[Vision2020] NSA Pleading Letter

[Joan Opyr]

On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Greetings Visionaires -
>
> Within the letter so generously posted by Chas, Mr. Hieronymus states 
> that
> the 140 full-time students contribute $2 million annually to the local
> economy.  This equates to each and every student responsible for
> contributing $14,285.71 annually to downtown Moscow businesses.  We 
> must
> assume that these expenditures are in addition to such staples as food,
> rent, and transportation (expenses the students would normally incur 
> even if
> NSA were located in Helmer).  Mr. Hieronymus, could you please provide
> evidence of such a claim (not that it has any impact on where NSA is
> located)?
>

Assuming NSA has 16-week semesters . . .

Tuition paid to New St. Andrews: $6000.00
Coffee at Bucer's: $240
Books from the NSA Bookstore, Ball & Cross, and the NuArt: $1500
Illegal photocopies of books on southern slavery: $30
Internet access for assorted email pseudonyms: $144
Weblog maintenance: $96
Casino tab: Ask Daddy
Parking tickets in Jackson Street lot: $0
Books from BookPeople: $0
Co-Op shopping: $10.73 (must pray for strength to resist the infidels' 
kale slaw)

Actual per student expenditure: $8020.73
Exaggerating expenditures to support continued zoning violation: 
Priceless

Of the 17 new full-time jobs NSA claims to have created, how many were 
advertised?  How many were competitive EEOC hires?  How many went to 
members of the immediate Wilson family?  How many, like Mr. 
Hieronymous' own job, were created for him specifically, especially, 
and personally?

Nothing, but nothing, in the Hieronymous letter is what it pretends to 
be, and none of it adds up.  NSA is not an engine of job creation in 
downtown Moscow; it's a tool for self-propagation.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

PS: Wait!  I forgot to add in the rents paid to those Christ Church 
members who are running illegal boarding houses!  At $350 to $400 per 
student per month, that's another $2800 to $3200.  I do believe we're 
getting close to $14,285.71, Tom.  The question, of course, is how much 
of that is plowed back into the local economy, and how much goes 
straight into Mr. Wilson and the Elders' ample pockets?