[Vision2020] Parks and Dogs

[Donovan Arnold]

This is just an amazing coincidence! I just wrote a similar letter to send to Nancy. Here it is;
 Dear Honorable Mayor Chaney,
 
I wanted to share with you an experience I just had this January while playing outside with my polar bear. After going to the fairgrounds, this is a favorite place for little Pola to play, as he is an 800 lb white bear who needs to be able to run freely in the snow and ice to get the exercise he needs. Shockingly we were approached by a city employee and told that I had to leash my bear. She told me he can only play in the ice rink.
 
This is very upsetting as I have been to the fairgrounds dozens and dozens of times to play with my polar bear. I have witnessed dozens and dozens of other people using the fairgrounds to exercise off-leashed animals. The ice rink is a tiny fenced in area overcrowded with people and I refuse to take my polar bear there. Where can I take my polar bear in the big empty state of Idaho with national parks in the winter on a Saturday morning at 8am to play? Is there a park in this town where polar bears can be off-leash? I have been chased out of East City Park and now I have been chased out of the fairgrounds. 
 
It appears to me that the city and the parks and recreation department are doing a poor job in providing places at tax-paying citizens expense for bear-loving people to a have place to take their pets to get exercise and enjoy their parks off leash. Please get back to me when you have the chance.
 
Thank you.
 
Donovan Arnold

From: Cathy & Jack Porter <cathy.b.porter at gmail.com>
To: Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> 
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>; Brett Haverstick <bhaverstick at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Parks and Dogs


I agree with Darrrell. 
Cathy 



On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds like the city is enforcing the law.  Isn't that what they are supposed to do?  If people don't like the law, they should petition the city council to change it.
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>I have never thought of the dog park as tiny.  There is certainly enough room there for my 80 lb lab to get a good run in.  It is rarely crowded when I go.  THe most I've encountered has been 6 or 7 dogs.  If it as crowded as the author feels, perhaps the city should look at adding another dog park.
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>On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>Thoughts, V-Peeps?
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>>Seeya round town, Moscow.
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>>Tom Hansen
>>Moscow, Idaho
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>>"If not us, who?
>>If not now, when?"
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>>- Unknown
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>>From: Brett Haverstick <bhaverstick at yahoo.com>
>>>Date: April 14, 2012 8:49:00 PDT
>>>To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>>>Subject: Fw: parks and dogs
>>>Reply-To: Brett Haverstick <bhaverstick at yahoo.com>
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>>Do me a favor Tom and share this with the 20/20 crowd. I'm curious to know if others have similar concerns. Thanks.
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>>>----- Forwarded Message -----
>>>From: Brett Haverstick <bhaverstick at yahoo.com>
>>>To: "nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us" <nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us> 
>>>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:46 AM
>>>Subject: parks and dogs
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>>>Nancy,
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>>>I wanted to share with you an experience I just had this morning while playing ball with my dog. After going to the Safeway in town, I then headed to the big park just off Mt. View Road--a few blocks from the Safeway. This is a favorite place for Akadia to play, as he is an 80lb black lab who needs to be able to run freely to get the exercise he needs. Shockingly we were approached by a city employee and told that I had to leash the dog. She told me I can play ball at the dog park.
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>>>This is very upsetting as I have been in that park dozens and dozens of times to play ball with my dog. I have witnessed dozens and dozens of other people using the same park to exercise their dog off-leash. The dog park is a tiny fenced in area overcrowded with dogs and people and I refuse to take my dog there. Where can I take my dog on a Saturday morning at 8am to play ball? Is there a park in this town where dogs can be off-leash? I have been chased out of East City Park and now I have been chased out of the big ball park on Mt. View. 
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>>>It appears to me that the city and the parks and recreation department are doing a poor job in providing places for tax-paying citizens and dog-loving people a place to take their pets to get exercise and enjoy their parks. Please get back to me when you have the chance.
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>>>Thank you.
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>>>Brett
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