[Vision2020] "Commissioners Adjust Tax Exemptions for Moscow Church "

[thansen@moscow.com]

Very fascinating article, Wayne.

This strongly suggests Doug "His Whiny-ness" Wilson's influence into the Latah 
County Commissioners' Offices via Kimmell.

Thanks for the info.

Tom Hansen
Just another Liberal Elitist loose in the Palouse

PS - Is there any evidence of the Dougster's influence in the Moscow City 
Council?




> Saundra, Donovan, et,al,
> 
> Perhaps another insight into the way Commissioner Paul Kimmell turns a blind 
eye
> to conflicts of interest can be found from a recent INK column by Vera White.
> [Pasted below.]
> 
> 
> Vera provides facts and raises some very important issues.
> 
> Given previous discussions about theocracy and cult purchase of downtown
> property and businesses, If I were a chamber member, I'd have some real 
concern
> about how important/confidential business information is handled by the staff.
> I'd have some very, very real concerns Kimmell's integrity and objectivity.
> 
> I'd really wonder about who he was representing first.  I'd wonder about 
whether
> Kimmell, wittingly or unwittingly, is assisting the cult to attempt to
> evangelize and to desecularize Moscow.  [See frightening excerpt from SPLC
> article quoting Wilson which is also pasted below.
> http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=376&printable=1, 
last
> paragraphs]
> 
> Actually, If I were a chamber member, I'd do more than wonder.  I would 
attempt
> to take concerted action.
> 
> However, the conflict of interest issue is not the only important one.  The
> Commissioners and tax assessor in the hearing depended upon information given
> them by the cult and their attorney.  Was there any attempt on the part of
> either the board or assessor to verify the accuracy of the information?  It
> seems to me there was observable, important, relevant information not given.
> Moreover, this information is certainly known to Paul Kimmell.
> 
> Curious.
> 
> 
> Wayne
> 
> Art Deco  (Wayne Fox)
> deco@moscow.com
> 
> 
> ____________________________
> INK: Moscow chamber seeks best candidate for the job
> 
> 
> 
> Vera White [040904 Daily News]
> 
> 
> 
> Do you have to belong to Christ Church to work at the Moscow Chamber of 
Commerce
> office?
> 
> 
> 
> "No, absolutely not," Chamber Executive Director and Christ Church member Paul
> Kimmell told the INKster. "This is a community-driven organization that we 
hope
> is representative of the community."
> 
> 
> 
> The staff at the chamber office includes receptionist Emily Atwood, niece of 
New
> St. Andrews Dean Roy Atwood; University of Idaho student Kristen Hagen, who
> works part time; and Kimmell's wife, Connie Kimmell, who has been filling in 
as
> office manager for a "little over a month."
> 
> 
> 
> All three women are members of Christ Church.
> 
> 
> 
> After hearing grumblings from chamber members that being a kirker is good for
> your resumé when seeking employment with the organization; the INKster called
> the amicable Kimmell for a comment.
> 
> 
> 
> "That would not be a good policy and this community has a lot of good people,"
> he said. "I would welcome calls from anyone who wants to talk about it."
> 
> 
> 
> Some members' concerns centered around the open office manager's position.
> 
> 
> 
> "It was time for a change," Kimmell explained. "In the direction the position 
is
> going, we're looking for someone to step up and serve the organization now 
that
> we've grown in numbers and more things are going on. We need a person who is a
> problem solver and who knows the community."
> 
> 
> 
> To that end, Kimmell plans to start advertising the opening in area newspapers
> and hopes to have the position filled by next month. He has put together a
> search committee that includes several active board members.
> 
> 
> 
> "We're a fast-paced, dynamic organization," boasted Kimmell, who has been with
> the chamber three years. "I would invite anyone interested to apply."
> 
> 
> 
> Kimmell also is a Latah County commissioner.
> 
> 
> 
> "I keep very busy," he said. "There have not been many conflicts of interest,
> but when they arise, I just deal with it."
> 
> 
> 
> The chamber currently has 505 members, which Kimmell said is consistent with 
the
> past three years.
> 
> 
> 
> "There are always more people out there we hope will join the organization," 
he
> said.
> 
> 
> 
> When wearing his chamber hat, Kimmell spends much of his time "helping people
> make connections ...promoting membership by connecting people with businesses,
> the community, and others."
> 
> 
> 
> He has been accused of putting church holdings at the top of the list when
> showing newcomers around town, making sure they see NSA and Logos School.
> 
> 
> 
> "We are a board-driven organization with a process in place to safeguard what
> goes on," Kimmell said. "They are a very engaged board of directors who are
> active in the community. They keep me in line."
> 
> 
> 
> Since the chamber and the Moscow/Latah County Economic Development Council 
work
> closely together for business recruitment and retention, the INKster called 
EDC
> Executive Director Barbara Richardson Crouch for her take on the issue.
> 
> 
> 
> "Any public relations problem, whether real or perceived, negatively affects 
the
> business community in Moscow," said Richardson Crouch, who described herself 
as
> an "adjunct chamber member" who attends all meetings. "I am sure all chamber
> board members want to ensure the prestige of the organization and the 
executive
> board will publicly let chamber members know exactly what is going on."
> 
> 
> ________________________________________________________
> 
> Quote from Mark Potok, SPLC
> Good Christians, he [Wilson] said, needed to look for "decisive points" in
> society, places that are both "strategic and feasible" targets to be "taken."
> New York City, for instance, is strategic but not feasible - too many godless
> liberals. Other places are feasible but not strategic - unimportant places in
> the theological wars that Wilson foresees.
> 
> "But," Douglas Wilson added in an upbeat note that day, "small towns with 
major
> universities (Moscow and Pullman, say) are both." And that, say many residents
> of the Palouse, is what has them so frightened.
> 
> 
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