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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Seems to me you’re just getting angry for the sake of getting angry and lashing out no matter what. You’re angry about the megaloads in general, and no matter what scenario emerges it will always land on the side that “the megaload project can do nothing right”.<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 article says that the 14-food wide load could have been transported during the daytime… and that “Rolheiser wants to maintain the same protocol for both roads”.<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'>They left port of Lewiston a little earlier… and crossed Moscow at 10pm last night. (News to me, I had no idea…). So, you’re angry that they deviated from their initial plan/intention, while still staying inside the boundaries of the law/permit that was issued? There is no way for you not to be angry with this. If the megaload would have departed EXACTLY at 10PM and arrived in Moscow within the time line and interrupted some event (road construction, some event letting out at a particular time, who knows), you would have been incensed that the folks didn’t have the common sense to call ahead and adjust their schedule accordingly. (These are outrageous example, I know… I’m trying to illustrate a point).<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 don’t get the impression they’ve lied. They probably did WANT to stick with the same protocol… from an operations standpoint, it would make sense: every operation that is done differently or has a custom component requires meetings, training, and change… and allows for more stuff to go wrong. In this case, I would bet their intent was to stick to the plan. But they adjusted for SOMETHING, stayed within the limits of the permit/law, and got the job done. (I had zero idea that the megaload came through town last night… so kudos to them for getting it done without my knowing. I thought that was the intent).<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'>If I say that I’m going to arrive at a friend’s house at 6:00pm… but then don’t make it there until 6:30pm… does that make me a liar? Or is my reason of “I couldn’t find my car keys” acceptable?<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 not sure where to respond with the “they didn’t stop where they were supposed to, they didn’t get a motel room, and they didn’t buy local fuel”… plans change… but people are PEOPLE…. they all gotta EAT, and they all gotta SLEEP. If you’re angry that they didn’t do any of those things WHERE they originally planned, I don’t have much for you… and I applaud your own itineraries and schedules to be so perfectly executed.<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'>You’re upset about the MPD not knowing anything about the transport? What you quoted talks about ISP involvement (non-mandatory according to the permit), not MPD… If MPD WAS involved with this project, and someone’s house was robbed during this process, (leaving MPD unable to respond more quickly), you would have been angry that the megaloads project has dragged our local police force into the mix.<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'>As far as their level of courteousness? I guess I can’t comment on that… I’ve never had an issue with MPD or really any law enforcement officer… I’ve learned that people are as generally as courteous to me as I am to them. Paint a sour face or come out swinging (so to speak), and you’re probably likely to get a cold shoulder or just ignored. (And if you came out last night to just let your seething anger swell up by witnessing the physical manifestation of your disdain rolling through Moscow, I wouldn’t blame the MPD for turning their backs on dealing with a citizen who might just be interested in picking an argument in which they have no authority or knowledge).<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 fact is, we are a nation/community of LAWS and AGREEMENTS… the megaload projects are working within the LAWS and PERMITS that they have LEGALLY obtained. Changing their operations to accommodate (whatever) changing conditions happened doesn’t make them liars… it makes them flexible.<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><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jay Borden<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Saundra Lund<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 16, 2011 12:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Pollyanna Wants to Know: Who's the Lying Sack of Sh*t?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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></body></html>