[Vision2020] Governor Otter's Screwed Up Priorities

[Reggie Holmquist]

Paul, ftw!

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>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
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> *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:
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> http://tinyurl.com/Otter-Idaho-BSU
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> Gov. Otter to explore options for saving Boise State-Idaho football game
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> Brian Murphy and Dan Popkey - Idaho Statesman
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> 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.
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> “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.”
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> Boise State is leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the Mountain
> West Conference on July 1, 2011. Idaho is a member of the WAC.
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> “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.”
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> Otter said he would have his attorney, David Hensley, explore his options.
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> 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.
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> “Why should we?” he said. “I don’t think our fans even like to go up
> there.”
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> Kustra continued: “I frankly don’t care whether we ever play ’em again as
> long as it goes.”
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> Idaho coach Robb Akey suggested Monday that the governor may have to get
> involved to save the rivalry.
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> “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.'
> ”
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> Otter said he wants the rivalry to continue.
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> “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.
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> 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.
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> But . . .
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> Where does Governor Otter stand on more important issues, such as THE
> HIGHWAY 12/EXXON-MOBIL ISSUE and THE UPPER LOCHSA LAND EXCHANGE?
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> Or aren’t those issues worth his time?
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> Seeya at the games AND the Highway 12/Upper Lochsa Land Exchange
> discussions, V-peeps.
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> Tom Hansen
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> Moscow, Idaho
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> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
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> - Unknown
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