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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks, Saundra, for reposting this email. It is as timely the second time as it was the first! I was there as well and it was humiliating moment for all of us. It certainly was not a positive interaction for Mr. Lambert. Perhaps this reminder will allow Mr. Lambert to make a very belated apology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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>Saundra Lund<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 29, 2013 11:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'viz'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Bill "The Bully" Lambert<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Since Bill Lambert has opted to run for mayor, and since I've had several people contact me privately to ask why I consider Lambert to be a bully, this seems to be a good time to repost something I originally posted here back in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>I'll add that since then, my opinion of Lambert's character hasn't changed based on the experiences of others who've shared with me. Words and phrases like “abrasive,” “condescending,” “rude,” “talks over people,” “disrespectful,” “doesn’t listen,” “doesn’t respect people with differing opinions,” etc., have all been descriptors used . . . and those are the flattering ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Wayne Price, I think, recently mentioned he thinks it's "time for a change," but I'm not one for giving a vote to a rude, disrespectful bully who obviously lacks the character needed to work with diverse people on behalf of the City. But maybe his support of Bill "The Bully" Lambert is nothing more than an example of the old adage that birds of a feather flock together :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Anyway, here's a repost of my personal experience with Lambert's conduct when acting in his official capacity of a P&Z commissioner. I deleted some of the trailing posts; for those interested in reading the entire thread, you can find it <a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2007-April/043084.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] On Behalf Of Saundra Lund<br>Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:56 PM<br>To: 'Mark Solomon'; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wheaton Story in paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Mark,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>It's been awhile, but I'm happy to share what I recall with the hope that others at the meeting with perhaps with better recollection might also share.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The current Council member to whom I'm referring is Bill Lambert, who was at the time on the City of Moscow's Planning and Zoning Commission.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Unfortunately, I don't recall the exact date of the meeting, but I believe it was in the summer of 2005, and it might have been during the meeting on 7/13/2005.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>There was quite a decent turnout for the P&Z meeting, and I remember Chair Jerry Schutz commenting on how pleased he was to see so many people take an interest in P&Z. IIRC, he said they weren't used to having an audience, or at least, such a large audience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>My recollection is that the Commission members were originally seated around a table on the floor (where the Council Administrative and Public Works & Finance Committees sit), but it seems to me they readjusted themselves to sit on only three sides before the meeting actually started as more people showed up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I also recall that the microphones weren't being used at that point.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>IIRC, I was seated about four or maybe five rows back, and Mr. Schutz asked if everyone could hear what was being said. More than a few people indicated they were having difficulty hearing, and I believe Mr. Schutz said something about they'd try to remember to keep their voices up and to let them know if voices dropped.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>At least some voices were kept up for a bit, and some commissioners did better at this than others. Mr. Lambert was speaking, and a gentleman seated in the first or second row (IIRC) raised his hand to indicate that he couldn't hear what was being said. I believe Mr. Schutz verified that the gentleman's hand was raised because he couldn't hear, and more than a few others (myself included) indicated that we couldn't hear Mr. Lambert's comments, either. Mr. Schutz again asked the commissioners to remember to keep their voices up, and I believe the discussion continued briefly before Mr. Lambert again couldn't be heard and the gentleman again raised his hand and said something like, "Can you please speak UP? I still can't hear you."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>At which point Mr. Lambert became overtly hostile, defensive and downright rude, and he said something like he was speaking as loudly as he was going to speak and he wasn't going to yell to be heard. Mind you, the audience was appropriately orderly, so it's not like people talking in the gallery were the cause. There was a bit more to Mr. Lambert's rant, but I was so aghast I don't recall further specifics other than there was *no difficulty* hearing what he was saying then, so clearly Mr. Lambert was capable of making himself heard when he wanted to.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>At that point, the gentleman got up to leave, saying something like, "Public meetings don't do any good if the public can't hear" as he left. I think it was clear to all present that the gentleman wasn't happy, and my eyebrows weren't the only ones raised at Mr. Lambert's reprehensible behavior.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>My recollection is that this all happened within the first 15 minutes or so of the meeting, but again, it was almost two years ago.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I was absolutely stunned by Mr. Lambert's tirade. I've been to a lot of government meetings in my life, and outside some in the UK, and I'd never seen anything quite like Mr. Lambert's attack on those who couldn't make out his mumbling. Quite frankly, his conduct was inappropriate, he was disrespectful to his fellow commissioners and to the audience, and his behavior was an embarrassment to the City he was appointed to represent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Not only was the gentleman who was the target of Mr. Lambert's rant due an apology, but so, too, were the rest of us present. However, none was forthcoming at that meeting or any of the subsequent P&Z meetings I attended.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'll also interject that the gentleman was only one of *many* who were having difficulty hearing the meeting. People sitting closer than I were having difficulty, people sitting in the same row I was were having trouble, and people seated further back were all having trouble hearing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>After the gentleman left, my recollection is that the commissioners relocated to dais (where the City Council sits) and the microphones were turned on. Interestingly -- or not -- members of the audience continued to have some difficulty making out what Mr. Lambert said because microphones don't do much good if they aren't spoken into.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Mr. Lambert created such a spectacle of himself I'll not soon forget it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>And, it's really too bad he didn't have the good sense to simply apologize as others have done -- were it not for his arrogance and had he done the right thing by apologizing, he might well have gotten one of my votes for City Council. As it is, I'll always remember his inappropriate public behavior, his poor judgment, and his tendency to fly off the handle with little or no provocation; none of those are qualities I want in my elected officials.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>From: Mark Solomon [<a href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>mailto:msolomon@moscow.com</span></a>]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 1:56 PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>To: Saundra Lund; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wheaton Story in paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Saundra,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>For those of us who are only hearing of this for the first time, could you elaborate a bit more?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>At 10:48 AM -0700 4/5/07, Saundra Lund wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>Perhaps one or the other can replace the current Council member who, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>when serving on a commission, thought those in the audience didn't need <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>to hear what was being discussed in the public meeting by the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>commission members<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>who, in fact, was INCREDIBLY RUDE to an elderly man who requested the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>board members speak up so they could be heard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>It was my opinion that had more Moscow citizens been at that meeting -- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>or if videos of those meetings were available or had that meeting been <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>covered by the press (assuming we had a real newspaper, which we don't <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>appear to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>have) -- that particular current Council member never would have been <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>elected. It was one of the more shameful displays I've ever seen in a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>public meeting :-(((<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>do nothing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'>>- Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>[<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</span></a>]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>On Behalf Of lfalen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:04 AM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>To: g. crabtree; Matt Decker; <a href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>privatejf32@hotmail.com</span></a>;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wheaton Story in paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>Decker and Crabtree for City Council<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.5in'>>Roger<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>