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For those of you interested in the health care industry in Missoula:<br>
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<b><a href="http://matr.net/events.phtml?showdetail=2942">Health Care's
Expanding Role In The Missoula Area Economy, 10/5, Missoula</a></b><br>
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David V. Gray wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank
you for the update on the bike topic. My children
are out of training wheels but I still would not want to see them only
allowed
on the street. At age 10 and younger they still make a great deal of
poor
decisions. When it comes to a game of tag between a car and a bike the
car will
always win. I would like to see the city council allow bikes all the
right of pedestrians when they are on sidewalks as the state law
dictates and
devote educational dollars providing courtesy training to bike riders
on
sidewalks and traffic law training for streets riders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">On
the other topic I have seen the amount of time the Council
members spend on issues and I am grateful for the work that they do and
the business
that gets accomplished. My concern is that it appears that a great
deal
of time and energy lately has been put into cell phone ordinances,
banning
homeless from the downtown, discussing the appropriate locations for
bike
traffic and creating more rules for the citizens of Missoula to live
by.
It does not appear that making Missoula “The desired place for new and
expanding business” or creating a means that will make Missoula the
leader in the economic recovery for our state is being discussed or
allocated much
time by the City Staff and Council. It would be refreshing to see the
full power and time of the city staff and Council on this issue so it
was
making the news each week. From my perspective these topics have been
a black
hole of effort by our government and body of leaders. This may be an
incorrect
view but it has not been getting much press coverage if it is
occurring. As the
Chair of the Public Safety and Health I am sure you have a great deal
of
influence on what could benefit Missoula’s citizens Health Care
expenditures
and still make sure our Medical industry is vibrant and growing. That
would be a nice change in priority focus at this time or an issue worth
allocating more time to. Maybe issues that are not life threatening,
not taxable
and do not create increases or stabilize the citizens’ revenue
generation
could take a back seat for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">David
V. Gray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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