[Vision2020] Schroeder's Tactics Underhanded

[Tom Hansen]

Gary Crabtree stated:

"It is also my recollection that our esteemed mayors request went
beyond/around the city council and was taken to the state attorney general
who thankfully nixed the whole idiot idea."

Would you happen to have evidence of your "recollection", Mr. Crabtree? 
Or are we to rely on your faulty memory?

I will be posting the video of the city council session, in question,
later today, and let the people judge for themselves.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> "Chaney sought City Council approval to investigate whether state law
> could
> be modified to allow prohibiting guns in certain public locations, such as
> City Hall."
>
> This is, of course, not exactly correct. The request at that time was to
> disallow legally carried weapons on city property. This would/could have
> been construed as meaning parks, sidewalks, city parking lots, and even
> streets. This would have violated Idaho's open carry regs as well as
> rendering a persons CWP useless.
>
> It is also my recollection that our esteemed mayors request went
> beyond/around the city council and was taken to the state attorney general
> who thankfully nixed the whole idiot idea.
>
> g
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:45 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Schroeder's Tactics Underhanded
>
>
>> Courtesy of the "Letters to the Editor" section of today's (November 24,
>> 2009) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special thanks to the Lady from
>> Six, Rep. Shirley Ringo.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>> Schroeder's tactics underhanded
>>
>> City elections are becoming increasingly partisan. In our recent mayoral
>> election, Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Latah County, supported John Weber
>> aggressively and, I think, offensively.
>>
>> Schroeder used a confidential City Council memo that had been leaked to
>> write a stinging letter to the editor - attacking Mayor Nancy Chaney
>> while
>> distorting her views and actions.
>>
>> Schroeder also mailed (and paid for) a letter to a targeted audience
>> attacking Chaney, again inaccurately.
>>
>> "It's time to remember Nancy Chaney's war on your second amendment
>> rights," he blared. I remember this "war." It stemmed from the concern
>> of
>> city employees who were approached by individuals who were hot under the
>> collar about given issues and who carried guns. Considering news here
>> and
>> around the country, one can understand why these employees were edgy.
>>
>> Chaney sought City Council approval to investigate whether state law
>> could
>> be modified to allow prohibiting guns in certain public locations, such
>> as
>> City Hall. The council declined, and she took it no further.
>>
>> Incredibly, Schroeder twisted the facts to suggest Chaney might try to
>> ban
>> guns in city limits, speculating that folks who carry guns would have
>> great difficulty passing through Riggins while attempting to travel to
>> south Idaho.
>>
>> Both Schroeder's letter to the editor and the mailed letter were timed
>> for
>> the weekend before Election Day - the waning hours of the campaign and
>> too
>> late for Chaney to respond effectively. His 11th-hour tactics were
>> designed to push emotional buttons, not to promote open, civil and
>> honest
>> discussion of the issues.
>>
>> Schroeder reminds me of Richard Nixon, who was also intelligent and
>> reasonably moderate. It is said that Nixon didn't have political
>> opponents, rather he had enemies. That is the nature of Schroeder's
>> underhanded behavior. He compromises his own effectiveness.
>>
>> Shirley Ringo, Moscow
>>
>> The writer is a Democrat and District 6 representative to the Idaho
>> Legislature.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>> Ah, yes.  State Senator Gary Schroeder.  The very same Senator Gary
>> "Stan
>> Laurel" Schroeder who, along with Moscow Councilman Water "Oliver Hardy"
>> Steed, tried (unsuccessfully) to backdoor legislation through the Idaho
>> legislature allowing the sale of water rights across state lines.
>>
>> Well, as Lorne Green once said in a favorite song of mine . . .
>>
>> "All through the west they feared the name of Ringo."
>>
>> Thanks, Rep. Shirley.
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow,
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
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"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
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