[Vision2020] Tribune feature

Wed Jan 25 08:26:15 PST 2006

Phil,

Like silver spoon in his mouth former son in law 
of Simplot Butch Otter who just tried to sell off 
millions of acres of public land? For better or 
worse, Butch didn't consult you and Jerry didn't 
consult me when they decided to run for governor. 
At least the Brady's were focused on private land 
they owned (if in fact this is all as 
recounted... got to say it never made the papers 
in the great state of north Idaho but I'm willing 
to take you at your word) as opposed to Butch's 
ill-conceived and since somewhat retracted modern 
day looting of the public domain that would have 
affected the very look and nature of the entire 
state of Idaho.

Mark

>Mark
>
>Do you really want me and Jerry in the same room 
>Mark?  Now that could lead to some fireworks.
>
>It would be interesting to know how Jerry 
>explains the Brady Bunch's actions on their 
>Custer County Ranch.  His limiting sportsman's 
>access and blocking roads, his huge water grab 
>and over use of groundwater there and his very 
>un-neighborly attitude toward the other folks in 
>his huge summer homes vicinity.
>
>I really do need to dig back up the famed Brady 
>quote that the people in Central Idaho should 
>look at tourism like you see in Ireland with its 
>Irish peasants.  I think we had more fun with 
>that one then any other famous Bradyism, doing 
>the hat in hand routine whenever we saw him for 
>about a year.
>
>One of these days you really have to explain to 
>me why you keep running rich guys who are silly 
>for the office of Gov.  Why not a guy like Brit 
>Groome?  I will grant that guys like Brit do not 
>come with an instant budget, but they have the 
>kinds of roots and attitudes that were the basis 
>for the times you actually had a good run or a 
>win in State wide offices.  Cecil was not a rich 
>guy and Eaglehawk was not either.
>
>Phil Nisbet
>
>
>>From: Mark Solomon <msolomon at moscow.com>
>>To: "Phil Nisbet" <pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tribune feature
>>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:44:36 -0800
>>
>>The Latah Democrats meet in open public meeting 
>>at the Fairgrounds. Anyone who wants to be on 
>>their email notification list can contact them 
>>at democrats at latahdemocrats.org or go to 
>>www.latahdemocrats.org. For anyone who wants to 
>>meet the next governor of Idaho, Jerry Brady, 
>>Jerry will be at the One World Cafe from @3-4 
>>pm today.
>>
>>Mark Solomon
>>
>>>Joan and list
>>>
>>>We just had our monthly GOP meeting tonight 
>>>and its at the fairgrounds rather than at 
>>>somebody's house.  You seldom bump into 
>>>elected officials at Central Committee 
>>>meetings because they tend to be nuts and 
>>>bolts affairs, like how many cups of coffee 
>>>are we going to need for such and such event 
>>>and not about deep political think.  Party 
>>>activity is more about stuffing mailers and 
>>>setting up meet the candidates nights and 
>>>seeing that fair booths are manned than about 
>>>burning issues.  Still, its a great place to 
>>>chat about the quality of radio reception in 
>>>Kendrick and how do you beat that for 
>>>stimulating conversation?
>>>
>>>Phil Nisbet
>>>
>>>>From: Joan Opyr <joanopyr at earthlink.net>
>>>>To: mushroom at moscow.com
>>>>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com, deveryone at potlatch.com
>>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tribune feature
>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:41:08 -0800
>>>>
>>>>On 24 Jan 2006, at 20:30, Don Coombs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Why should frequency of posting be used to 
>>>>>determine who represents Vision2020?
>>>>>
>>>>>I think it would be far better to take three 
>>>>>or four major issues and show how Vision2020 
>>>>>had a role in developing them. David would 
>>>>>have the actual postings to work with and 
>>>>>could get great quotes from people looking 
>>>>>back with hindsight. With hindsight on the 
>>>>>issues, and hindsight on what Vision2020 has 
>>>>>become.
>>>>>
>>>>>Don Coombs
>>>>
>>>>I like Don's idea much better than the 
>>>>original proposal.  Frequency of posting has 
>>>>nothing to do with quality (or relevance) of 
>>>>content. I've been on Vision 2020 for about 
>>>>two and a half years; in that time, I've 
>>>>deleted many more messages than I've read. 
>>>>I've also sent some posts that I've loved, 
>>>>others I've regretted, and a few for which 
>>>>I've issued both public and private apologies.
>>>>
>>>>The most important thing about Vision 2020, 
>>>>for me, is the number of people I've met on 
>>>>the list that I'd never have met otherwise. 
>>>>Through 2020, I've made many friends, my fair 
>>>>share of enemies, but I've fully engaged with 
>>>>the political and cultural life of Moscow.  I 
>>>>don't know about the rest of you, but I found 
>>>>it difficult to "plug in" before I joined the 
>>>>list.  The local Democratic party, for 
>>>>example, meets as a club in people's homes, 
>>>>people I don't know.  That's . . . 
>>>>intimidating.  (I don't know where or how the 
>>>>Latah Republicans meet, but I've met Tom 
>>>>Trail and Gary Schroeder, and I like them 
>>>>both.  Couldn't have done that without this 
>>>>list, either.)
>>>>
>>>>Joan Opyr
>>>>Northern Idaho Editor
>>>>New West Magazine
>>>>www.newwest.net
>>>>
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