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Stakeholder Meeting Change Memo

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[Note — this e-mail from Carol Morris of the Connections Study was forwarded to us by a recipient. We are posting it on Friday, July 16, but have edited the date of the post to make it show up in the correct chronological order in relation to other posts.] [Begin message.] From: carol morris [mailto:cmorris@morriscomm.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:32 AM To: Undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Connections Study: Potential Meeting Change All, As you know, we have scheduled a combined Steering/Stakeholder Committee meeting for this Friday at 10 am at Kittery Trading Post. The purpose of the meeting is to update you on progress towards completing …

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Good News, Everyone

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 — As much as possible, we try to keep religion out of this operation, but today we make an exception. We ask all our readers — OK, both of them — to pray that Newt Gingrich isn’t just teasing us.

Stranger Still …

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 — And you thought yesterday’s post about the Monkey Gap was bizarre. That was nothing! We present Robin Marie Potwora, of Torrington, CT, the founder Main Street Bites Back: UPDATE: — We just got off the phone with a spokesperson for the National Park Service. He confirmed that the Park Service has indeed received a permit request from Glenn Beck to use the Lincoln Memorial grounds for his “Restoring Honor” rally on August 28th. Logistics for the event are being worked on. When and if an agreement is reached, a permit will be issued. God bless America.

The Situation Going Into the Friday Stakeholders’ Meeting

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Friday, July 16, 2010; 11:44 a.m. — We received the following e-mail from Ben Porter on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:20 PM. As we noted in our first Bridge News post, things changed rather quickly. We thought it would be useful to provide this as-is to set the state fur subsequent events. Also, the Drift Gallery Bridge Exhibition (see below) is still on. [Salutation] This Friday appears to be a significant day with the possibility of some key decisions regarding the fate of the Memorial and Sarah Mildred Long Bridges. And in addition, there will be an opportunity to gather and share our thoughts about …

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Why We Lost in Vietnam: The Monkey Gap

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Monday, July 12, 2010 — Thanks to the Chinese government, we finally know why America lost in Vietnam. It was the Monkey Gap. The Internet is abuzz this morning with a story emanating from the People’s Daily Online, headlined “Monkeys trained as battlefield killers in Afghanistan.” The story goes on to say that a “British-based media agency,” had photographed “monkey soldiers” trained by the Taliban and armed with AK-47s and Bren guns in Waziristan. Most of the reporting on this story concerns the implications for the future in Afghanistan. Backward-looking organization that we are, we’re more interested in its historical implications. “Ironically,” People’s Daily reports, …

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Bridge News

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Friday, July 16, 2010 — Today’s Gazette — the physical, newsprint-based lifeform, not this silicon-dependent appendage — includes a note directing people here for news about the Memorial and Sarah Mildred Long bridges, explaining that the topic has become so volatile we can’t do it justice in print. For example, the Maine – New Hampshire Connections Study, on whose recommendations the fates of the bridges rest, had scheduled a Stakeholders Meeting for today. Then at the last minute the Study’s staff decided to skip the meeting and hold a conference call instead. We could hardly wash out hands of the issue — few things could …

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