<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">So, stepping around whatever that anti-Boehner zinger was supposed to mean, do any of you out there think that cordoning off a scenic overlook on a highway is anything more than a political power play?<br><br>These places are not staffed, and the only funds associated with them were one-time investments in the building of the overlook part of the highway and an educational display.  Perhaps there is an on-going maintenance cost if someone has to come by every so often and empty the trash.<br><br>I can't see this as anything other than the administration putting the screws to the public in an effort to piss us off.  We're supposed to get angry at the Republicans, but in their wisdom they neglected to consider that people  might get angry at their arrogance as well. 
 <br><br>Paul <br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:13 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div>  <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0625743616"><div><div>Inscribed on a wall plaque in the office of House Speaker John Boner . . .</div><div><b><br clear="none"></b></div><div><b>"DON'T QUESTION!  JUST FOLLOW!"</b></div><div><br clear="none"><div>Dontcha think, Mr. Eiselein?  Or dontcha think.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have
 with your pants on)</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div>  </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br clear="none"></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;" clear="none"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="">- John Lennon<br clear="none"></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><div class="yiv0625743616yqt0725319932" id="yiv0625743616yqtfd41791"><br clear="none">On Oct 10, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Kai Eiselein
 <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0625743616yqt0725319932" id="yiv0625743616yqtfd89948"><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Nice try, Sandra, but access to the pullouts should have never been taken away. The directive to close them is purely a spiteful, vindictive decision straight out of D.C.</span><br clear="none"><span>Reckless behaivor? Since when is pulling over to look at a view reckless? You think there are ranger stationed at each and every one of them when the park is open? </span><br clear="none"><span>It's funny you've nothing to say about any of the other idiotic closures.</span><br clear="none"><span>I see you are still being good little soldier for your party, don't question, just follow.</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br
 clear="none"><span>----------------------------------------</span><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" target="_blank" href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] If you can't keep them from stopping.....</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:01:15 -0700</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br
 clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"A state highway that runs through the national park was closed after Grand</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Canyon officials found tourists removing barricades at overlooks along the</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>road."</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/nearly-two-dozen-cited-for-en">http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/nearly-two-dozen-cited-for-en</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tering-grand-canyon-after-budget-battle-forced-parks-closure/2013/10/09/94a7</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2f2e-30dd-11e3-ad00-ec4c6b31cbed_story.html</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br
 clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yes -- I'm glad you agree that those "tourists" are responsible for the</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>necessary decision to close the highway since they thought they were special</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>enough that they could just move the barricades. You & I both know that if</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>something went wrong with their illegal behavior, they'd be the first to</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sue, something they made clear to us with their reckless behavior.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yeah, it sucks when a few spoil things for the many, so I'm glad to see your</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ire
 directed where it belongs : at the "tourists."</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Behalf Of Kai Eiselein</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 2:28 PM</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote
 type="cite"><span>To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [Vision2020] If you can't keep them from stopping.....</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Then shut down the highway.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Citations-Issued-at-Grand-C">http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Citations-Issued-at-Grand-C</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote
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