<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span> Just think of all the great things we could do for the people of Idaho if only it were a democracy. . . </span></div><div>Donovan Arnold<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 13, 2011
5:28 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Autocrats and Other Dangers<br> </font> <br>
<div id="yiv1974276321"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of today's (December 13, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to Bill London and Jacki Vorhees.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><span style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Times, serif;" class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span"><h1 style="border-width: 0px; font: bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Time to clean out autocrats</h1><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sure enough, after all the
promises that the megaloads posed no problems to those of us who also use the U.S. Highway 95 route, a megaloads driver smashed into a couple of cars. Thankfully, the megaloads didn't kill anyone this time. According to the <i>Daily News</i> article (Dec. 8), the police blame only the driver of that megaload truck.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The responsibility really belongs to Idaho's Republican power structure, from Gov. Otter to the Legislature to the lackeys at the state Department of Transportation. All they saw was money coming their way. They didn't consider the safety and welfare of the citizens.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit;
font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1974276321encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Idaho's state government really needs an enema. It's time to clean out these autocratic Republicans.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1974276321encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;
font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Bill London, </b>Moscow</div></div></span><div>----------------</div><span style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Times, serif;" class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span"><h1 style="border-width: 0px; font: bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Watching the real danger</h1><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Question: Where was the Moscow Police Department Tuesday night when
the megaload accident happened and could their presence have helped prevent this accident?</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wait a minute. Didn't Chief David Duke say the MPD was only able to help (because of resources) on Thursday evenings? Maybe some of the cops who hang out watching those rascally protesters on Washington Street, no matter what night the megaloads run, would be better utilized watching the real danger.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1974276321encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px
Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Jacki Vorhees, </b>Moscow</div></div></span><div><span class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span">------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span"><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span">The pity of it all? The question that once was "If" has now become "When", "How often" and "How badly".</span></div><div><span class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span"><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1974276321Apple-style-span">We still await these community benefits you guaranteed would accompany these megaloads, Mr. Steed.<br></span><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not
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