<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>An excellent article. Thanks for sharing it, Jed.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Torma<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jed Taylor <mcc@offthedial.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> missoulagov@cmslists.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, February 11, 2010 11:09:09 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [MissoulaGov] Council goals: On sustainability<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I think the single best response to the request for ideas and commentary on goals for our city council was John Wolverton’s message that places sustainability at the heart of whatever strategy guides specific choices.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">And this article from the NYT offers yet another reminder of the lessons every government leader should be learning from our nation’s current crisis:</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/slumburbia/</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It ends with this nugget of wisdom: “Come see: this is what happens when money and market, alone, guide the way we live.”</SPAN></P>
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