[Vision2020] Wayne Krauss

Ron Force rforce2003 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 27 16:26:45 PST 2013



 

I always thought the Constitution itself covered this.  Something about all men being created equal, certain inalienable rights, so on and so forth

 
That's the Declaration of Independence. It's not law.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


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 From: Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com>
To: Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> 
Cc: "vision2020 at moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wayne Krauss
 

I always thought the Constitution itself covered this.  Something about all men being created equal, certain inalienable rights, so on and so forth.  Simple.  Elegant.  Covers the issue at hand.  Whats better than being covered in our nations founding document?
 
If the original document isn't obvious enough, the 14th amendment elaborates:
Amendment 14
Civil rights
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and 
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of 
the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which 
shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor 
shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due 
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal 
protection of the laws.


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

What other options are available, Mr. Keim.
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>If you know of any state and/or federal laws that protect citizens against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identification, please share them with us.
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>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
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>"Moscow Cares"
>http://www.MoscowCares.com
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>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
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>"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."
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>- John Lennon
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>On Feb 27, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Not seeing how adding more laws (and complexity) to the legal system makes lawyers more affordable.
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>>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Darrell,
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>>>I'm sorry but very few people can afford to go to court to protect the rights that they are guaranteed by the Constitution and other laws.
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>>>Have you priced a decent trial attorney lately?  Do you have any idea about the amount of billable hours are needed to pursue a civil rights lawsuit?   Do you know how much time and aggravation is involved for the plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit?  And how long it takes?  And how the defendants argue that the meaning of the Constitution does not include whatever right is being claimed by the plaintiff?
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>>>"Just enforce present laws" has been the watchwords of racists, homophobes, sexists, etc for a long time because they know how little chance there is of enforcement via plaintiff originated lawsuits.  That's why we need special laws with enforcement teeth and huge penalties for violators.  Until civil rights legislation was enacted during the Lyndon Johnson administration and except for a few brave forays by Eisenhower, black people were basically SOL.
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>>>One has to be especially insensitive and/or ignorant not to see that Krauss was comparing gay, transgendered, etc persons to subhuman monkeys -- demeaning language once used to argue against civil rights for blacks. 
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>>>If Krauss doesn't want to be seen as an ignorant, insensitive bigot, then he needs to change his lifelong habits of speaking and acting like one.  Good luck with that.
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>>>I agree with Roger Hayes.  An apology is not sufficient,  An apology is needed, but its sincerity will be in great doubt without a resignation.
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>>>w.
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>>>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Enforcement of current laws is the key.  If they are being ignored, why does creation of MORE laws solve anything?  They are just as easily ignored.
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>>>>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:
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>>>>It seems to me, “We can’t work with the simple rules we have,” because they 
don’t work.  If they did, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.  
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>>>>>Sue H 
>>>>>From: Darrell Keim 
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:04 AM
>>>>>To: Art Deco 
>>>>>Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com 
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wayne Krauss
>>>>>  I happened to sit next to Wayne yesterday when someone asked him to explain 
his remarks.  He elaborated that his point was that we shouldn't need to 
have special protections for different groups.  We should hold ourselves to 
the standard of treating all people equally, which our Constitution already 
guarantees.  
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>>>>>While his quote in the paper makes him sound like an idiot (reporters have 
a way of doing this-context is SO important), I agree with the sentiment he 
attempted to express.  Why can't we work with the simple rule already 
expressed in our countries founding document: treat others with basic dignity 
and decency.  The guy is not nearly the troglodyte he is being made out to 
be.
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>>>>>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>Aside from its gross insensitivity and ignorance the remarks provide a  revelation about Krauss's personal feelings and the lack of comment implying  consent by the other semi-conscious officials present, this is part of a  longer saga.
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>>>>>>There is hardly a month that has gone by since he  took office and made a fool of himself starting with his participation and  remarks in the Hawkins scandal, that Wayne Krauss hasn't provided ample  evidence of the long circulating characterization of him that as the former  manager of the Goodyear store he was hit in the head too hard and too many  times with a tire iron.
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>>>>>> w.
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>>>>>>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>>>>>What  a horse’s rear end Krauss continues to show himself to be.   Disgusting.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>Here’s  the article Roger Hayes referred to:
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>>>>>>>Antidiscrimination  ordinance vetted by committee
>>>>>>>By Brandon Macz, Daily  News staff writer | Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:00 am 
>>>>>>>Considering an ordinance to make  housing and job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender  identity a criminal offense in Moscow, Councilor Wayne Krauss asked City  Attorney Randy Fife where demands for more protections would  end.
>>>>>>>Krauss asked rhetorically  whether someone bringing monkeys into a business and being refused service  would require a discrimination ordinance for monkey owners. 
