<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Before anybody gets all huffy, let me preface this posting with a simple statement of fact . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>This is an Op/Ed!</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>That said . . . </div><div><br><img src="cid:DA87CA19-6534-4395-910E-321D64223C66" alt="image1.jpeg" id="DA87CA19-6534-4395-910E-321D64223C66"><br><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Commitment_Moscow_City_Council.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Commitment_Moscow_City_Council.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Commitment and the Moscow City Council"</b></div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/KPVJZFS8k5M">http://youtu.be/KPVJZFS8k5M</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The purpose of the transition from Monday's city council session to the public discussion of March 4, 2008, concerning Hawkins Companies and Moscow water rights was to suggest that . . . although Mayor Lambert feels and believes that members of the Moscow City Council are infinitely committed to improving all aspects of the Moscow Community, when it comes to actually expend the time and effort needed to improve such aspects . . . not all council members are willing to "toe the line".</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);">A question I wanted asked, a few years ago (2009), when four of the council seats were up for election . . . </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);">"If elected, what priority would you assign to your duties as a member of the Moscow City Council and your commitment to the Moscow community?"</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);">Unfortunately something urgent came up and I was unable to attend any candidate forums during September - October of that year. The next time . . . during Q & A . . . I will be in attendance . . . cameras mounted and operating . . . hand raised.</span></div><br><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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><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><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>