<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Give him a break, Dr. J.</div><div><br></div><div>Luna got his degree online. He is a product of an online education . . . what Idaho students can anticipate becoming if this disease is not cured on November 6th.<br><br><div>Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div><div><br>On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot add.<br><br>On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div class="no_photo story_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; ">$180 Million Contract Divides Lawmakers</span></div><div class="no_photo story_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"><br></span><div class="ad_prop" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 1px; height: 150px; "></div><div class="ad" style="font-size: 0px; margin: 30px 20px 10px 10px;
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max-width: 620px !important; "><span class="dateline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; ">BOISE, IDAHO</span> — The eight-year, $180 million pact with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">Rep. Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price was "double pretty much what we anticipated."</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">Sen. John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above
estimates.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">Who's right?</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">In 2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million annually.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">For the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million, about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">And
over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's estimate when calculated yearly.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 620px !important; ">Voters weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov. 6.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px; height: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; "><br>Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy</a></div><div></div></div></div></div></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">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></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">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>