[Vision2020] Not a city resident

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Donovan, Rose et. al.

If voting in the Moscow School District for a bond levy or the school board 
counts, Rose can vote for those Moscow City related public infrastructure 
issues.  And of course votes for county, and some state and federal matters, are 
open to all residents of Latah County, all votes that can influence what occurs 
within Moscow City limits.

Constitutional free speech rights guarantee citizens the right to attempt to 
influence governmental/political decisions, whether or not the citizen can 
vote directly in an election on a specific issue.  Not only is it a citizens 
right to speak to influence the decisions made by governing bodies away from the 
citizens residency, they are also free to donate labor, resources and money, 
subject to election laws, of course.  How many US Congressional and/or state 
congressional elections are legally influenced by money and propaganda coming 
from outside the state in question?

So, political science major Donovan Arnold, are you suggesting that laws be 
passed to block the free speech/political organizing rights of Latah County 
residents who reside outside Moscow city limits, for the city that is the 
economic/cultural/political hub within which such residents often spend the most of 
their dollars and waking hours, a city that may be where their children or 
grandchildren also spend most of their waking, learning and socializing hours?  If 
traffic problems, violence or bigotry, etc. might endanger their child 
attending school in Moscow, do you think that because a parent lives outside Moscow 
City limits, they should be denied a means to influence events inside Moscow 
involving city government?

I am only pointing out what Donovan and almost everyone on Vision2020 knows, 
so Donovan's doubts regarding Rose's right to be politically active in Moscow 
City politics smacks of the same kind of biased personally motivated attack 
that he claims he is speaking against.

Disagree with Rose on substantive issues if you must, but suggesting she 
should not be politically active in Moscow City politics because she resides 
outside the city limits is an attempt to silence rightful political speech and 
conduct.

Ted Moffett
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