[Vision2020] Governor Otter's Screwed Up Priorities

[Wayne Price]

And if this is one of the current Governor's "education" priorities,  
something really stinks in Boise, and it isn't BSU!!!!








On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:

> I don't really care one way or the other if this "rivalry"  
> continues.  I  certainly can't see myself looking down on total  
> strangers based on whether or not they are affiliated with a school  
> that has a sports team I don't like.  Maybe when I was in the third  
> grade I could work up that sort of moral outrage about it, but I've  
> since laid down that mantle and have moved on with my life.  I think  
> I'm better off for it.
>
> Paul
>
> From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Cc: Kathy Judson <ponysnpups at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 12:29:27 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Governor Otter's Screwed Up Priorities
>
> Courtesy of the Idaho Statesman at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/Otter-Idaho-BSU
>
>
> Gov. Otter to explore options for saving Boise State-Idaho football  
> game
> Brian Murphy and Dan Popkey - Idaho Statesman
>
> One day after Boise State University president Bob Kustra blasted  
> Idaho fans and declared the annual Broncos-Vandals rivalry game all  
> but dead, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he would explore options for  
> keeping the game going.
>
> “I think it’s healthy, I think it’s a good thing for us to have and  
> I think it’s a great tradition that we’ve had,” Otter said before  
> the Boise Metro Chamber luncheon where he was seated at the head  
> table with Kustra. “… I hope we can do everything we can do to make  
> it continue.”
>
> Boise State is leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the  
> Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2011. Idaho is a member of the  
> WAC.
>
> “I don’t know what my options are, what my authorities are,” said  
> Otter, who played spring football at then-Boise Junior College in  
> 1964 but never played in a game. “Personally, I’m all for it.  
> Administratively, I don’t know what my authorities are.”
>
> Otter said he would have his attorney, David Hensley, explore his  
> options.
>
> Kustra told the Idaho Statesman’s editorial board that he refuses to  
> travel to Moscow for games because “it’s a culture that is nasty,  
> inebriated and civilly doesn’t give our fans the respect that any  
> fan should expect when visiting an away game.” Boise State coach  
> Chris Petersen said Monday that he does not want to visit Moscow for  
> games.
>
> “Why should we?” he said. “I don’t think our fans even like to go up  
> there.”
>
> Kustra continued: “I frankly don’t care whether we ever play ’em  
> again as long as it goes.”
>
> Idaho coach Robb Akey suggested Monday that the governor may have to  
> get involved to save the rivalry.
>
> “It’s a good thing for our state. It’s a good thing for both  
> schools,” Akey told reporters at the WAC football preview in Salt  
> Lake City. “I’m a proponent of keeping that thing going. It’s going  
> to come down to the two universities and maybe the governor saying,  
> ‘Hey, this is an important game that needs to be played and needs to  
> be played home and home or not at all.' ”
>
> Otter said he wants the rivalry to continue.
>
> “I want them to do it for the right reason. I really think they’ve  
> always done it for the right reason in the past because they’ve  
> enjoyed the spirit, they’ve enjoyed the energy, the enthusiasm that  
> builds for it,” Otter said.
>
>
> Hey, I’m as much a Vandal “fan”atic as the next guy (even more so)  
> and I, too, would like to keep this rivalry alive.
>
> But . . .
>
> Where does Governor Otter stand on more important issues, such as  
> THE HIGHWAY 12/EXXON-MOBIL ISSUE and THE UPPER LOCHSA LAND EXCHANGE?
>
> Or aren’t those issues worth his time?
>
> Seeya at the games AND the Highway 12/Upper Lochsa Land Exchange  
> discussions, V-peeps.
>
> 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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