[Vision2020] Deary Teens Sentenced

[Tom Hansen]

Sunil inquires and infers:

"How much time should they [elected officials] spend 'informing' you? I
suppose I'd prefer them to be doing that than their jobs...I don't think
it's their job to spend their time informing you."

Would you then, Sunil, prefer the alternative . . . an uninformed public
drawing their own conclusions and acting on their own suspicions?

Sunil continues . . .


"If the press has questions, Bill [County Prosecuting Attorney Bill
Thompson] usually answers them. Are you saying he didn't do that here?"

I do not recall reading or hearing any statement by either Bill Thompson
or Lewis County Magistrate Stephen Calhoun that commenced with the words
"This punishment was imposed because . . . "

However, I do recall reading, from the daily News article, . . .

"Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson asked for a lesser
sentencing of placing the two boys within the Department of Juvenile
Correction program where they could obtain therapy and live in a
group-home setting."

It seems that Judge Calhoun did not care to let the boys off as easy as
Bill Thompson.

Why bother paying for a defense attorney if your prosecutor is Bill Thompson?

(I just know that the previous statement is going to cause whiplash and
carpal tunnel syndrome as y'all dash at lightening speed to fire off a
scathing response.  I only have one thing to say, in that case, . . .
A**HOLE and SHI*HEAD are not hyphenated words)

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


>
> Wayne,
>
> "The public officials can't say "You don't know all the facts in this
> case" and then refuse to inform the public what those facts are! The
> electorate shouldn't have to beg for information!"
> I don't think the elected officials are telling you ANYTHING like that at
> all. I've said it, but I haven't been elected
> dogcatcher, let alone anything else. And who refused to tell you anything
> at all?
>
> How much time should they spend 'informing' you? I suppose I'd prefer them
> to be doing that than their jobs...I don't think it's their job to spend
> their time informing you. If the press has questions, Bill usually answers
> them. Are you saying he didn't do that here? You seem to be demanding
> reasons for the sentence from him. Hey, he's the one who tried to get them
> sent to the juvie prison system. The judge didn't take his recommendation.
>
> And it's hardly the same as the justification for the Iraq War. I don't
> think the government said we don't have all the information. I thought
> they have us misrepresentations, exaggerations, and lies. It's in no way
> comparable to this. I don't know how you can say,
> "Well, now we have the same line being fed to us by the local elected
> government in regards to the local criminal justice situation....
> Where does it stop?"
>
> The local elected government has done no such thing. I don't know how you
> can
> say such a thing. It's nonsense.
>
> Sunil
>
> Sunil
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