<div dir="ltr"><div>My comment makes perfect sense to me, Tom. Not sure where I've lost you. People can talk possibilities and how-to's in private. Decisions about public money must be made in public. That's pretty basic civil policy as I understand it...</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, I have no idea why they chose not to discuss on July 5th. Perhaps they don't expect enough people to be present to make monetary decisions on the day after a major holiday?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Moscow Cares <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" target="_blank">moscowcares@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>Your comment doesn't make sense, Mr. Keim.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier you suggested that meetings may be taking place "behind the scenes". Now, you suggest that a delayed public city council discussion of this matter (a matter that came to the public light on May 1st) may be because "process must be followed".</div><div><br></div><div>Why not schedule this item for discussion at the July 5th (two months after this matter went public) city council session?<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, 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 style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><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><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></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 how 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><br>On Jun 28, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Darrell Keim <<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Because process must be followed, Tom. People can talk before the Council meeting. But, until Council gets a request, meets and discusses in public, no action can be taken. You wouldn't want to see private meetings set policy would you?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:17 AM, 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>Mr. Keim -</div><div><br></div><div>Then, why wasn't this made public until AFTER Mr. Bonner requested aid from the city council . . . YESTERDAY . . . with a city council discussion not scheduled . . . UNTIL MID-JULY?</div><div><br></div><div>Or did you, kinda, foresee that, too?<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, 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 style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><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><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></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 how 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><br>On Jun 28, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Darrell Keim <<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:20 AM, Moscow Cares <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" target="_blank">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Courtesy of today's (June 28, 2016) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:34px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:30px;font-weight:400"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(204,0,0);line-height:38px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sojourners' looks for help from Council</span></h1><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 10px 20px;outline:0px;background-image:url("http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/dnews.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/dingbat.gif");color:rgb(153,153,153);line-height:24px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;background-image:none;line-height:24px;float:none!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Bonnar asked the Moscow City Council's Public Works/Finance Committee for $10,000 Monday.</span></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;background-image:none;line-height:24px;float:none!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">He said he has been asking businesses that have helped support Sojourners' Alliance for additional funding so it can reopen as soon as possible after it closes Sept. 1, but it has no commitments from anyone yet.</span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;background-image:none;line-height:24px;float:none!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">There is $25,000 in the legislative reserve - money saved for unforeseen funding issues - that the City Council can explore making available to Sojourners', according to city officials.</span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;background-image:none;line-height:24px;float:none!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">City Councilor Art Bettge said the City Council will revisit the request during its July 18 meeting in hopes that Bonnar can explain better how he reached the $10,000 requested amount.</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>...snip...</div><div><br></div><div>It's almost as though I foresaw this, and hinted at it! Sojourners' will temporarily close its doors August 30 regardless of city speed. Any city money will help it re-open in November. Give the city time to work its process, Tom. Better a good and thorough decision, than a hasty and regretted one.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto"><div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Stay tuned, 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 style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><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></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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