[Vision2020] New Subject (was graffitti) (gambling)

[Tom Hansen]

No-Clue,

Let me introduce you to a new word:  Priorities.

>From Merriam-Webster at:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/priorities

Priority: something given or meriting attention before competing 
alternatives.

Your question:  What has “Priorities” got to do with this discussion?

Here is an example, No-Clue.

Scenarios:

1)  There exists, apparently, a known meth house located in the vicinity of 
a junior high school within easy access to children.  It has been reported a 
local resident has found several bullet holes in the walls of his home.

2)  It has been reported that a local adult resident conducts weekly poker 
games (no mention of money) within his garage for the entertainment of 
himself and other adult friends of his.

Now’s when you get to use your new word (Priorities), No-Clue.

Each scenario possesses its own assumed level of “criminal” activity.  Based 
upon each scenario’s assumed level of criminal activity, we as a community 
must assign a “priority” to each scenario based upon its presumed threat to 
the community.

My priority (granted it differs from yours) would be to pursue criminal 
charges against the reported meth house as it is a more immediate threat to 
our children and our community than whether or not Matt Decker draws to an 
inside straght.

However, you are free to pursue Matt Decker and his weekly poker game if you 
feel so inclined.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


>From: heirdoug at netscape.net
>To: gussie443 at hotmail.com, heirdoug at netscape.net, thansen at moscow.com,       
>  vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] New Subject (was graffitti) (gambling)
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:33:54 -0500
>
>Ellen,
>
>The point is - that you have a confessed illegal gambling (poker game)
>and an alleged illegal drug lab next door to each other. Where is the
>six degrees of seperation here. There is only one degree! In, as you
>stated, a small community, morality has to start at the house next to
>the drug lab in order to effect the whole community.
>
>I'm sorry you have a drug problem in your neighborhood. I would be
>equally concerned about the top of the slippery slope - proper zoning
>of a gambling establishment.
>
>lemeno, Doug