[Vision2020] Not Votng anymore-Waste of Time

Tue May 16 18:57:19 PDT 2006

Keely,

 No, it is in fact I and the rest of Moscow that owe  you the great thanks for sitting this one out! You certainly are one  that makes the other two candidates look like viable alternatives.  Perhaps they will be honest and not make the board look like a circus. 

  And no, sorry, I do have the right to complain, ever read the First  Amendment? I guess you haven't.  My freedom of expression is to  say NONE OF THE ABOVE. Kicked in Nuts vs. Bashed in Head, are not  legitimate choices on a ballot. I think by designing the election so  that only wealthy or retired people that can afford to run and serve in  office is not democracy, it is rigging the election. Anyone that has 50  extra hours a month to spend in meetings at NO pay is certainly not in  the same situation as most people I know in Moscow. 

  _DJA

keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:  Donovan,

Margaret doesn't deserve your scorn, and I'm sorry you find trusteeship to 
be so useless and ignoble.  I admire the people running and I appreciate 
Bill London's defense of the board trustees.

If you're not going to vote, it means you really lose your right to 
complain, much less comment, on local affairs.

For which I'm in the odd and uncomfortable position of . . . thanking you 
for sitting this one out.

keely

From: Donovan Arnold 
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Not Votng anymore-Waste of Time
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:32:11 -0700 (PDT)

I think I speak with the majority when I say I am not going to vote. At  
least not in elections that offer no choice, it is a waste of my time.

   I have always voted, since I was 18, in every primary, school election,  
general election, you name it, I always voted. But not anymore. I think  it 
is waste of time. And frankly, I don't care anymore. The two on the  ticket 
are as equally bad and NONE are even addressing the real  concerns and 
issues facing our city, county, state, and nation. So why  waste the time.

  Furthermore, I can say, that there is nobody  that I have ever voted for 
that has not let me down in a BIG time way.  So why reward them with a vote? 
Until our election system is fair,  uncorrupted, and the elected candidates 
actually do something about the  problems we have while in office, I am not 
going to vote anymore.

   Show me a candidate that is going to benefit society to a greater  extent 
than they will benefit from being in office, show me a candidate  that is 
willing to sacrifice himself/herself for the people, show me a  candidate 
that is going to make REAL positive meaningful change. Show  me a candidate 
that is in politics for others, not themselves, show me  a candidate that 
does not bitch and blame others when they lose, show  me a candidate that 
cares more about the welfare of our community then  if they actually win the 
office, and then, I will get back into a  voting booth.

  Don't be a political whore. Don't give your  vote to someone because they 
are the best of the worst. Vote for  someone because they REALLY earned your 
vote, talked to you in person,  made a real effort to hear your concerns and 
address them. I have not  heard any candidate yet do that, so they don't get 
my vote.

   _Donovan J Arnold

Tom Hansen  wrote:  keely stated:

"Not long ago, I was sent a letter inviting me to join a secret society of
cognoscenti and elites that has existed worldwide for more than a century.
It was, the letter assured me, because one of its members had noticed my
leadership qualities and superior intellect and submitted my name to the
group, which immediately sent me a letter asking that I join them.  But it
was all a secret, a hallowed society of moguls, mavens, and meritocracy that

sought my company -- as long as I swore to keep it secret."

I'll bet keely knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried, huh?

t hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"

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