[Vision2020] is V2020 doomed?

[Donovan Arnold]

  "It seems to me that if folks on Vision2020  focused on solutions to pressing issues such as helping the UI regain  its prestige and position, offering solutions rather than difficult  arguments to such items as water, attracting/retaining business that  create good jobs, helping with transporation issues, providing  excellence in k-12 education for all students, making the town more  attractive, promoting   sensible growth through actual  planning, considering the consequences of having the area's retail  shift to the corridor and how to have our community prosper if this  occurs, etc.,  I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have  the reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and  actions."-- Jerry W. 
  
  In other words, in that very long sentence, Jerry, you think V2020 is doomed?
  
  Best,
  
  _DJA

Jerry Weitz <gweitz at moscow.com> wrote:  It seems to me that if folks on Vision2020 focused on solutions to  pressing issues such as helping the UI regain its prestige and  position, offering solutions rather than difficult arguments to such  items as water, attracting/retaining business that create good jobs,  helping with transporation issues, providing excellence in k-12  education for all students, making the town more attractive,  promoting   sensible growth through actual planning,  considering the consequences of having the area's retail shift to the  corridor and how to have our community prosper if this occurs,  etc.,  I suspect Vision2020 will lift itself up and have the  reputation of being a safe place to forward great ideas and  actions.  After all, local politics may turn out to be the most  important. jerry  

  At 11:23 AM 6/2/06, Michael wrote:
  I  agree with Bill London.  It almost seems that the strange  conservative presence on Vision 2020 is a strategic move; I’m not  saying it is, but it certainly does look like it.  I know there  are some long term contributors here who have recently given up, and I  certainly can’t defend this list as I have done in the past.   Ironically, though, Wilson’s point about who’s doing what and why on  Vision 2020 has been disintegrated in the process.  I have not  given up on V2020 either, though. 
   
  Michael Metzler
   
   
  have heard from a few people lately who think V2020 is doomed.   The horrible mean-spirited postings of late have disgusted many of  us.  What is to be done?
   
  I haven't given up on V2020.   I think we need to deal with  the present problem on V2020.  The problem is that following the  Lewiston Tribune feature, a couple of hot-head arch-conservatives  decided to have some fun with the liberals in Moscow.  So they  joined and started screaming.  And we jumped for the bait.   What I suggest is that we practice what Doug Wilson is so clever at  using...old-fashioned shunning.  We should all stop responding to  the postings from tony and dick.  This tactic has worked before on  V2020.  I would suggest trying it again.
   
  BL
   
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