[Vision2020] Headline Was Misleading

[lfalen]

I am not in anybody's corner.
Roger
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From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:55:55 -0700
To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Headline Was Misleading

> >From today's (July 27, 2007) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to Bill
> London -
> 
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> 
> Headline was misleading
> 
> The Daily News front page headline, July 25, "School board won't negotiate,"
> unfairly paints the Moscow School District as the bad guys in the fiasco
> lawsuit brought by Gerald Weitz and his grumpy cohorts from the Greater
> Moscow Alliance. That headline implies by rejecting "conciliation" and
> "negotiation," the school administration is responsible for this upcoming
> train wreck of huge attorney fees, cancelled school programs and angry
> patrons.
> 
> A more accurate and objective headline would be "School board won't overturn
> levy election." The board rightly decided in this case, negotiation would
> mean agreeing to be blackmailed by a disgruntled few, instead of following
> the will of the district patrons who voted in favor of the levy in the last
> election.
> 
> Bill London, Moscow
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> With Don Harter and Roger Falen in his corner, Dr. Weitz is certain not to
> go down as a . . .
> 
> "Lonesome Loser"
> http://tinyurl.com/ys9lbw
> 
> "Sit down, take a look at yourself
> Don't you want to be somebody
> Someday somebody's gonna see inside
> You have to face up, you can't run and hide
> 
> Have you heard about the lonesome loser
> Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
> Have you heard about the lonesome loser
> He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'."
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful
> private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."
> 
> - Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)
> 
> 
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