[Vision2020] An Apology, Roger?

[lfalen]

Damn it. I hit the wrong button again trying to answer this. I was almost done and it was rather lengthly. I lost the whole thing. I will try again later and do it as an email attachment. Hopefully I wont screw it up again.

Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Mark Solomon msolomon at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:08:08 -0800
To: nickgier at adelphia.net,  lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] An Apology, Roger?

> 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
> 
>