[Vision2020] Re: Not a city resident (Donovan Arnold)

[Pat Kraut]

While Linda may have also done a good job, Jack Nelson has also done a good job. He has the Troy area in back of him also. Does Linda have one of the outside areas behind her like that. I confess...I don't remember from the election. I used to live in Troy and knew Jack from that time and he will once again get my vote. 

From: Art Deco 
  To: Vision 2020 
  Cc: Linda Pike 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:47 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Not a city resident (Donovan Arnold)


  Melynda,

  Thank you for your terse, pellucid (thank you for that also) comments.

  In my opinion and I think many others, Linda Pike would be a county commissioner now instead of Jack Nelson were it not for Donovan's persistence in alienating voters for her.  

  Donovan describing himself to many as Pike's campaign manager and/or her political consultant, then persistently arguing in his high school debate club manner (where truth is not the object, but to win the debate) with voters really turned off many people that did not know Linda well.  He also claimed that Linda was working on a plan to realign the commissioner districts -- a subject sure to turn off many voters who see such a machination as a benefitless-to-the-public power consolidation move.

  Many of us wondered about Linda's judgment at using Donovan at all.  But he did do useful grunt work, a task that he is admirably suited for.  However, in my opinion, his overall effect on her candidacy was extremely negative.  I would like to support Linda financially again, however if Donovan is going to have any kind of visible role in her next campaign, I feel that giving money would be most likely wasting it.

  I hope that Linda plans her next campaign well so as to prevent a recurrence.  Then many of us would gladly again give her financial support.

  Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
  deco at moscow.com

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  From: "Melynda Huskey" <melyndahuskey at earthlink.net>
  To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Not a city resident (Donovan Arnold)


  > Since my name keeps coming up in this thread, perhaps I should weigh in.  
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  > The persistence of the argument lies, I think, in Donovan Arnold's failure to distinguish between "voting" and "having a voice."
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  > I am not a city resident, and consequently may not vote in city elections. 
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  > Nevertheless, I'm free to hold opinions about Moscow city government, and to express those opinions wherever I wish, including at City Council meetings, which are (so far as I know) free to the public, not merely to the voting public resident in Moscow.
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  > The City Council is likewise free to ignore my opinions and ideas if they wish, whether because I live in the county or because they find them objectionable in some way.
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  > To recap:  a) Melynda can't vote in Moscow elections; b) Melynda may still express her thoughts about Moscow city government; c) The City Council doesn't have to pay any attention to Melynda.
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  > It seems so clear. . .
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