[Vision2020] Finally done: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

[Dale Courtney]

Oh, and here is the Vision2020 archived reply to a copyrighted Email:
http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2005-June/018012.html
 
Note: I replied to an email and it was archived. Is it a violation of
copyright to reply to an email? 
 
If so, sue me. 
 
best,
Dale

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of DonaldH675 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, 12 June 2005 00:32
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Finally done: The Boy Who Cried Wolf


Visionaries and Doug Wilson, 
 
When my children were little they liked to hear Aesop's Fables.  We had a
particularly nice edition of the book with great illustrations which made
the stories especially enjoyable.  A perennial favorite was "The Boy Who
Cried Wolf."  The kids couldn't wait to get to the moral; "Liars are not
believed even when they speak the truth."  Douglas Wilson did you not hear
that story when you were young?  In your response to our op-ed piece you
continue to lie and misrepresent the truth.  
 
1.   We referenced your claim that the UI gave credit for protesting the
2004 non-history conference.  Your blog response was:
 
" I did not claim that all the protesters got class credit." 
 
Guess what, Douglas Wilson? I used your words which did not include the
freshly added word "all."   You use that word now as a device to
disassociate yourself from previous public statements.  Douglas Wilson,
shame on you.  This is your usual modus operandi when caught out.  It's the
same old sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors,  and deliberate misdirection
that have worked to your advantage for a very long time.  Do you think this
rhetorical trickery will continue to work in your favor?  You shame
yourself, and by extension your church, when you pull this crap. 
 
What you did say was:
"It was the UI that spent (some sixteen) thousands of dollars to generate
opposition to Credenda's history conference, and even offered a (for-credit)
class to instruct students in how to be good, little protesters against us."

 http://dougwils.com/?Action=Search
<http://dougwils.com/?Action=Search&searchstring=riggins>
&searchstring=riggins
 
And:
 
"the University of Idaho spending $16,000 to resist our history conference
(along with offering a credit class for protesting us)"
 http://dougwils.com/?Action=Search
<http://dougwils.com/?Action=Search&searchstring=weird+alliance>
&searchstring=weird+alliance
 
2.  Regarding the boarding houses,  you say:
 
"For example, it never occurred to me to "disclose" that we had students
boarding with us. You know, our house has a certain number of bedrooms. We
thought it was okay if people lived in them. But who knew?
http://dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor
<http://dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=1156>
&CategoryID=1&BlogID=1156
 
In fact, you knew, Douglas Wilson.   On May 11, 2000,  Chris Schlect (then
and now an Elder in Christ Church and then and now an employee of NSA's)
received a letter from Joel Plaskon, Assistant City Planner.
http://www.zonemoscow.com/past/answer2.html
The last paragraph of the first page reads:
 
"Please be aware that the City's regulations of the subject property
do not preclude your use of it as a means of income.  If Conditional Use
Permit approval can not be given for New Saint Andrew's College at the
subject property, the Zoning Ordinance could allow other potential income
generating uses, some of which require use permit approval, and which may
include residential apartments, a home occupation, boarding house, bed and
breakfast, and daycare facilities."
 
Are you now going to claim that Chris didn't share that information with
you?  Good heavens, man, the college that you help found was in jeopardy.
You were/are a life-time trustee.  Chris is/was an elder. Is it likely that
he would keep something of this magnitude from you?  I don't think so.  Are
you going to claim that the wording of the letter is ambiguous?  Please
scrape together enough dignity and self-respect to avoid heading down that
road.  
 
In the DN article we mentioned that you had boarders.  If we had had more
space we would have included the names of some of the other elders, senior
administrators of NSA, or respected members of Christ Church or Trinity
Reformed (your Moscow Mission Church) who also have disregarded the
requirement for a Conditional Use Permit.  We have that space now:
 
Doug Wilson:        Pastor of Christ Church,  Life-time Trustee NSA  
Roy Atwood          President, NSA (former elder)
Chris Schlect        Administrator NSA, Elder
Jim Nance            Logos Secondary Teacher
Dale Courtney            Part-time Logos Teacher, Full time Blogger  
Dr. Grauke, M.D.       Board Member, NSA     
Dr. Matt Rice
Matt Whittling,  Principal Logos School, Chairman of NSA Board
Todd Flack,         Son-in-law of a Christ Church Elder 
Bill Amos
 
