[Vision2020] Final City Council Election Prediction

[Donovan Arnold]

Garrett,
   
  I have found that if you throw out every politician you disagree with on just one issue, you soon will have no politicians left you like. I guess that is my experience anyway. But my point is this; Every member of the council is wrong on several issues, that is why we have more than just one or two council members. You want a well balanced council, with the hope that the majority will reel in the occasional stragglers. If we have a council and Mayor that is all liberal, or all conservative, the city gets unbalanced. 
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan

Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc at verizon.net> wrote:
  Bill and others,

I hope MCA will not consider endorsing Kit Craine. 
After watching her on the council the last month or
so, I feel inclined not to vote for her again.

For one thing, I believe she is too much of a
teetotaler. From what I interpreted from her when
they were discussing the beer garden for the last
farmers market, she was against it. There would have
been no beer garden if she had her way, I suppose.

Also, last night she voted against the noise ordinance
modification, not because she is against giving police
the authority to issue a ticket in the range of
$159-$359 at anytime in Moscow to anybody for any
noise that an officer deems offensive, even if there
is no set level or limit to what that noise may be or
there may not be anybody actually bothered by the
noise.

Apparently, she wants the police to be able to go give
her neighbor a ticket for mowing his lawn at 5 am
because she is intimidated to ask him to mow later in
the day.

But my issue is not so much that she wants to curtail
our Constitutional rights. It's that she wants to cut
off debate on the subject altogether.

If Bill Lambert had his way, the new NO would be in
effect after the first vote.

If Kit had her way last night, the new NO would now be
law.

Why are they in such a hurry to pass this without at
least letting the debate continue? Who's mowing their
lawn now, anyways?


It seems she is too stubborn to compromise on an issue
that is easily rectifiable and less intrusive to those
of us the law is not intended to target in the first
place.


The way I see it, as an elected official, they are
obliged to let citizens have their time digesting such
an extreme change in our law. They also should be
looking out for the interests of all Muscovites, not
just their self-interest. Compromise, unless you are
an extremist, is part of the game.


To try to cram this down our throat by cutting off the
democratic process of giving the city council time to
contemplate the issue is unacceptable to me and I
certainly hope MCA will consider this if they decide
to endorse candidates in the future.

I don't know Kit personally and I don't mean to insult
her, but it's frustrating watching this unfold.

Perhaps all her other views I would support, and thus
she should be endorsed, but I think, as it would be
the case for anybody, let's let her record as a city
councilwoman speak for itself.

Sincerely,

Garrett Clevenger



Bill,

I would suggest to you and MCA, when you do your
phone calls tomorrow, you have people write in Kit
Craine for the 2 year seat since you don't have anyone
endorsed for that election. It would also give her
legitimacy, getting the next most about of votes, to
be appointed when there is a vacancy in the future,
and most likely there will be, as there always is
between elections. 

Best,

Donovan

Bill London wrote:
OK...I'll play too
I agree with Donovan (!) on the 4 year term winners,
but think Holmes will beat Steed
BL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Donovan Arnold 
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:10 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Final City Council Election
Prediction


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