<div dir="ltr"><div>Color me... stupid, or, something.. but...<br><br></div>How can questions be addressed, if none are allowed to be asked? <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:01 PM, 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><div class="im"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"In order to fully address the questions at hand, public testimony will not be included as part of the workshop."</span><br>
<br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div class="im"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div>
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<div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn to smile as you kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div>
</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 13, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Wayne Price <<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" target="_blank">bear@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="#000000">"....... it is extremely important that citizens submit their comments and questions prior to the workshop so they can be shared and discussed to the best extent possible.'"</font></span></div>
</div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div dir="auto"><div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>How does this come out as "No public input at City Megaload Workshop"? Sounds like plenty of public input to me.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jan 13, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>On Wednesday (January 15th), 3 pm to 5 pm, the City of Moscow will sponsor a workshop regarding the nature and type of loads to be transported through Moscow later this month. Representatives from the City of Moscow, Latah County, ITD, state/local law enforcement, as well as Mammoet Transportation will participate.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"In order to fully address the questions at hand, public testimony will not be included as part of the workshop."</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Mayor Bill Lambert explains, 'As we work with our partner agencies and in an effort to facilitate the best information sharing possible on a limited timeline while respecting each of the participants and our community, it is extremely important that citizens submit their comments and questions prior to the workshop so they can be shared and discussed to the best extent possible.'"</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">(</span><span><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-January/095043.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-January/095043.html</a>)</span></div>
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</span></div><div><span>One question: WHY?</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Public Q&A was extremely beneficial and informative at the megaload workshop conducted in City Hall on June 28, 2010.</span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Highway12/ITDmtg_062810.htm" target="_blank">http://www.moscowcares.com/Highway12/ITDmtg_062810.htm</a></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>
<span>Hmmm.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya there, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div>
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