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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5277in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D86139.E3E93010"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">May 6, 2022<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gov. Little seeks input from Idahoans on meth, fentanyl<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little is asking Idahoans to weigh in about the impacts of meth and fentanyl at the final regional roundtables for his “Operation Esto Perpetua”
initiative scheduled for next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Operation Esto Perpetua is the Governor’s new strategy to protect communities from the growing drug threat. Additional information,
including membership of the initiative’s Citizen Action Group and Law Enforcement Panel, is available at
<a href="https://gov.idaho.gov/operation-esto-perpetua/">https://gov.idaho.gov/operation-esto-perpetua/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Citizens Action Group has held public meetings in Coeur d’Alene and Weiser in recent weeks, and the details of the group’s final roundtables follow:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Eastern Idaho Roundtable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Monday, May 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Location: Pocatello City Hall (911 N. 7<sup>th</sup> Ave.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (public testimony starts at 2 p.m.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Magic Valley Roundtable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Wednesday, May 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Location: College of Southern Idaho, Taylor Building Room 276/277 (315 Falls Ave., Twin Falls)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (public testimony starts at 10:30 a.m.)
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Little will attend both roundtables in Pocatello and Twin Falls.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The public also may offer comments to the Citizens Action Group via e-mail to
<a href="mailto:governor@gov.idaho.gov">governor@gov.idaho.gov</a> before May 13</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Citizens Action Group will compile and present its observations to the Law Enforcement Panel in the coming weeks. The Law
Enforcement Panel then will identify action items to make our communities safer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“Meth and fentanyl are the most serious and growing drug threats in Idaho. There is much more we can do to make Idaho’s communities
safer. With Operation Esto Perpetua, we are bringing together law enforcement, lawmakers, cities, counties, tribes, families, and the public in new ways with one goal – to meaningfully reduce the flow of fentanyl and meth into the State of Idaho. I appreciate
Idahoans taking the time to share their feedback with me,” Governor Little said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Callihan, Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">208-334-2100 or
<a href="mailto:Emily.Callihan@gov.idaho.gov">Emily.Callihan@gov.idaho.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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