit <<A
href="mailto:kcraine@frontier.com">kcraine@frontier.com</A>><BR>>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in
Moscow<BR>>> To: "Tom Hansen" <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>>> Cc:
"Moscow Vision 2020" <<A
href="mailto: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 soÂ<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/ExxonMobilÂ<BR>>>>
wants<BR>>>> to send oil equipment convoys that are a block or so
long, two lanesÂ<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. HighwayÂ<BR>>>> 95,<BR>>>>
Interstate 90 and Montana to the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta. To
getÂ<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 noÂ<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 haveÂ<BR>>>> deigned
to<BR>>>> listen to Moscow's concerns about that at 7 p.m.
Wednesday at theÂ<BR>>>> Hamilton<BR>>>> Indoor Recreation
Center, 1724 E. F St.<BR>>>><BR>>>> At that meeting. ITD
and oil company officials will talk first, andÂ<BR>>>>
then<BR>>>> take questions and comments from those who have signed
in. Also, youÂ<BR>>>> can<BR>>>> email your thoughts to
the ITD at <A
href="mailto:comments@itd.idaho.gov">comments@itd.idaho.gov</A>, and the
City<BR>>>> Council at <A
href="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. SomeÂ<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 theyÂ<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 goesÂ<BR>>>> by my<BR>>>>
house or apartment?<BR>>>><BR>>>> Will you notify shippers
- and the media so they can alert theÂ<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 thatÂ<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 citizensÂ<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>>>><BR><BR>> "The Pessimist complains
about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<BR>> changeand the Realist
adjusts his sails."<BR>><BR>> -
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