[Vision2020] U of I Discrimination to Veterans

[Andreas Schou]

Donovan --

Interesting. Why is it only discrimination when people treat *you* badly?

-- ACS

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Donovan Arnold <
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bear,
>
> Why are you only insistent that UI only not discriminate veterans? What
> about the disabled, woman, gays and lesbians, and nontraditional students?
>
> Then again, is it discrimination when they treat everyone badly?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
> --- On *Fri, 4/10/09, bear at moscow.com <bear at moscow.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: bear at moscow.com <bear at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] U of I Discrimination to Veterans
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 8:07 AM
>
> Tom and Visionaries,
>
> I opened the paper this morning and discovered the our Congressman, Walt
> Minnick, will be
> the
> graduation speaker at U of I this year.
>
> I sent him the following, and request that if you support our returning
> veterans, you join
> in and
> send him a message also. It is too easy to feel good and support returning
> veterans by
> wrapping a yellow ribbon around a tree, please support veterans by doing
> something
> positive,
> even if it only involves sending our elected and appointed officials an
> e-mail.
>
> "Walt,
> I am very disappointed that you have decided to appear as the graduation
> speaker at the
> University of Idaho, as they openly discriminate against the veterans of
> the state of
> Idaho by
> refusing to comply with Idaho Code 65 in regards to veteran hiring
> preferences. The
> University, because of it's constitutional status does not have a veterans
> preference even
>
> though all other the other government entities are required to comply with
> the state law.
> Your
> appearance at the U of I as their speaker, lends the support of your office
> to their
> flagrant
> position. If you have any doubts about the U of I's policy, I can send you
> the
> documentation I
> received from the hiring manager, MsKathy Vellegas. I also wrote to the
> acting president
> of the
> university, and have to date been ignored. As you know, the state
> legislature has recently
>
> approved a proposal to change the constitution of Idaho to enable the
> university to charge
>
> tuition, but as this referendum to change the constitution does nothing to
> make the
> university
> comply, I will be campaigning against it."
>
>
>
>
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