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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Huh – I thought the city council was <b>non-partisan</b>? Maybe Krauss missed that little factoid?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gosh – I’m also pretty sure I remember Krauss lamenting a lack of civility in local elections a few of years back & being pretty indignant that his integrity had been questioned. Does anyone else remember that stunt?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It seems to me that perhaps those questioning his integrity – or lack thereof – back then may have been the true visionaries, and Krauss needs look no further than himself for an explanation of community polarization </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’d say he’s proven himself to be a real horse’s ass, except I find the whole affair to be truly sad & disappointing. My initial impressions of him had been that while he <b>clearly</b> wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, he was a thoughtful man interested in working to unify the community – clearly, my favorable impressions were wrong . . . dead wrong. I’m finished offering another side of him to those who thought him one-sided and one-dimensional because he’s proven that he is, in fact, one-sided and one-dimensional.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If he had an ounce of integrity, he’d resign for his shameful ham-handed politicization of non-partisan offices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] As Our City Council Degenerates . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Reich Fuehrer Krauss dictates:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>" . . . <span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>he never told Lamar he favored him for vice president, and he felt that position should be filled with someone whose views were more in line with the president."</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Only party loyalists who have signed the loyalty oath (in blood) will be considered for council appointment!</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> All others will be dealt with severely, rechtig Fuehrer Krauss?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of today's (January 12, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News concerning the January 3, 2012 city council session. Only party loyalists will be considered for council appointment.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:10.5pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>A council workshop to decide preliminarily who would replace Krauss as council president was less contentious than deciding a vice president to elect. Councilor Dan Carscallen moved from VP to president Tuesday following his re-election to the Council in November.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Councilor Tom Lamar had poised himself to take Carscallen's seat as vice president, receiving a nomination from Councilor Sue Scott that was rejected. When Krauss nominated Tim Brown, however, Lamar protested, stating he had been led by the former council president to believe he was in line for the position. Brown was later elected VP.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Mayor Nancy Chaney later added before the end of the meeting that she agreed with Scott, who first nominated Lamar, that as Lamar had garnered the most votes in the November election over Krauss and Carscallen, he should have been favored as a better representative of city residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>"I think that's a mistake in a representative democracy like ours," Chaney said prior to the meeting, adding after the election, "Tom, you're a stand-up guy. You handled it well." She added she felt Brown would do well in the position.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>Chaney and Krauss argued over her comment following the meeting with Chaney stating she did not appreciate Krauss' opposition to Lamar as vice president based on his opinion that Lamar's political leanings were more in line with her's than the rest of the council.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>After the meeting, Krauss said he never told Lamar he favored him for vice president, and he felt that position should be filled with someone whose views were more in line with the president.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'>"Tom seemed to be under the impression in past interaction that I was supporting him for vice president," said Krauss. He added of his argument with Chaney that a city council is like a family and, "We may not all get along, but we all love each other."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>------------------------------</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya later, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Spokane, Washington<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"If not us, who?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If not now, when?"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Unknown<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>