<div dir="ltr">Tom:<div><br></div><div>There are protections in place for the "big decisions" that would prevent that from happening, namely quasi-judicial hearings on matters pertaining to land use. </div><div>
<br></div><div style>We arrived at a good conclusion with little debate - debate that was not needed because it was going to pass anyway.</div><div style><br></div><div style>HDJ</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>People attended last night's session to voice their opinion, both in favor AND against this ordinance.</div>
<div><br></div><div>To deny them such an opportunity is simply WRONG!</div><div><br></div><div><span>I am extremely pleased that the ordinance was adopted with a unanimous vote by the city council. But, in the words of </span><span style="text-align:left;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Claude Adrien Helvetius . . .</span></div>
<div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"</span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">What is to stop the city council from denying future public discussions after having established this precedent.</span></div>
<br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span><br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div><div><div><br>On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:46 AM, "Henry D. \"Hank\" Johnston" <<a href="mailto:hearseboy85@gmail.com" target="_blank">hearseboy85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Wow, there is just no making anyone happy on this one is there?<br><br></div>The council voted 6-0 in favor of this ordinance (and if you ask the mayor it was all my fault, which it wasn't). It was going to pass that way with our without a parade of speeches that would be no more than political posturing from both sides. I can tell you exactly how this would have gone down had there been testimony - there would have been a ton in favor, Judd Wilson and Gresham Bouma would have preached about the sin of homosexuality - and the council would have passed it anyway at 1am.<br>
<br>I applaud the council for making the statement that this was an important ordinance - a "no brainer" if you will, and it wasn't necessary to discuss it further. After all, we've been discussing it for MONTHS in commissions and committees. So why drag it out further? <br>
<br></div><div>Go, Dan, Go!<br></div><div><br></div><div>All my best,<br></div><div>Henry<br></div></div>
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