[Vision2020] An Open Letter to Dave Johnson, the Daily News, and Lewiston Tribune

[g. crabtree]

My goodness, I think that I just been a witness to a drive by character 
assassination. A well thought out maneuver it was. Throw out a few tidbits, 
tie then together with a dollop of innuendo and have a stooge lob it into 
the forum. Hope that the inclusion of a few "pseudo-factoids" gives it 
enough density to cause the splash to soil a few of your enemy's, all the 
while pretending to an innocent "why oh why" letter format. It seems clear 
that New West will be but a stepping stone on your way up the ladder to The 
Star, Weekly World News, The Guardian or LeMonde. Masterful. Deceitful and 
crass, but masterful.

G. Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill London" <london at moscow.com>
To: "Joan Opyr" <joanopyr at moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] An Open Letter to Dave Johnson, the Daily News,and 
Lewiston Tribune


> The following is from Joan Opyr, posted to V2020 with her approval:
>
>
>> >> Dear Dave,
>> >>
>> >> I've known about the Sitler story now for nearly two months.  I'm an
>> >> opinion columnist, so I didn't feel that it was something I could or
>> >> should break in New West Magazine.  I'd be interested to know,
>> >> however, why the Daily News and the Lewiston Tribune either didn't
>> >> know about it or chose not to report about it until now.  Also, why
>> >> did yesterday's story focus on Internet rumors and Vision 2020
>> >> nonsense?  What Sitler did is terrible, and it has grave consequences
>> >> for the community.  He was a boarder in one of NSA's many illegal
>> >> boarding houses, almost all of which are run by families with small
>> >> children who rely on the NSA money to pay their enormous mortgages.
>> >> That's interesting.  Here's something else: I have complete copies of
>> >> both the Sitler and Jamin Wight court files, and I attended Wight's
>> >> sentencing hearing.  Wight is the Greyfriars Seminary student who, at
>> >> age 24, had a year and 1/2 long sexual relationship with a 14-year
>> >> old girl in his illegal boarding house.  He got a 4-year sentence
>> >> from the judge and is currently serving 4-6 months in Cottonwood.
>> >>
>> >> Two child sex scandals associated with Doug Wilson and Christ Church?
>> >>  I would not allege a cover-up; that's not what reasonable people are
>> >> thinking.  I would note, however, that Doug warned the elders of CC
>> >> about Sitler but he did not warn the greater Moscow community.  While
>> >> the authorities dragged their feet, Steven Sitler was free as a bird,
>> >> driving himself back and forth to counseling sessions with Pastor
>> >> Wilson.  What counseling qualifications does Wilson have?  Is this
>> >> the only counseling Sitler received before he was sentenced?
>> >> Wilson's letter in Sitler's court file is a classic in
>> >> Cover-Your-Ass.  The other letters in the file (bar one, from the
>> >> parents of a two-year old Sitler molested) are unbelievable.  They
>> >> all declare that Sitler is a "good Christian" and properly repentant.
>> >>  This isn't a criminal matter for most of the letter writers; it's a
>> >> matter of sin and redemption.  One woman goes so far as to blame
>> >> Sitler's actions on his exposure to the evil, secular world of
>> >> Internet pornography.  Passing the buck?  You bet.
>> >>
>> >> There's a bigger story here than Doug Wilson and Roy Atwood spinning
>> >> like a pair of tops.  There's a sad and sorry tale of pastoral
>> >> negligence and, I think, newspaper negligence.  Why do we not read
>> >> about these sorts of things in the Daily News before they reach the
>> >> rumor mills on Vision 2020?  I can think of several important stories
>> >> the Daily News has failed to cover, from Moscow's massage therapist
>> >> molester to the prominent attorney who was a car stereo kleptomaniac.
>> >>  Will the Daily News or the Tribune be writing anything about Jamin
>> >> Wight, who pled guilty to one count (pled down from three) of felony
>> >> injury to a child?  Surely Wight's story is just as interesting as
>> >> that of Chris Morris, Wight's classmate at Greyfriars.
>> >>
>> >> By the way, you might have asked Morris why it took him four years to
>> >> graduate from a three-year seminary program.  You might also speak
>> >> with the management at Winger's.  It's my understanding that future
>> >> Pastor Morris was fired from that restaurant with cause -- a cause
>> >> that suggests Morris might model his religious career on the likes of
>> >> Jim Bakker rather than Fred Rogers.
>> >>
>> >> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>> >> www.joanopyr.com
>>
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