<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Saundra -</div><div><br></div><div>To a major degree ExxonMobil did "stick to the script" by sending the mini-mega load at night.</div><div><br></div><div>The mini-megaload is so much smaller (16-18 feet wide, 28 feet long, 40,000 pounds) than the next megaload (28 feet wide, 208 feet long, 16 feet high, 500,000 pounds) that it, I understand, did not really require a permit.</div><div><br></div><div>My guess as to why ExxonMobil sent such a small load under the guise of a "megaload" at night was merely to leave a false impression of future megaloads (all 66 of them).</div><div><br></div><div>Scuttlebutt from a reliable source tells me that ExxonMobil may be waiting for a decision from Montana before sending the larger megaloads up US95. When that does happen, I will have videos to share and compare.</div><div><br></div><div>Until then . . .</div><div><br></div><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho<br><div> </div><div>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">and the Realist adjusts his sails."</span></div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 16, 2011, at 12:59, "Saundra Lund" <<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">First oversized load coming through tonight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">No date set for larger load; Mammoet given five days to start<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">By Brandon Macz Daily News Staff Writer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Posted on: <b>Friday, July 15, 2011</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> will ship the smaller of two oversized loads through Moscow tonight under permits reissued by the <b>Idaho Transportation Department</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ITD reissued permits to transport two oversized loads of oil refinery equipment along U.S. Highway 95 and Interstate 90 on Wednesday with a five-day window that starts today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">"Our plan is to begin moving the first of the two initial modules on Friday night," Pius Rolheiser, Imperial Oil spokesman, said. "The second one, the timing has yet to be determined."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Idaho State Police</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> weighed both loads Thursday, and the smaller shipment is slated to <b>leave the Port of Lewiston at 10 p.m.</b> today with two ISP escorts, two pilot cars and three flagging crews. Its first scheduled stop will be at the Latah/Benewah county line followed by a stop three miles east of Coeur d'Alene before connecting to I-90.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Capt. Lonnie Richardson of ISP Region 2 in Lewiston said his department will be briefed at 8 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> today prior to escorting the shipment, which is not required under the permit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="storybody" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Because the shipment is 14 feet wide, it could also be transported in the daytime, but <b>Rolheiser said the company wants to maintain the same protocol for both loads, which means it would use ISP escorts and travel between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">OK, so I know caring about the megaloads moving through Moscow makes me a commie subversivo or something stupid like that to some, but . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">What does that make the people who think we can “trust” ITD, Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil, or even the ISP to be honest? Idiots? Morons? Sell-outs? Corporate shills lacking even a modicum of ethics?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For those who don’t know, the baby mega-load apparently rolled through Moscow at approx. 10 PM last night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Which means Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil lied when it said, “the company wants to maintain the same protocol for both loads.” It kept the ISP “escorts” but ditched the time limitations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">News Flash: if they are willing to lie about the little stuff, they’ll have not a concern in the world in lying about the Big Stuff. Maybe I’m the only one, but I was genuinely shocked by the dishonesty surrounding the baby megaload’s transit through Moscow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It also means that the ISP -- perhaps taking a page from the “orderly & law-abiding protestors are scary” book used by Moscow’s own Parks & Rec “Director” Dwight Curtis took – apparently wasn’t quite accurate in announcing that the ISP briefing was at 8 PM last night before the scheduled 10 PM departure with ISP escorts. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there’s no way in heck that time line was truthful when the load hit Moscow at 10 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Reportedly, the baby megaload didn’t even pause at its “scheduled” stop at the county line in spite of the welcome mat Walter Steed & his toadies positively wet themselves (and likely violated Idaho Public Meeting Law in the process) rolling out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Of course, Steed’s whole feel good faux resolution was nothing more than insulting to begin with. Only the uninformed – which definitely shouldn’t have been voting Council members – were unaware of the fact that the megaloads don’t purchase fuel locally. Duh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And as for utilizing Moscow motels?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Perhaps in Walter’s World, “knocking off for the day” after two hours’ work makes sense to patronize Moscow motels, but that’s <b>not</b> the real world, as the baby mega-load’s transport last night proved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Let me rephrase that. There <b>is</b> a profession – perhaps the world’s oldest -- that utilizes motel rooms for a couple of hours’ work. Given Steed’s faux resolution, one can’t help but wonder about the source of his . . . confusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I went out (and dragged my dh – who deserves a gold star – along with me) last night because I was curious to see things for myself to form my own opinion based of what I saw with my own eyes. I knew it was just a baby mega-load, but since they are keeping the transit of the real mega-load Top Secret, it was the best I could do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m left wondering why, if the whole thing is as innocuous as the now <b>proven</b> liars want us to believe, they are being so secretive???<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m also <b>extremely</b> concerned about the apparent lack of communication with local law enforcement (MPD). I tried to chat with two of Moscow’s “finest” I saw out & about strolling around downtown last night, and they said they didn’t know anything. Really? If that’s the case, we all should be very concerned. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Frankly, I was quite taken aback by their behavior. I am a law abiding & tax paying citizen who has always previously felt comfortable chatting with truly Moscow’s finest for the 2+ decades I’ve lived here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The two last night? Not so much. In fact, they were positively rude . . . I was literally talking to their backs before my less-than-10-second question was even out of my mouth. And, no – they weren’t in a hurry to respond to a call because I watched them leisurely lumber down the block without a care in the world. I’m sorry to say I now have a better understanding of the comments I’ve been hearing in recent years that MPD seems to have developed an unfriendly attitude towards normal people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet, </span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>