RE#1: [Vision2020] NSA downtown debate

[Tom Hansen]

Thank you, Bill.

 

For those of you that do not subscribe to the Lewiston Morning Tribune,
copied and pasted below is an editorial letter submitted to the Tribune by
Joan Opyr.

 

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Doug Wilson's apologist

 

It doesn't surprise me to find Jim Fisher once again acting as an apologist
for Doug Wilson. In past columns, Fisher has frequently adopted Wilson's
skewed and misleading vocabulary, referring to Wilson's many critics as
"intoleristas." Intoleristas is a very silly word -- one that Wilson
concocted to avoid any serious discussion about his plans for a takeover of
downtown Moscow. He has written openly and extensively in his magazine,
Credenda Agenda, about his various plans and schemes, which include an end
to public education; the systematic disenfranchisement of women and
non-Christians; and the slow but certain imposition of his theocratic vision
on the democratic residents of this city, this county, this state and this
nation. 

 

But all of this is beside the point. It doesn't really matter if Doug is a
crackpot or if his ideas are offensive, bizarre and often troglodytic. In
adopting Wilson's language, Jim Fisher deafens himself to the real issue at
stake in the legal challenge to New St. Andrews' location in downtown
Moscow: Doug Wilson believes that he is above the law. As with the
unwarranted property tax exemptions Wilson filed for and received from Latah
County, it is clear that he did not bother to check with the appropriate
city authorities before opening his private college in the middle of
Moscow's central business district. ... 

 

No one, Mr. Fisher, is persecuting Doug Wilson, and I for one have grown
sick and tired of hearing him cry "poor little me" every time someone calls
him on his bad behavior. ... 

 

It's all about personal responsibility, Mr. Fisher -- something both you and
Doug Wilson, in your rush to tar the good citizens of Moscow as
"intoleristas," seem to have forgotten. 

 

Joan Opyr 

 

Moscow

 

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A special thanks to Joan Opyr, who will be on the Moscow radio airwaves
today at 5:00 PM on Radio Free Moscow (KRFP, 92.5 FM) accompanied by Carl
Westberg Jr.

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Bill London
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:23 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] NSA downtown debate

 

Today's Lewiston Tribune (Sunday, 1/30) editorial section, page 2 includes a
couple of relevant opinion pieces: a letter from Joan Opyr and a response
column (responding to JimFisher's editorial) by Mike Curley the attorney for
those who officially complained about the zoning violation of NSA.

BL

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