[Vision2020] Small Towns? Re: conflict of interest

[Donovan Arnold]

Tom,

You write:

"That was until I invited them (Californians) up here (while I was attending 
UI) to go to some Vandal football games.  After a couple visits up here, 
they understood one of the main reasons I chose North Idaho. Attitude."


So you are the reason those damn Californians keep coming up here and 
turning North Idaho into Republicanville. Why you! I otta.......

Donovan J Arnold

(Ps, this is only a joke)


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <Tbertruss at aol.com>, <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com>,   
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Small Towns? Re: conflict of interest
>Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 16:09:03 -0700
>
>I was born and raised in Los Angeles.  My wife was born and raised in the
>Rose Lake area of North Idaho.  When I retired from the service, I could
>have retired to Los Angeles.  I chose not to. Los Angeles is 8 million
>people with 8 million attitudes (none of them warm and fuzzy).  My folks
>(for the first few years of my retirement from the service) wondered why I
>did not retire to Los Angeles.  That was until I invited them up here 
>(while
>I was attending UI) to go to some Vandal football games.  After a couple
>visits up here, they understood one of the main reasons I chose North 
>Idaho.
>Attitude.
>
>
>
>There was an e-mail that I posted to a Vandal listserve last year that
>explains my feelings (with a slight bit of humor, of course).  It goes:
>
>
>
>Remember Idaho. Idaho was a living territory in a land daring to be free.
>
>Idaho provided sanctuary and hope for pioneers building on their own
>
>"American Dream".
>
>
>
>Support Idaho. Idaho provides sanctity where independent thought is
>
>strongly supported by community consensus.  Daring to be different is not
>
>challenged. It is taught.  Diversity is not shunned.  It is nurtured.
>
>
>
>Believe in Idaho. Idaho will always provide sanctity for the selfless.
>
>For Idaho is not merely a physical entity but a state of mind.
>
>
>
>The world may change physically, politically, and socially as centuries
>pass, but
>
>three things remain constant as sure as tomorrow's coffee:
>
>
>
>3. Idaho will provide confidence in the face of adversity.
>
>
>
>2. Idaho will provide faith in the presence of challenge.
>
>
>
>And #1 -
>
>
>
>1,  The University of Idaho Vandals will always own the Boise State
>University Broncos.
>
>
>
>Take care of yourselves and each other,
>
>
>
>Tom Hansen
>
>Just Another Radically Moderate Left Wing Conservative Loose in the Palouse
>
>
>
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