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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Henry was a page in the Legislature a few years
ago. The last I knew, he worked for Radio Shack in Pullman. He is a
pretty strong Republican, with quite "big business" leanings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over time, he has been a regular contributor to the
Daily News.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shirley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shirley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chicory@wildblue.net href="mailto:chicory@wildblue.net">Borg
Hendrickson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bhaverstick@yahoo.com
href="mailto:bhaverstick@yahoo.com">Brett Haverstick</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision
2020</A> ; <A title=dzeiger@uidaho.edu href="mailto:dzeiger@uidaho.edu">Dinah
Zeiger</A> ; <A title=foc@friendsoftheclearwater.org
href="mailto:foc@friendsoftheclearwater.org">Friends of the Clearwater</A> ;
<A title=fritzknorr@gmail.com href="mailto:fritzknorr@gmail.com">Fritz
Knorr</A> ; <A title=helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu
href="mailto:helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu">Helen Yost</A> ; <A
title=indigo3239@msn.com href="mailto:indigo3239@msn.com">Jane Kauzlarich</A>
; <A title=jeannemchale@hotmail.com
href="mailto:jeannemchale@hotmail.com">Jeanne McHale</A> ; <A
title=Jmuneta@uidaho.edu href="mailto:Jmuneta@uidaho.edu">Joann Muneta</A> ;
<A title=lin@wildblue.net href="mailto:lin@wildblue.net">Lin Laughy</A> ; <A
title=marilynbeckett@gmail.com href="mailto:marilynbeckett@gmail.com">Marilyn
Beckett</A> ; <A title=sperrine@potlatch.com
href="mailto:sperrine@potlatch.com">Sally Perrine</A> ; <A
title=ringoshirl@moscow.com href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">Shirley
Ringo</A> ; <A title=ttrail@moscow.com href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">Tom
Trail</A> ; <A title=vnwhite@cableone.net
href="mailto:vnwhite@cableone.net">Vera White</A> ; <A
title=wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com
href="mailto:wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com">Wild Idaho Rising Tide</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:33
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Megaloads and Hippies</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Not me.
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<DIV>On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Brett Haverstick wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Does anyone know who Henry Johnston is, where he
lives and what he does for a living?</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Tom Hansen <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Moscow Vision 2020 <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Borg Hendrickson <<A
href="mailto:chicory@wildblue.net">chicory@wildblue.net</A>>; Brett
Haverstick <<A
href="mailto:bhaverstick@yahoo.com">bhaverstick@yahoo.com</A>>; Dinah
Zeiger <<A href="mailto:dzeiger@uidaho.edu">dzeiger@uidaho.edu</A>>;
Friends of the Clearwater <<A
href="mailto:foc@friendsoftheclearwater.org">foc@friendsoftheclearwater.org</A>>;
Fritz Knorr <<A
href="mailto:fritzknorr@gmail.com">fritzknorr@gmail.com</A>>; Helen Yost
<<A
href="mailto:helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu">helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu</A>>;
Jane Kauzlarich <<A
href="mailto:indigo3239@msn.com">indigo3239@msn.com</A>>; Jeanne McHale
<<A
href="mailto:jeannemchale@hotmail.com">jeannemchale@hotmail.com</A>>;
Joann Muneta <<A
href="mailto:Jmuneta@uidaho.edu">Jmuneta@uidaho.edu</A>>; Lin Laughy
<<A href="mailto:lin@wildblue.net">lin@wildblue.net</A>>; Marilyn
Beckett <<A
href="mailto:marilynbeckett@gmail.com">marilynbeckett@gmail.com</A>>;
Sally Perrine <<A
href="mailto:sperrine@potlatch.com">sperrine@potlatch.com</A>>; Shirley
Ringo <<A
href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">ringoshirl@moscow.com</A>>; Tom Trail
<<A href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">ttrail@moscow.com</A>>; Vera White
<<A href="mailto:vnwhite@cableone.net">vnwhite@cableone.net</A>>; Wild
Idaho Rising Tide <<A
href="mailto:wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com">wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Tue, June 7, 2011 6:08:21
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Megaloads and
Hippies<BR></FONT><BR>Courtesy of today's (June 7, 2011) Moscow-Pullman
Daily News.<BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Moscow-Pullman
Daily News -<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
href="http://DNews.com" target=_blank>DNews.com</A><BR>HIS VIEW: An issue of
facts, not emotions<BR><BR>By Henry D. Johnston<BR>June 7, 2011<BR><BR>About
a month ago the city of Moscow hosted a public forum to discuss
the<BR>potential of moving ExxonMobil's megaloads through Moscow on U.S.
