[Vision2020] The Trouble With Doug

[Joan Opyr]

On 21 Feb 2006, at 09:38, Pat Kraut wrote:

> If he wasn't Doug Wilson you would all find a way to keep a building
> downtown occupied and taken care of not derelict...it is personal. 
> Whether
> it is his teaching or other things he  has said some of you just don't 
> like
> him!

And you base this on what, Pat?  Doug Wilson wouldn't be Doug Wilson if 
he didn't thumb his nose at the law; if he didn't believe that he was 
above trivialities like paying property taxes or obeying zoning laws.  
What you're saying is akin to "We wouldn't be prosecuting Kenneth Lay 
if he weren't Kenneth Lay.  If he were Frito Lay, we'd all love him."  
The only answer to this is, well, yes!  Everyone love Frito Lay, and 
Sara Lee, and Little Debbie.  But no one loves an arrogant lawbreaker 
who demands special treatment.

One other thing: where do you get the idea that if it weren't for Doug 
Wilson and New St. Andrews, the old Verizon building would be vacant 
and derelict?  There were two other bidders for that property, and I 
understand that interest has been expressed in the building since.  
Many, many potential retail clients would love to occupy the Skattaboe. 
  Or, as I've suggested before, Doug could turn the building into a 
downtown cathedral, thus holding onto his property and occupying it 
legally, zoning-wise.  But he doesn't want to do that.  He wants to lie 
on the rug down at city hall and pound the carpet like a two-year old 
whose mother won't give him the Gummi worms.  I'm tired of his yelling, 
and I'm sick of his whining; I'm ready to send him to military school.  
Perhaps somewhere in Vermont.  Is that far enough away?  I wonder . . .

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

PS: If George W. Bush weren't George W. Bush, I might like him, too.