It may well be the case that some of the church members who run boarding
houses knew nothing about the Conditional Use Permit and other city
requirements.   They may have presumed that they could trust the elders of
Christ Church.  Instead, they have been caught up in a web that you, and
other knowledgeable elders, have spun.  No doubt, given the number of
boarders in some homes (up to five),  and the amount charged, these boarders
(indirectly) pay the mortgages for many church members.   Shame on you and
your elders for this wretched behavior.   A question that remains to be
answered is this:  did you (and the elders) deliberately remain silent on
this issue, or have you carefully inculcated an attitude of disregard of
city code in your congregation?  I hope the members of Christ Church that
are caught up in your boarding house snare press you for further
explanations on this matter.
 
Details on this program are available at:
http://www.newstandrews.org/admissions/housing.html
Scroll down to "Boarding with a Christian Family."
 
3.    You claim that the property tax exemption on Anselm House and part of
NSA was lost because:
 
"The reason the two parcels lost their tax exemption is a reason that
applies equally well to virtually every other tax exempt parcel in the state
of Idaho."
 
Please point Saundra Lund or me in the direction of any other church in
Moscow which owns a $900,000 publishing house (2004 revenue according to
Douglas Jones, editor of Canon Press)  operating in a church owned office
building (which has never been used as a church) that has the unmitigated
gall to expect a property tax exemption, and we will hop right on it.  I
doubt that such an entity exists anywhere else in Idaho.  And, if we throw
in the very special benefits and opportunities that you receive, (remember,
last July we presented undisputed evidence to the Board Of Equalization that
27.8% of Canon Press publications were authored by you, and that you
received royalties for those materials?)  the chance of this behavior being
replicated elsewhere in Idaho is practically nil.  In my lay opinion, your
royalty payments suggest inurement - which, as I am sure you know,
invalidates a claim for a non-profit status.  Saundra and I are the first to
admit that we are not attorneys.  This issue is best sorted out by IRS staff
who thoroughly understand the requirements, don't you agree?  Can we expect
you to contact them on the matter for clarification?  Well, no, probably
not.
 
You are also aware that under Idaho law the exclusivity clause pertaining to
schools (other than charter schools) does not allow a school to lease part
of their property to a for profit business and retain a property tax
exemption.  Help me to understand, Douglas Wilson, your claim that
"virtually every other tax exempt parcel in the State of Idaho" does this.
That is simply not true.  It is a lie. You aren't being singled out,
although truly, your behavior is singular.
 
4.    Regarding Atlas School and St. Monica's
You say:
"Christ Church members do not need the permission of the church to educate
their own children at home, or to open a school. "
 
Perhaps they don't need your permission, but what a disgrace that the
school administrators of Atlas and St. Monica's  didn't have the blessing of
wise counsel and the truthful elders who knew that schools are required to
have a Conditional Use Permit.  Why didn't you tell them?   You certainly
were notified that NSA, when located in Chris Schlect's home, was not
appropriately sited.  How did you suppose that locating a school a block
away would be acceptable?  Did you hope that the school would fail before
this was found out?  Did you intend that the operators of the school would
be out of compliance with city ordinances?  Or, did obeying city code not
matter to them any more than it does to you?
 
Saundra and I appreciated your invitation for even more scrutiny.  And, of
course we whole heartedly agree that when your organizations begin to act as
though the laws of this nation, state, and city do indeed apply to them, as
they do to us, this controversy will end.  Do you have any idea when we can
expect that to happen?  I can assure you, no one will be happier than
Saundra and me when that day comes.

Rose Huskey

P.S.  And, just for the record, Douglas Wilson, how is it that you equate
our expectation that your organizations obey the law with attempts to "run
you" and yours out of town?  The two situations are not analogous.  The only
conclusion that I can draw (at this admittedly late hour) is that for some
unfathomable reasons you (and yours) feel that you are above the law. (This
Dale, is exactly what I meant when I said Christ Church is full of "white
men of privilege and entitlement who need to get over it."  Hint: It is not
a compliment and it is an apt description.)
 
NOTE:  This email is copy righted.  None of the contents of this email may
be reproduced or quoted without my written permission.  (Don't bother to ask
Dale, the answer today, tomorrow, and forever will be NO!!)
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