[Vision2020] Standing By His Promises

[J Ford]

Funny how the call for Todd Flack's resignation while he was on the P&Z, 
when he so obviously was biased towards CC on several items he voted on, was 
met with shouts of "religious persecution."

At least Bob Stout is man enough to say what he means and mean what he says. 
  Mayhap CC "men" should take integrity lessons from him?!!

J  :]




>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Joan Opyr" <joanopyr at moscow.com>,        "'Moscow Vision 2020'" 
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Standing By His Promises
>Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:08:14 -0700
>
> >From today's (May 27, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special 
>thanks
>to Joe Campbell.
>
>To request and/or expect a city councilperson to recuse him/herself simply
>because (s)he still supports the very same issues that were an integral 
>part
>of his/her election campaign is simply wrong.
>
>We should not punish elected officials for being loyal to promises they 
>made
>to their constituency.  We should expect it.
>
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>
>Standing by his promises
>
>In a recent letter to the editor, Jim Anderson requests that Moscow City
>Councilman Bob Stout recuse himself on the issue of police unionization to
>"avoid an obvious conflict of interest." Anderson correctly notes that 
>Stout
>has been a vocal proponent of police unionization both before and after the
>election. The key here is that Stout was a vocal proponent of police
>unionization prior to the election and was elected, in part, based on his
>views on this particular subject. Part of the reason that I voted for Stout
>was his support for this very cause. Stout does not have a conflict of
>interest, for he in no way profits should unionization pass. He doesn't 
>have
>a biased opinion on the subject. He has an informed opinion that happens to
>be different than Anderson's.
>
>This is just a case of one politician standing by his campaign promises.
>Stout's actions should be praised, not ridiculed.
>
>Joe Campbell
>Moscow
>
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>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling 
>around
>in your head, I'd read your blog."
>
>- Bill Maher
>
>
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