[Vision2020] MSD is at it again!

Fri Jan 26 11:22:20 PST 2007

And just why do you feel it is not?  As usual you present rhetoric but 
nothing - that's NADA - to back up your obviously mis-informed opinion.  So, 
please - wash us over with your wisdom and insight as to why the MSD is not 
in need of this levy passing.....go on - stop just flapping yer gums - 
TALK!!!!

Yeah - didn't think ya had anything.

J  :]

>From: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com>
>To: suehovey at moscow.com, kjajmix1 at msn.com, deco at moscow.com,        
>vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:44:50 -0800
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>I agree.  I would gladly vote for a levy whether my children were in public 
>schools or not if I thought that money was needed.  I just personally don't 
>feel it is at this time.
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>From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
>To: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com>, kjajmix1 at msn.com, 
>deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:46:48 -1000
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>Johnathan Kozol once shrewdly asked the question, "Why when it's investment 
>in General Motors, for instance, is it referred to as R & D, but when it's 
>funding for public schools it's "throwing money at them?"  Just a thought.
>
>I am retired living on a fixed income, and my children are no longer in 
>Moscow's schools, but when they were, someone whose children were no longer 
>there understood my children's education was also important, so they voted 
>for those levies anyway.  I plan to do that for someone else's children 
>when I vote for the levy this time around.
>
>Sue Hovey
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: kerry becker
>To: kjajmix1 at msn.com ; deco at moscow.com ; vision2020 at moscow.com
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
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>Keely, I currently have two kids in the public schools and I still may not 
>vote for the levy.  Throwing money at the situation is always the solution.
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>From:  "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
>To:  kerrybecker6924 at hotmail.com, deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject:  Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!
>Date:  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:53:34 -0800
> >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€™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
> > > > Iâ€™ll post a copy of this as soon as I get it.
> > > >
> > > > Iâ€™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?
> > > >
> > > > Hereâ€™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 districtâ€™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 districtâ€™s first
> > >participation
> > > > in the city of Moscowâ€™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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