[Vision2020] Wayne's false perspective
Donovan Arnold
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 3 14:49:19 PDT 2005
Clarification of Wayne Fox's statements.
I was not a manager or campaign organizer for Linda
Pike. I did go door to door for her just like many
others did, she must of had 50 other people helping
her. I dropped fliers for all the democratic
candidates during the general election.
I never said anything to the effect of Pike planning
to realign the districts or whatever Wayne meant to
this effect.
I respect and admire both the Pike family and the
entire Nelson family, life long Latah residents. I
supported Pike in the election though because she was
a Democrat.
Linda lost the election because she was heavily
outspent, had a bum leg at the time so could not do
much door to door, and was running against a well
liked and respected incumbent. Over 90% of incumbents
win reelection. She did better against her opponent
than any other non-incumbent Democrat in the county in
that non-Democratic year of 2004 where Republicans and
the religious right voted in record number. Just 4%
more of the vote and she would have won. And she will
get it in 2006 if she decides to run again. I only
wish I could take credit for her amazing success.
Bob Pike was Linda Pike's manager and treasurer, not
me. But truth be told, Linda Pike does not need a
manager, she is an attorney, the former Chair of the
Latah Democratic Party, one bright cookie, and of
course the having had the most important job of all, a
mother. She knows what she is doing.
Linda, let me work on her campaign, and help, just as
she let everyone in the community, because she is a
caring and inclusive person. I know, a value not
shared shared with many people on Venom 2020.
For Mr. Wayne Fox to state that he would contribute to
Linda Pike's campaign if I was not dropping fliers off
for her is most disingenuous.
The evidence being that you he has never made any real
sizable financial contribution to any local democratic
candidate ever according to county, state, and federal
records that candidates must report.
On a further note, if Wayne is going to start voting
against people I support, then he needs to start
voting Republican and supporting Bush because I vote
Democrat and I do not support Bush. I was a delegate
for Al Gore in 2000, and elected an alternate delegate
for Dennis Kucinich in 2004.
I find voting for people based on the way others vote,
or attacking candidates supporters, as a lack of
maturity and shows the inability of a person to think
through which candidate is best for the community on
their own.
Thanks for the laughs,
Donovan J Arnold
--- Pat Kraut <pkraut at moscow.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
> >
> > The persistence of the argument lies, I think,
> in Donovan Arnold's failure to distinguish between
> "voting" and "having a voice."
> >
> > I am not a city resident, and consequently may
> not vote in city elections.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > It seems so clear. . .
> >
> > Melynda
> >
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