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<DIV>Just another fine example of the arrogance of legislative leadership.
Now if she had been bringing up a motion written by ALEC, she’d probably have
gotten a hearing. But then, the folks at ALEC hate public employees,
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:20 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Rep. Ringo: ‘That was a first in my 14 years
on JFAC’</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Courtesy of the
Spokesman-Review.</DIV>
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href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2014/mar/11/ringo-was-first-my-14-years-jfac/">Rep.
Ringo: ‘That was a first in my 14 years on JFAC’</A></H1>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 21px"><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Rep.
Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, said the motion she planned to make in JFAC this
morning – before the joint committee abruptly adjourned – was to make the 2
percent raises for state workers next year all ongoing, rather than half
permanent and half one-time. She’s none too pleased that Co-Chairman Dean
Cameron, R-Rupert, adjourned the committee as she began making her motion. “I’m
irritated to the max over this,” she said. “I thought it was rude and
inappropriate, and I could throw out all kinds of other adjectives.”</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 21px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo said she spoke with Cameron after
the meeting. “He told me my motion would’ve just gone down,” she said. “I said,
‘That does happen to me now and then.’ But that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have
the opportunity to represent the people.” Ringo said she considered making the
motion at the start of budget-setting, but then “thought I’d wait ‘til we got
clear to the end, to see what kinds of balances we had.”</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 21px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo, a seventh-term representative who
is running for the 1<SPAN
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District congressional seat, said, “That was a first in my 14 years on JFAC. I
don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody be denied the opportunity to make a
motion.”</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 21px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Representative Shirley Ringo,
D-Moscow</SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants
on)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><A style='href: "http://www.moscowcares.com/"'><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.MoscowCares.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Tom Hansen</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Moscow, Idaho</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>- John Lennon</SPAN></DIV>
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