[Vision2020] City Council Stifles Debate

[Henry D. "Hank" Johnston]

Tom:

The vote was 6-0, so it wasn't just 3 council members who are responsible.
 Had the question been called, it takes a super majority of council members
to proceed to a vote.

Tom Lamar, Sue Scott and/or Tim Brown could have voiced additional concerns
and forced public testimony.  Had that not worked and the question been
called it would have required a 4-2 vote to force the question.  If it went
3-3 then the Mayor could have broken the tie (though not necessary as a
supermajority is required).

Don't put the blame strictly on Carscallen, Steed and Krauss. If you want
to be pissed at someone, be pissed at the WHOLE council, not just 3.

HDJ



On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> The complaint IS NOT about discrimination, Mr. Johnston.
>
> It has to do with a people's right to voice their opinion.  Or didn't you
> pick up on that during this past week's postings?  People attended the
> April 1st city council session because they were informed that they would
> be afforded an opportunity to express their opinion ("for" or "against")
> concerning the non-discrimination ordinance and resolution; a right denied
> them by Council members Dan Carscallen, Walter Steed, and Wayne Krauss.
>  Mayor Chaney reiterated, at the opening of the discussion, that the people
> should be allowed (at that session) to voice their opinions.
>
> NOW do you get it?  Or do you need another dead horse?
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:50 AM, "Henry D. \"Hank\" Johnston" <
> hearseboy85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tom, et. al.
>
> I really hate to beat a dead horse here, but I cannot imagine why, in this
> day and age, we even need to have a discussion about discrimination or even
> if discrimination is “right” or “wrong”... which would have been the core
> discussion on Monday.  The pro-ordinance crowd would decry the plight of
> the GLBT community (also gonna take a guess that most of them are
> heterosexual... actually kinda insulting to me that our progressives in
> this town think they know what I've "gone through"... but thats another
> topic) and the anti-ordinance crowd would have preached that God forbids
> homosexuality (along with trimming one's beard but Gresham Bouma is always
> cleanshaven... hmmmmm).... and you know what?
>
> We would have arrived. At. The. Same. Conclusion.
>
> Discrimination is wrong, we all know that, and what more would have come
> of public comment on Monday night?
>
> Nothing. Nada. Zip.
>
> It was a 6-0 vote people... take it as a victory and move on!
>
> HDJ
>
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