<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span>Greetings Visionaires -</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">On Friday (December 7th) I emailed the Moscow City Council, and posted here on the Viz, concerning the council's lack of willingness to adopt a non-discrimination resolution (based on sexual preference and/or gender identification), city ordinances that have been enacted in Sandpoint, Pocatello, and (just recently) Boise.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -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); "><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2012-December/087426.html">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2012-December/087426.html</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -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); "> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Within this email I made reference to the city council's willingness, without hesitation, to enact a cell-phone stipend, compensating city officials for use of personal cell-phones.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Shortly after sending that email I received an off-list response from Moscow City Council member Walter Steed suggesting that I contact him by telephone, that he is willing to discuss the cell-phone matter.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">After my response to Mr.Steed, detailing how the Moscow City Council had violated city ordinance (by failing to obtain "aye" votes from a majority of the members present), he reiterated his offer for me to contact him by phone; to which I responded that I had contacted the state attorney general's office back in November 2010 and that they (the state AG's office) suggested that I contact Mr. Riedner, Moscow's City Supervisor . . . (who strongly supported the stipend). I further suggested to Mr. Steed that I prefer transparency and open discussion . . . to put it simply, as I informed Mr. Steed, "I don't dance."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">FYI: The final vote by the Moscow City Council . . . 3 ayes, 2 nays, 1 abstention (Dan Carscallen, who was present)</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">So, V-Peeps, reposted (as it was back in November 2010) for your review and analysis . . .</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Proposed Cell Phone Stipend for Elected Officials </span></div><div><div 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); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">(Public Works and Finance Committee - October 25, 2010)</span></div></div><div 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); "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/PWF_102510_CellPhoneStipend.htm">http://www.moscowcares.com/PWF_102510_CellPhoneStipend.htm</a></span></div><div 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); "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span></div><div 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); "><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Proposed Cell Phone Stipend for Elected Officials </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">(Moscow City Council - November 1, 2010)</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/110110_08_CellPhoneStipend.htm">http://www.moscowcares.com/110110_08_CellPhoneStipend.htm</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); "><br></span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span><br><span>"Moscow Cares"</span><br><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>