[Vision2020] Wayne's false perspective

[Donovan Arnold]

Wayne entertains us with:

"On the night I was first introduced to Donovan (at
> the Latah County Courthouse), he made the following
> assertions to me and to at least two or three others
> that were included in the conversation:
> 
> 1.    He was Linda Pike's campaign manager.
> 2.    He was a political consultant for Linda Pike.
> 3.    He had devised (and he described it) a
> realignment plan for the county commissioner
> districts and that, if elected, Pike would try to
> get his plan implemented."

Would love to hear who these two or three other people
were Wayne? 

I have been mistakenly called Linda's Campaign Manager
before by others. However, I always corrected them. I
also worked on all the other democratic campaigns in
the county, I was not their manager's either.  I do
number crunching, vote counting, and understand who
votes and when, and I get off my ass and deliver
fliers. But I am not, nor have I ever been, a campaign
manager, I am not worthy of that title. 

Thanks for the laughs,

Donovan J Arnold

--- Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

> For the record:
> 
> On the night I was first introduced to Donovan (at
> the Latah County Courthouse), he made the following
> assertions to me and to at least two or three others
> that were included in the conversation:
> 
> 1.    He was Linda Pike's campaign manager.
> 2.    He was a political consultant for Linda Pike.
> 3.    He had devised (and he described it) a
> realignment plan for the county commissioner
> districts and that, if elected, Pike would try to
> get his plan implemented.
> 
> V 2020 stalwarts can decide for themselves who and
> what to believe.
> 
> Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
> deco at moscow.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donovan Arnold"
> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:49 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Wayne's false perspective
> 
> 
> > 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 ----- 
> 
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