[Vision2020] RE: Daily News: Mayor defends decision to stopreciting pledge at council meetings

[Bill London]

S-
sorry, but I just don't get it.
why is that article about the pledge unbalanced reporting?
read through it again: Nancy tells her side very well.
I thought the DN did well with this one.  The new Moscow reporter (Omie)
seems to be able to handle the issues evenly and fairly.
BL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Cc: <alford at dnews.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] RE: Daily News: Mayor defends decision to stopreciting
pledge at council meetings


> [Apologies if this shows up twice -- the first seems to have disappeared
> into cyberspace.  SL]
>
> Thanks for sharing this, Dan.
>
> IMHO, it's yet another fine example of the unbalanced reporting that was
one
> of the factors that lead to me cancelling my subscription after something
> like 17 years.
>
> BTW & in case anyone from the Daily News is reading (I'm cc'ing Nathan
> Alford), I ***still*** haven't received my refund.  According to my
records,
> I renewed my subscription for the six-month period of 7/23/2005 -
1/22/2006
> and cancelled (after something like 17 years of subscribing) on 8/28/2005
> and my delivery stopped on 8/29 or 8/30.
>
> Harrumph!
>
> On the bright side, I have to say the Daily News circulation was always
> *excellent*!
>
>
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> Edmund Burke
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Area Man (Dan C)
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:06 AM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News: Mayor defends decision to stop
> recitingpledge at council meetings
>
> Mayor defends decision to stop reciting pledge at council meetings; Move
> upsets some, from veteran to former mayor
>
> By Omie Drawhorn, Daily News staff writer
>
> The Moscow City Council won't be reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before
> meetings, but that doesn't mean council members aren't patriotic, Mayor
> Nancy Chaney said.
>
> Chaney took many by surprise when she opted for a Martin Luther King Jr.
> quote to open the Jan. 17 City Council meeting instead of the traditional
> recitation.
>
> "We're not automatically saying it at every City Council meeting; you can
> still expect to hear it on occasion, but we are finding other ways to
> express our patriotism," Chaney said.
>
> Chaney made the decision to leave the Pledge of Allegiance off the agenda,
> but said she checked with several City Council members, who agreed with
her.
>
>
> "Some of the city councilors expressed concern about saying the pledge
just
> to go through the motions," she said, adding the decision has nothing to
do
> with a lack of patriotism.
>
> "I grew up in a patriotic household," she said. "My father was a Marine,
and
> I still have flags hanging up" in my house.
>
> The tradition was started by former Mayor Marshall Comstock during his
term.
>
>
> "When I first became mayor, we only recited the Pledge of Allegiance on a
> day following a national holiday," Comstock said. "I thought 'What about
> saying it before every council meeting?' "
>
> Comstock said he was disappointed to hear the Pledge of Allegiance will no
> longer be a regular part of the City Council agenda.
>
> "I guess I was a little surprised; Why is there a reason to change it?"
> he said. "It's a very appropriate way to start a council meeting."
>
> When Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts were in attendance, Comstock would
encourage
> them to participate.
>
> Councilman John Weber wasn't present at the last meeting but was informed
of
> the change by curious customers at the Sears store where he is co-owner.
>
> "I have no problem with doing the Pledge of Allegiance. A lot of veterans
> feel the (pledge) is appropriate and are unhappy with the change," he
said.
>
> Don Swanson, Moscow resident, is one who is upset. "I think it's bunk,"
> said the World War II veteran. "I think they should do it. It's a disgrace
> to us guys who were in (the war) and got shot at."
>
> "There are some traditions I just don't want to see go away," Comstock
said.
> But Chaney promised to find new ways to express patriotism.
>
> Whether it's having Cub Scouts recite the pledge, a high school student
> reciting a poem, or other avenues. "We want to find a way to show
> appreciation for folks who go the extra mile for their community," she
said.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Take 'er easy, Moscow,
>
> DC
>
>
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