[Vision2020] Conciliation Petition
Saundra Lund
sslund at roadrunner.com
Fri Jul 13 13:25:26 PDT 2007
Visionaries:
In part, Roger wrote:
"Don Harter is a former UI Professor."
Oh, dear . . . I was hoping the "certified professional mediator" Don Harter was different than the former UI Don Harter :-(((
For those who aren't aware, Don Harter actually man-handled a women he disagreed with at the "Town Hall Meeting" called by Christ Church in an unsuccessful attempt to explain away the moral repugnancy of "Southern Slavery as it Was" back in December, 2003. The deplorable incident was caught on video. Mr. Harter is lucky he picked on that petite woman rather than on me because I'd have had the physical & verbal bully arrested for that deplorable little stunt.
Don Harter is also the man who became so . . . disruptive during the original BOE Christ Church tax challenges that a LCSO representative removed him from the hearing:
"Since Friday's hearing was quasi-judicial, no public comment was allowed. But Moscow resident Don Harter tried to speak and was told by Stroschein he was out of order. A sheriff's deputy escorted him out of the meeting room in the Latah County Courthouse.
But earlier in the week Harter called the Lewiston Tribune to express his fear that New St. Andrews and Christ Church, of which he is not a member, were being unfairly persecuted because of their controversial views. He also said he feared that if the exemptions were overturned, the tax status of any church or affiliated school could be challenged.
"This is not a holy war," Harter said. "But it is the opening of a real war called an assessment war. Until you've been in an assessment war, you haven't been to war at all.""
[Lewiston Tribune; Commission mulls tax exemption case; Joel Mills; Saturday, July 10, 2004]
Both incidents, IMHO, are pretty darn bizarro for a man who bills himself as a "Certified Professional Mediator"! OTOH, I think both incidents may help shed some light on the rather unprofessional wording of the petition.
Oh -- FWIW, I have no idea what organization reportedly "certified" Mr. Harter as a "professional mediator," but it doesn't appear to have been Idaho Mediation Assocciation, Inc.:
http://www.idahomediation.org/find.html
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID
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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of lfalen
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:59 PM
To: Tom Ivie; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] [Spam 7.21] Re: Conciliation Petition
Tom
Don Harter is a former UI Professor. He lives on 7th Street. Dortha Headrick lives on Blaine. She was a companion to Charlie Bower, a retired farmer from Kendrick, who recently died. He gave most of his estate to the Collage of Agriculture. Don can be reached at 882-3087. He would be glad to visit with you.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Tom Ivie the_ivies3 at yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:35:05 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam 7.21] Re: [Vision2020] Conciliation Petition
> I don't know everyone on the Moscow School District Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation but I do know who two of them are and they don't even live in the Moscow School District. Maybe Gary still owns some rental property in Moscow, I don't know for sure. What about the others? Can you tell us something about the others? I am not signing anything drafted by people I know nothing about. I believe that, now, this suit needs to be decided on so that there is definitive case law on the books and then the Legislature can act accordingly. I believe it was Bruce Livingston who suggested a while back that the suit may be a good thing for this reason. I hadn't thought of it that way until then. Thanks Bruce!
>
> lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote: I am not in the Moscow School district, but I am interested in the MSD. I think that for the good of everyone involved this should be settled asap. Here is a petition available at four locations for people to sign if they would like to see this resolved asap. Lets not drag this out threw the court system and waste considerable time and money.
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> Roger
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> Conciliation Petition
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> The Conciliation Petition, written by the Moscow School District Committee
> for Goodwill and Conciliation, is available for signing at the following
> Moscow locations.
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> . Southside Chevron, Troy Road & Washington
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> . Moscow Public Library, 110 S. Jefferson
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> . Tri-State, 1104 Pullman Road
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> . Stinker Station, 1044 Pullman Road
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> Following is an excerpt from the attached Petition:
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> "We, the undersigned, strongly urge the Moscow School District
> (MSD) Board of Trustees & Dr. Gerald Weitz to accept the "win-win"
> conciliation proposal described in this petition. MSD and Weitz immediately
> should initiate a conciliation compromise by entering into a binding legal
> agreement whereby Dr. Weitz will drop his lawsuit. In turn, the Board must
> agree to re-run the contested indefinite levy as an ordinary maintenance and
> operations levy. Such a conciliation compromise would leave intact the 2007
> - 2008 MSD budget submitted to the State Department of Education on June
> 27."
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> The members of the MSD Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation are Roger
> Falen (208-285-1116), Gary Young (208-686-1058), Isabel Bond (208-882-7499),
> Dortha Hedrick (208-882-6865), Don Harter, Certified Professional Mediator
> (208-882-3087).
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> Attachment: 1
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> Dr. Don Harter
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> Chairperson
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> Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation
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> 1129 East Seventh Street
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> Moscow, ID 83843
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> 208-882-3087
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> copycourt at verizon.net
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> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:29:13 -0700
> From: "Copy Court" <copycourt at verizon.net>
> Subject: Please Publish
> To: <lfalen at turbonet.com>
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> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
> Please publish the following information in your paper. If you wish to edit for length the Committee’s priority is to publish the places where the petition can be signed.
>
> Conciliation Petition
>
> The Conciliation Petition, written by the Moscow School District Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation, is available for signing at the following Moscow locations.
>
> • Jiffy Lube, 326 Troy Road
> • Southside Chevron, Troy Road & Washington
> • Moscow Public Library, 110 S. Jefferson
> • Tri-State, 1104 Pullman Road
> • Safeway Food & Drug, 1320 Blaine St.
> • Stinker Station, 1044 Pullman Road
> • Rosauer’s 411 N. Main Street
> • Howard Hughes Appliance, 908 Pullman Road
>
> Following is an excerpt from the attached Petition:
>
> “We, the undersigned, strongly urge the Moscow School District (MSD) Board of Trustees & Dr. Gerald Weitz to accept the “win-win” conciliation proposal described in this petition. MSD and Weitz immediately should initiate a conciliation compromise by entering into a binding legal agreement whereby Dr. Weitz will drop his lawsuit. In turn, the Board must agree to re-run the contested indefinite levy as an ordinary maintenance and operations levy. Such a conciliation compromise would leave intact the 2007 – 2008 MSD budget submitted to the State Department of Education on June 27.”
>
> The members of the MSD Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation are Roger Falen (208-285-1116), Gary Young (208-686-1058), Isabel Bond (208-882-7499), Dortha Hedrick (208-882-6865), Don Harter, Certified Professional Mediator (208-882-3087).
>
> Attachment: 1
>
> Dr. Don Harter
> Chairperson
> Committee for Goodwill and Conciliation
> 1129 East Seventh Street
> Moscow, ID 83843
> 208-882-3087
> copycourt at verizon.net
>
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