Highway<BR>95. The meeting was preceded by a good old-fashioned
protest,<BR>demonstrating the true size of a megaload and decrying what it
will do to<BR>Moscow's precious trees.<BR><BR>It has been a long time since
Moscow's hippies have dug out their leather<BR>vests, put on their
Birkenstocks and readjusted their graying ponytails in<BR>an effort to rally
"the movement" against "the man." There's something<BR>about a protest to
get the blood pumping and, as the Berkeley of north<BR>Idaho, Moscow really
knows how to throw one.<BR><BR>Quite frankly, I've missed it.<BR><BR>After
watching the video of the public forum (courtesy of local politico<BR>Tom
Hansen) I think it's pretty obvious the vocal minority of
Moscow's<BR>residents don't care about the movement of the megaloads as much
as they<BR>care about the broader impact of what happens when the loads
arrive at the<BR>Kearl oil sands in Canada.<BR><BR>While I'm not
unsympathetic to the broader implications, I think it's<BR>inappropriate to
try to block the transportation of these loads through<BR>Moscow simply
because you might disagree with the end result. In my book,<BR>doing so is
akin to stopping a funeral procession on its way to the<BR>cemetery because
you disagree with burial as a way to care for our dead.<BR><BR>At their May
16 meeting, the City Council discussed the megaload issue<BR>after a very
informative and thoughtful presentation by City Supervisor<BR>Gary Reidner.
At the end of the presentation, Councilman Walter Steed made<BR>the motion
to accept the report and, at the same time, invite ExxonMobil<BR>to use our
hotels, buy fuel and food and make Moscow their resting point<BR>once the
loads reach the Latah-Benewah County line.<BR><BR>Each council member made
well-reasoned arguments in favor of letting the<BR>loads pass through
Moscow. Dan Carscallen pointed out we already have<BR>200-foot loads move
through Moscow in the middle of the night when several<BR>chip trucks get
traveling in a convoy, and Sue Scott said there is plenty<BR>of noise
created downtown by the closing bells at Mingles and the
Corner<BR>Club.<BR><BR>Steed's motion ultimately passed despite the strong
objections of Mayor<BR>Nancy Chaney. Since then our councilors have taken
some pretty heavy and<BR>unfair criticism of their actions.<BR><BR>But
before anyone starts making accusations or generalizations about
the<BR>irresponsibility of our current City Council, I would remind everyone
that<BR>the most irresponsible behavior ever shown by an elected official
in<BR>Moscow was by none other than Mayor Nancy Chaney regarding the sale
of<BR>water to the Hawkins development.<BR><BR>In a memo dated Nov. 19,
2007, to the City Council and city administration<BR>(after numerous appeals
to prevent water right transfers to Hawkins)<BR>Chaney advocated selling
water to Hawkins "at a price, with conditions."<BR>She also attended the
confidential mediation with the Hawkins Companies in<BR>Spokane and
presented the mediation agreement to the council.<BR><BR>It was only after
the council voted to approve the agreement, at Chaney's<BR>express request
no less, that she then took a strong about face and<BR>condemned the sale of
water to Hawkins. If you want to talk about<BR>irresponsibility by an
elected official, that one takes the cake.<BR><BR>The megaload issue is
truly one of facts.<BR><BR>Fact - state highways, over which Moscow has very
little jurisdiction, go<BR>through our town.<BR><BR>Fact - state-federal
roadways are designed to further transportation and<BR>interstate
commerce.<BR><BR>Fact - Moscow's police chief, fire chief and city streets
supervisor all<BR>said there would be no adverse impact to public safety,
fire/medical<BR>response time or even to the infrastructure of the roadways
that the loads<BR>will be traveling.<BR><BR>Megaloads are and should be an
issue of facts and not emotions.<BR><BR>The Moscow City Council deserves
megakudos (with all puns intended) for<BR>making an educated decision based
on the facts of this
issue.<BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Later,
Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Airway Heights, Washington<BR><BR>"The
Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>and
the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR><BR>- Author Unknown<BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
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