[Vision2020] An Apology, Roger?

[Mark Solomon]

Nick,

I wish I could agree with your assessment of Tom Trail's political 
virtues, but I can't. Here's a paragraph from his 2004 campaign 
fundraising letter. His signature is at the bottom:

"My opponent is an ardent left wing liberal and extremist 
environmental activist....Remember, Mark Solomon has his own 
extremist agenda in mind, not the best interests of Latah County. As 
we've seen before, he will say or do anything to put himself in 
power. He will have substantial support form extremist groups who see 
Latah County as an easy target, counting on voters to have short 
memories and the large number of new people who don't know Solomon's 
history."

I'll be glad to send the pdf of the entire letter to anyone who wishes it.

Or his use, out of context and without permission of quotes from 
Janet Fiske and Dottie LeFors in his ads to suggest that they 
supported him even after they contacted him and asked him to remove 
them.

I could go on, but I won't. Maybe, just maybe, it all started with 
Barrett but Trail was a very willing accomplice.

Mark Solomon

At 10:43 AM -0800 11/17/06, <nickgier at adelphia.net> wrote:
>Greetings:
>
>Roger Falen is e-mailing me and posting on the Vision as if he had 
>not participated in the local election.  I'm sure that all of us are 
>of a forgiving nature, but we would like to be given a chance to 
>demonstrate that virtue.
>
>I've voted in 17 local elections since my arrival in this wonderful 
>town, and I don't remember anything to compare to the campaign that 
>you ran, Roger. 
>
>Barrett Schroeder appeared to have a hand in this as well, so 
>perhaps an apology is in order from him as well.  I can't believe 
>for a minute that Tom Trail had anything to do with impugning the 
>integrity and patriotism of a fellow politician.
>
>Let's clear the deck, Roger, so that we can continue to dialogue 
>with you without this bad fog hanging over our heads.
>
>Nick Gier