[Vision2020] candidate questionaire responses available

[keely emerinemix]

Bill,  please accept my belated thanks for your work on this.  I realize 
that recognition and gratitude from anyone are not the reasons you organized 
this -- which makes your service more valuable and which increases my 
disgust toward those who would criticize your contribution to something they 
know nothing about.

Second, I also am bothered -- not surprised -- that Sali didn't answer the 
questionnaire.  I wasn't going to vote for him, but I can't help but think 
that this ratifies my decision in some small way.  If we accept that 500 to 
700 people read Vision 2020, I would wonder why they aren't entitled to 
answers to questions they helped devise.  Strategically, a bad move -- but 
one that probably gives a clear view into what Bill Sali's character is 
like.

As for Bill London's character, I'll say this -- it's unassailable and not 
affected at all by the rantings of someone I've come to believe is 
preternaturally unable to find contentment anywhere, but amazingly gifted at 
finding what he sees as malfeasance everywhere.  It's a gift, I suppose, but 
not one I'd want to see more of anytime soon.

keely


From: "Bill London" <london at moscow.com>
To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>,        "Chasuk" 
<chasuk at gmail.com>
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] candidate questionaire responses available
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:21:36 -0700

Donovan is not correct in his description of actions of the V2020 candidate 
questionaire committee.
He states below that I overruled the majority of the questionaire committee 
and refused to question the local candidates. Just not true.

If you care about what happened....
Most of the committee did want to ask questions of the "lesser" county 
offices (coroner, treasurer, assessor, etc).  I did not, because I thought 
it was just too much work for our volunteer committee and too much work for 
the very helpful folks at First Step who would have to post the responses 
online.  I made it clear that I did not have the time to handle the 
questionaires for all those candidates.
However, since my opinion was in the minority, I agreed to help create the 
questions for the candidates for those lesser offices as well as the county 
commissioners, state reps, and the Congressional candidates.  The committee 
then agreed on questions for all the candidates, including those lesser 
offices.
The next step was to send the questions to the candidates, collect the 
responses, and send them to the First Step wizards.  I volunteered to take 
care of sending and posting the questions to the commissioner, state rep, 
and Congressional candidates.  I sent two emails to the committee asking for 
someone to do the same for the questionaires for the 4 lesser local offices.
Nobody from the committee responded.  So those questions were never asked.
BL



   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Donovan Arnold
   To: Chasuk ; Bill London
   Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:47 PM
   Subject: Re: [Vision2020] candidate questionaire responses available


   Chas,

   Nicely did participate in a local radio interview on KUOI, which probably 
took more time to respond and put him more at risk then Grant's written 
response. Bill Sali probably didn't respond because it is Moscow and Boise 
and CD'A are most likely his concerns.

   I honestly didn't think any of them would respond. That is why the 
majority of us on the V2020 committee wanted to ask a question to local 
candidates instead. But Bill London overruled the majority as chair of the 
committee and did what he wanted instead.

   But I do think that since Grant did respond he gets a smiley face next to 
his name.

   Best,

   _DJA



   Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
     On 9/30/06, Bill London wrote:

     > The responses to this year's Vision 2020 candidate questionaire are 
now
     > available at:

     > http://vision2020.moscow.com/Election/default.asp

     Neither Andy Hedden-Nicely nor Bill Sali (candidates for US
     Representative) managed to provide answers to the Vision2020
     questionnaire.

     Larry Grant participated in the democratic process. Larry Grant
     therefore has at least earned my attention when I participate in the
     election.

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