[Vision2020] MSD is at it again!

[keely emerinemix]

My goodness, Kerry.  It's a good thing you're not prone to defensiveness.

"Sane" in this context was a bit of rhetorical hyperbole; contrasted to the 
idea of worshiping God through a hope for the destruction of public schools, 
it was a parallel.  As in, one idea that sounds odd contrasted to another, 
albeit exaggerated, idea.

How 'bout this:  People who vote against the upcoming levy are not 
clinically insane.

They are, however, evidently unaware of the difficulties public schools face 
these days -- or else they're so blinded by hate for them that they don't 
really care.

Feel better?

keely






From: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com>
To: kjajmix1 at msn.com, deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:57:11 -0800



"Saner people will, we hope, study the facts and vote "yes" on the
levy."


Keely-  Those of us who vote Against the levy are still "sane."






From:  "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
To:  deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject:  Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
Date:  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:21:52 -0800
 >Thanks, Wayne, for the info you presented here.  You're right, of
 >course, but if one's worship of God requires them to pray for the
 >destruction of public schools, well . . . not much is gonna
 >penetrate.
 >
 >Saner people will, we hope, study the facts and vote "yes" on the
 >levy.
 >
 >keely
 >
 >
 >From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
 >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
 >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
 >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:10:47 -0800
 >
 >The vapid Lemon-O
cites:
 >
 >"I’ve asked this rhetorical question before: why, when the number
 >of students are increasing, do the school districts say they need
 >more money; and, when the number of students are decreasing, they
 >say they need more money?"
 >
 >1.    Inflation, which is greater for some things than others and
 >most likely impacts schools more than many other activities.
 >
 >2.    Requirements from the unfunded/underfunded "No Child Left
 >Behind," a Bush program which places additional burdens on local
 >school districts, but either does not fund these burdens or funds
 >them inadequately.
 >
 >3.    More and more parents are unwilling to take the time to
 >participate with helping their children with their education thus

 >slowing the rate of education and causing expense for remedial
 >actions.
 >
 >4.    Public schools have more and more non-educational problems to
 >deal with, many of them wrought by inadequate/irresponsible
 >parenting.
 >
 >5.    Etc.
 >
 >
 >Also Lemon-O, it is nice of you to pass on these nuggets of
 >illogical rhetoric from chicken-shit Courtney's web-blot as he
 >covers in fear of being found out by those he thinks he is
 >preventing from accessing his pathetic efforts to be almost as
 >vapid, and certainly at least as dishonest and hypocritical as you
 >are.
 >
 >
 >Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
 >deco at moscow.com
 >
 >
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: <heirdoug at netscape.net>
 >To:
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
 >Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:47 PM
 >Subject: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
 >
 >
 > > My latest installment for those under the ban!
 > >
 > > Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:13 PM Right-Mind
 > >
 > >
 > > MSD to send out newsletter to residents regarding levy increase
 > > I’ll post a copy of this as soon as I get it.
 > >
 > > I’ve asked this rhetorical question before: why, when the
 >number of
 > > students are increasing, do the school districts say they need
 >more
 > > money; and, when the number of students are decreasing, they say
 >they
 > > need more money?
 > >
 > > Here’s what one local blogger had to say about this:
 > >
 > > But in this case, and in this
election, I think all these
 >standard
 > > issues are really beside the point. The real point in this
 >election is
 > > one of simple affordability. The major industry in town (the
 >University
 > > of Idaho) is in serious decline. Our Moscow civic leadership has
 >been
 > > busy chasing new prospective businesses out of town. Within the
 >next
 > > year, a good portion of the tax base is going to move just across
 >the
 > > state line, and the businesses in the new mall there will no
 >doubt set
 > > up some blinking lights to summon Moscow shoppers over. Ross
 >Perot's
 > > famous phrase about the giant sucking sound comes to mind.
 > >
 > > Another illustration that comes to mind is the one about
 >champagne
 > > tastes and a beer budget. And
you can't chase all the champagne
 >vendors
 > > out of town, and then complain about the beer. As a simple matter
 >of
 > > economics, tax support for the MSD requires a thriving tax base.
 >When
 > > you cut the latter, you cut the former. Some might want to
 >complain, if
 > > this levy goes down, that it was the nefarious work of home
 >schoolers,
 > > Christian conservatives, or what not. But this one appears to me
 >to
 > > have been done already, without any opponents of "government
 >schools"
 > > lifting a finger.
 > >
 > > No, this was done by the liberals running the Moscow show. You
 >can't
 > > take a chain saw to the orchard, and wonder resentfully the
 >following
 > > autumn about the apple shortage.
 > >
 > > As
reported in today's edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
 > >
 > > The Moscow School District is moving forward with plans for its
 >$1.97
 > > million supplemental levy increase, which will go before voters
 >March
 > > 27.
 > >
 > > Superintendent Candis Donicht worked with the district’s school
 >board
 > > members during their Tuesday meeting to develop a draft of an
 > > informational newsletter that will hit mailboxes in the coming
 >weeks.
 > >
 > > The newsletter will give a brief explanation of the indefinite
 > > supplemental levy. It also will explain how the levy increase
 >works,
 > > what it will cost taxpayers, and what it pays for within the
 >district.
 > > The newsletter also will answer other basic questions.
 >
 >
 > > Board members discussed changing the time the polls would be open
 >for
 > > the election. Board clerk Annette Erickson reported to the board
 >the
 > > effects of a 7:30 a.m. opening of the polls that had been
 >suggested at
 > > their December meeting by board member Margaret Dibble. The board
 > > decided to maintain its current plan to have the election from 8
 >a.m.
 > > to 8 p.m. at the Exhibit Building of the Latah County
 >Fairgrounds.
 > >
 > > Board members also discussed how to support and offer their
 >assistance
 > > to groups of parents who want to support the levy.
 > >
 > > In other news, Donicht reported on the district’s first
 >participation
 > > in the city of Moscow’s 18-month long-range planning process.

 >Three
 > > district administrators and two board members participated in a
 > > facilitator training session about 10 days ago. If selected by
 >the
 > > city, they will go into sections of the community to help gather
 >input
 > > from residents on issues such as neighborhoods and growth.
 > >
 > >
 > >
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