[Vision2020] MSD is at it again!

Tony tonytime at clearwire.net
Thu Jan 25 07:31:13 PST 2007 

Well Kerry, do you feel better yet?  You are sane, according to Keely, but 
unfortunately blinded by hate and uncaring.

Some Christian isn't she?

Best,  -T
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
To: <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com>; <deco at moscow.com>; 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!


> 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:
> >
> >"Iâ?Tve 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
> > > Iâ?Tll post a copy of this as soon as I get it.
> > >
> > > Iâ?Tve 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?
> > >
> > > Hereâ?Ts 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 districtâ?Ts 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 districtâ?Ts first
> >participation
> > > in the city of Moscowâ?Ts 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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