[Vision2020] clearing the Courtney waters
keely emerinemix
kjajmix1 at msn.com
Mon May 29 06:43:14 PDT 2006
I'm pretty sure most grown ups reading Vision 2020 would not consider
re-roofing part of a building to be "serious remodeling," and neither does
the State of Idaho for purpose of M & O expeditures.
keely
From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>, joekc at adelphia.net
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] clearing the Courtney waters
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 06:28:30 -0700 (PDT)
But Keely, Dale Courtney is telling the truth, you did claim that we could
not use current M&O for remodeling. On March 28th, here you said;
http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2006-March/027468.html
". . . but no amount of cuts from our maintenance and operations budget will
allow
us to contribute from that budget toward significant remodeling and new
construction.
The State has allowed for new construction and remodeling to be funded only
from bonds --
like it or not, there simply is no legal way to use M and O monies to
remodel or construct,. . ."
Regards,
_DJA
keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote: Can't, Joe.
He could say I wear my hair wrong, drink the wrong wine, and talk funny; I
wouldn't respond and couldn't care less.
But when he lies about me, lies about MSD, and deliberately deceives his
readers -- who will likely be asked to vote on a bond levy at some point in
the next year -- he ought not be able to do it unchallenged. I wish MSD
would engage more with its critics and opponents, but I can't make the admin
do that. I CAN try to expose lies and bad information that would otherwise
flourish from their relatively "secret" posting to only other Kirkers and
blogbuddies.
A real man would engage in debate, and I won't participate in anything that
makes it easier for this guy to avoid it; a real Christian doesn't lie about
people, and I won't enable him to go down that road without putting up a few
roadblocks.
keely
From: Joe Campbell
To: keely emerinemix
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] clearing the Courtney waters
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 15:54:21 -0700
Stop reading Courtney, Keely.
--
Joe Campbell
---- keely emerinemix wrote:
=============
Well, there must be a reason for my having spent part of a Sunday morning
checking out Dale Courtney's blog, and here it is:
He lambastes me for having said during the bond campaign that MSD was
prohibited by law from
using M & O budget monies for capital building and/or significant remodels,
and then points out that the high school's north annex roof will be replaced
this summer.
The obvious implication is that I lied during the campaign or just didn't
know what I was talking about, and that I further compounded my evil ways by
voting Tuesday night to accept the low bid for replacement of the annex
roof.
Wrong again, Dale. But then, you knew that.
"M & O budget" refers to -- hold on to your coffee, everyone -- "Maintenance
and Operations." Replacing a roof on part of an existing building is
MAINTENANCE. It maintains the integrity of the building; it is not a
remodel, and it certainly isn't new construction. It is exactly the use
intended by our maintenance budget, which, while tight, is being used
correctly in this example and throughout the district. No matter what kind
of budget trimming Wenders would like to see, the District can't use M & O
monies to build new buildings or significantly remodel existing ones. He
knows that; the blog boys are counting on the ignorance of their reading
audience.
It seems a safe bet.
Dale and his partner in defamation, Jack Wenders, can crow all they want to
about the horror of public schools, but they are not free to lie to their
readers about the District and about me. (And he even spelled my name wrong
-- it's "K E E L Y," Dale -- which is amazing, given the number of times
he's lied about me in print). I'm coming to the end of my tenure as a
trustee, and I'm proud of the work I've done. Dale and I will no doubt
engage in argument in the future, although he's evidently not brave enough
to challenge me directly, evincing a cowardice that even my perennial critic
Donovan Arnold won't stoop to. Donovan may think I'm scum, but he says it
to me via Vision, and for that he gets a point in my book. But however Dale
gets his jollies blogging hours a day about all manner of things, usually
cribbed from other sources, he won't find that it goes unchallenged when he
lies about me or the District. That goes beyond covenant lying, Dale, and
isn't remotely clever enough to qualify as "Trinitarian skylarking."
When all is said and done, it's just plain ol' lying, and its "neener,
neener, neener" quality will receive a much more adult response than I
suspect he and the boys want to handle.
Go play now, Dale -- but try to repent before your 10 a.m. worship service,
OK? Particularly if you're planning to take of the Cup . . .
keely
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