[Vision2020] Patience: Lets not rush to judge the accuser, nor the accused

[Art Deco]

Some information about background information:

Many jurisdictions routinely archive or destroy records after a certain amount of time has elapsed and thus these records are not available to the general public.

Many of these records continue to exist on certain federal databases.  Legal access to these databases is tightly controlled with penalties for unauthorized access.  I know from previous experience that unauthorized access has occurred in the past with little or no sanctions applied.  I know because someone in law enforcement once spread vicious, untrue rumors about me because he accessed the wrong Wayne A. Fox via the NCIC.

What many people don't know is that several private information/detective/security organizations make and keep copies of certain kinds of records as they are generated (just like title insurance companies do).  By paying a fee, a complete records check on an individual can be made.  Some of these firms operate via the internet.  Some are legitimate, some are scams.

I have never used one of these private agencies to buy information, but I know others who have.  You would be surprised at what comes out -- things/public records that people thought had been destroyed long ago.

What someone did twenty years ago is generally not of particular interest today.  There are some exceptions.  One of them might be lying about something in the past in the present.  Another might be if allegations of present conduct may be related to conduct shown in past records.

I make these remarks as information only and certainly do not intend for them to apply to any candidate.  The use of unverifiable factual information, whether derogatory or laudatory, in an election is egregiously anti-democratic in my opinion.


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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Doe" <doe_rae_mi_doe at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 1:31 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Patience: Lets not rush to judge the accuser,nor the accused


> To all concerned,
> 
> I do not know whether the accusations leveled by "Jane Doe" concerning Peg 
> Hamlet's past are accurate. Further, I understand the danger of allowing 
> unsubstantiated rumors to stand on their own two feet and sway opinions. 
> Nonetheless, given the nature of these accusation, and the very real sense 
> in this community that speaking out will garner retaliation - we cannot rush 
> to judgment.
> 
> We cannot rush to shame Peg Hamlet because she might not have done these 
> things. Nor can we rush to shame the poster because Peg Hamlet might have 
> done these things. This is a situation in which a local newspaper could 
> prove indispensable. No one else has the credibility, trustworthiness, nor 
> appearance of independence that a newspaper should and often does have.
> 
> The Daily News (DN) should seriously investigate these claims, putting out a 
> call to those who (if such people are actually out there) claim to have 
> experienced these things (if such things actually happened) first-hand. DN 
> can provide those people with the anonymity they (justifiably) require. DN 
> can report the results of such an investigation and let the public decide 
> for itself.
> 
> Some will suggest that such an investigation is unwarranted. To them, I 
> would just say that reasonable people can differ as to what will suffice to 
> allay concerns. After all, whoever takes the post of Mayor, is our city’s 
> most visible representative, and the overseer of law enforcement, keeping 
> the peace, and preservation of justice in our community – as is amply 
> demonstrated by the following excerpts from the Moscow City Code:
> 
> Chapter 7
> CHIEF OF POLICE
> Sec. 7-1: Office Established
> Sec. 7-2: Duties
> Sec. 7-3: Appointment of Police Personnel
> Sec. 7-4: Police Officer
> Sec. 7-5: Officers May Call for Assistance
> 
> Sec. 7-1. Office Established.
> There is hereby established the office of Chief of Police, which office 
> shall be filled by appointment of the Mayor, with consent of the Council, 
> who shall hold office for the duration of the Chief of Police's appointment 
> or until such time as he or she may be removed by the Mayor, or as provided 
> by law.
> 
> Sec. 7-2. Duties.
> In addition to the duties imposed upon the Chief of Police by Idaho Code, it 
> shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, under the direction of the Mayor, 
> to preserve the public peace and see that all laws are enforced within the 
> City and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Code and 
> the ordinances and resolutions of the City or as the Mayor may direct.
> 
> Sec. 7-3. Appointment of Police Personnel.
> The Chief of Police shall appoint such other police personnel as are 
> necessary to assist the Chief of Police in discharging his or her duties. 
> All such appointments shall be in accordance with adopted rules and 
> regulations therefore and shall be subject to approval by the Mayor.
> 
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