[Vision2020] Senator Schroeder

Joan Opyr auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Fri, 21 May 2004 09:53:18 -0700


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Pat writes (in part):

>Seems to me that the southern part of the state is more interested than =
they should be in our election. =20


Great googly-moogly!  Pat and I have finally found a tiny piece of common=
 ground.  Why are Southern Idahoans pumping money into a campaign to unse=
at Gary Schroeder?  And what's ex-State Senator Darrell Deide's financial=
 stake in removing a powerful advocate for charter school accountability?=
  Without Schroeder's "obstruction," I suspect Idaho would be subjected t=
o the creation of more unaccountable, for-profit, tax-dollar sinkholes li=
ke The Idaho Virtual Academy.  =20

(BTW, the state is doing bupkes to help the UI plug its dreadful budget g=
ap, but they've dropped $1.6 million into the black hole of The Idaho Vir=
tual Academy.  As IVA purchases its curriculum from a Virginia-based comp=
any called K12, run by former Secretary of Education and gambling addict,=
 William Bennett, I wonder how many of my tax dollars were on Smarty Jone=
s at the Preakness?  Should I sue for a share of the winnings?)  =20
     =20
It's clear that many who live beneath the Boise-Dixon line don't like Gar=
y Schroeder; they object to the power he wields on our behalf.  He's foug=
ht for years to ensure that the University of Idaho remains the state's f=
lagship institution, and he's been remarkably successful.  Too successful=
, it would seem, for our neighbors in the South.  =20

And so, a vote for Gregg Vance is a vote for a bullet in Latah County's f=
oot.  Say, do you think it's too late to put that on a billboard?  =20

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

PS: I made a geographical error in my last post: Gregg Vance does not liv=
e in Deary.  He lives in Potlatch.  I don't know how I could have confuse=
d the two.  One's a tiny town about 20 miles outside of Moscow and the ot=
her's . . . a tiny town about 20 miles outside of Moscow.


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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff" STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;b=
ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Pat writes (in part):</=
DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&gt;<FONT face=3DArial>Seems to me that the s=
outhern part of the state is more interested than they should be in our e=
lection. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><=
FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Great googl=
y-moogly!&nbsp; Pat and I have finally found a tiny piece of common groun=
d.&nbsp; Why are Southern Idahoans pumping money into&nbsp;a campaign to =
unseat Gary Schroeder?&nbsp; And what's ex-State Senator Darrell Deide's =
financial stake in removing a powerful advocate for charter&nbsp;school a=
ccountability?&nbsp; Without Schroeder's&nbsp;"obstruction," I suspect Id=
aho&nbsp;would be subjected to the creation of more unaccountable, for-pr=
ofit, tax-dollar sinkholes like The Idaho Virtual Academy.&nbsp; </FONT><=
/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=
>(BTW, the state is doing bupkes to help the UI plug its dreadful budget =
gap, but they've dropped $1.6 million&nbsp;into the black hole of The Ida=
ho Virtual Academy.&nbsp; As&nbsp;IVA purchases its curriculum from a Vir=
ginia-based company called K12, run by former Secretary of Education and =
gambling addict, William Bennett, I wonder how many of my tax dollars wer=
e on Smarty Jones at the Preakness?&nbsp; Should I sue for&nbsp;a share o=
f the winnings?)&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>It's clear that many w=
ho live beneath the Boise-Dixon line don't like Gary Schroeder; they obje=
ct to the power he wields&nbsp;on our behalf.&nbsp; He's fought&nbsp;for =
years to ensure that the University of Idaho remains the state's flagship=
 institution, and he's been&nbsp;remarkably successful.&nbsp; Too success=
ful, it would seem,&nbsp;for our&nbsp;neighbors&nbsp;in the South.&nbsp;&=
nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT=
 face=3DArial>And so, a&nbsp;vote for Gregg Vance is a&nbsp;vote for a bu=
llet&nbsp;in&nbsp;Latah County's foot.&nbsp; Say, do you think it's too l=
ate to put that on a billboard?&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DAri=
al></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establish=
ment</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT =
face=3DArial>PS:&nbsp;I made a geographical error&nbsp;in my last post: G=
regg Vance does not live in Deary.&nbsp; He lives in Potlatch.&nbsp; I do=
n't know how I could have confused the two.&nbsp; One's a tiny town about=
 20 miles outside of Moscow and the other's . . .&nbsp;a tiny town about =
20 miles outside of Moscow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT fac=
e=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>&nbsp; </FONT></DIV=
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