[Vision2020] Conciliation Petition

[Andreas Schou]

On 7/12/07, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>  Sue absolutely nails it, particularly in Point 6 -- the fact is, the
> permanent levy established by the legislature, not by MSD, in the mid-90s is
> a PERMANENT levy (permanent, just like your cemetery tax, etc.), and it is
> only an INCREASE to the PERMANENT SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY that requires a vote.
> The ballot measure notes that there is a current permanent levy and asks
> only, as law requires, that the voters affirm or deny an INCREASE to that
> permanent levy.
>
> Keep preachin' it, Sue.  The suit boils down to a few seemingly clear legal
> points and one absolutely clear civic point:  government by election is
> good; government by tantrum is a disaster.  What we have angling for
> position here is the latter, and I trust the judge to rule correctly.

I also fail to understand what ethical grounds the school district
would have to negotiate, given that they would be negotiating away
election results that, though positive were them, were ultimately
decided by the people of Moscow.

--ACS