>>>>>>>Fife laid out for the  Administrative Committee on Monday details of his draft ordinance. Under the  ordinance, an employer would not be allowed to refuse to hire or fire a  person for their sexual orientation or gender identity, or to deny an  employee advancement or training on that same basis. It would also prevent  businesses from refusing to serve a person based on their sexual orientation  or gender identity.
>>>>>>>On the housing side, refusal to  sell, buy or rent property or to repair, maintain or improve it would also  be prohibited if it were the result of such discrimination, Fife  said.
>>>>>>>Exceptions include religious  entities, other governments and agencies, boarding houses, private clubs or  institutions and two-family dwellings, such as duplexes, where the property  owner or a relative lives in one of the units.
>>>>>>>Krauss was curious about whether  businesses, such as restaurants, which often display signs indicating their  right to refuse service to anyone, could refuse to serve someone based on  their sexual orientation or gender identity without disclosing that as the  reason. Fife said if someone felt that was the reason for denial of service,  they could file a complaint under the ordinance.
>>>>>>>"I hate any kind of bullying  whatsoever, and discrimination is a form of bullying, in my mind," Krauss  said.
>>>>>>>Krauss said he didn't like the  idea of the city being forced to react to a continuous list of  discriminatory grievances.
>>>>>>>"The question is, where does it  stop?" Krauss said. "Why doesn't the 14th Amendment cover the whole darn  thing?"
>>>>>>>The amendment says "No State  shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the  laws."
>>>>>>>Fife said he prepared the draft  after reviewing laws already on the books in Sandpoint, Boise and Salt Lake  City and said he favored Boise's. The proposed ordinance would fill a gap in  the federal and state human rights acts.
>>>>>>>Anyone believing themselves to  be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender  identity would file a report with the Moscow Police Department, Fife said,  which would conduct an investigation and file a report with the city  prosecutor to validate whether the claim constitutes an offense under the  ordinance.
>>>>>>>If so, mediation would be  attempted between the two parties by the city attorney with the offender  facing a misdemeanor if a resolution can't be met. If the defendant takes  remediation steps, the penalty could be reduced to an infraction. Should  both parties settle, the charge would be dismissed.
>>>>>>>"You want compliance, not  punishment. That's the goal," Fife said, adding the criminal process might  do better in a separate council resolution.
>>>>>>>Fife said pushes on the  municipal level could force the issue in the Idaho Legislature, which has  historically never passed an amendment to its human rights act covering  sexual orientation and gender identity out of  committee.
>>>>>>>"That's not going to happen, so  we'll continue to legislate morality," Krauss said.
>>>>>>>The draft ordinance will be  reviewed by the city's Fair and Affordable Housing and Human Rights  commissions before returning to the Administrative Committee to forward the  draft to the full council.
>>>>>>>More Well No. 9  problems
>>>>>>>Public Works Director Les  MacDonald reported the recently reinstalled Well No. 9 pump and motor have  to be removed again after testing Friday knocked out power to the well  house. Once power was restored, a ground fault was detected, which means  something is short-circuiting the electricity being channeled through the  pump and motor, he said.
>>>>>>>"It means we're in a different  situation than before," MacDonald said.
>>>>>>>The pump was shut down in June  when it stopped functioning and the motor was sent to be repaired by Alstra  Technologies in Tempe, Ariz. It was reinstalled in late September, but was  shut down again when the electric current became too high and caused the  protection unit to shut it down. The motor was returned to Alstra and the  pump was analyzed by a Spokane company before both were tested by another  manufacturer in Arizona.
>>>>>>>The pump and motor were  reinstalled in two weeks ago, but further testing in Moscow showed the  electric current was still too high and a "whale song" noise occurred when  it was reconnected to the system, MacDonald said. Following Friday's outage,  he said removal of the pump and motor by crane began Monday and should be  completed today. He added an outside consultant may need to be brought in to  determine the city's next move. Well No. 9 can produce up to 40 percent of  the city's water.
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>>>>>>>________________________________
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>>>>>>>Brandon  Maczcan be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 238, or by email to bmacz at dnews.com.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>And,  here’s the letter to the editor Roger also referred  to:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>Basic human  rights
>>>>>>>Posted: Wednesday,  February 27, 2013 12:00 am 
>>>>>>>Moscow City Councilor  Wayne Krauss has implied that refusing service to monkey owners in a  business setting is the same as denying fair housing and job rights to  residents based on their sexual orientation or gender  identity.
>>>>>>>As reported by Brandon  Macz in "Antidiscrimination ordinance vetted," (Daily News, Feb. 26):  "Krauss asked rhetorically whether someone bringing monkeys into a business  and being refused service would require a discrimination ordinance for  monkey owners."
>>>>>>>You must be logged in with the proper  services to print this article. 
>>>>>>>Think about what he is  really saying.
>>>>>>>Also, according to  Macz, Krauss questions "legislating morality." Yet Krauss is forcing his own  "morality" on public legislation, denying basic human rights to a sector of  the population that he is being paid to serve.
>>>>>>>Please, Krauss,  apologize for what you said and rethink your 
stance.
>>>>>>>Lisa  Kliger
>>>>>>>Moscow
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>>>>>>>From:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Huskey
>>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:50  AM
>>>>>>>To: rhayes at frontier.com; 'Moscow Vision  2020'
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wayne  Krauss
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>>>>>>>I  am gobsmacked about Wayne Krauss’ remarks.  Where did he make  them?  Thank you for letting 2020 readers 
know.
>>>>>>>Rose  Huskey
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>>>>>>>From:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of rhayes at frontier.com
>>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February  27, 2013 8:47 AM
>>>>>>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>>>>>Subject: [Vision2020]  Wayne Krauss
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>>>>>>>And yesterday Wayne Krauss was quoted that offering equal protection to all  citizens including that of sexual identity and orientation to bringing  monkeys to a restaurant and demanding service. 
>>>>>>>In this case crackpot...  and a sad reflection on our city council. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>For those with short  memories:
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>>>>>>>On a scale of 0 to 10 where 10 is the easiest to be hornswoggled Carscalen
>>>>>>>and Krauss are clearly 10s based on how Hawkins and Mr. Slime Steed (acting
>>>>>>>in the 
    conflicting roles of city council person and *defacto* agent of  his
>>>>>>>longtime associates Hawkins) hornswoggled the council  into the sweetheart
>>>>>>>deal with the now never to be Hawkins mall against 
    the fundamental
>>>>>>>interests of Idaho citizens.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How do you choose a 
    GOP leader? From the crackpots or the 
    corrupt?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>w.
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>>>>>>Art Deco (Wayne 
  A. Fox)
>>>>>>art.deco.studios at gmail.com
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