[Vision2020] Agidius email waffles on Bouma's attack on Steed

[Art Deco]

Would it be too snotty to say:

It a good thing that the GOP are going to have their convention in a gun
free zone given the apparent higher incidence of mental health problems
among them then the general population?

w.


On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:

> How ironic that the Idaho GOP will host an event on a campus where guns
> are not allowed! Apparently there stance on the second amendment is more
> flexible than we thought! Joe
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 9, 2013, at 4:33 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> I will preface this posting with a brief comment.
>
> As critical as I have been of Moscow City councilman and Latah County GOP
> chairman Walter Steed, I cannot overlook his strong sense of commitment to
> his valued causes and unwavering defense of purpose; characteristics rarely
> seen on either side of the political aisle.
>
> Should Mr. Steed opt to vacate his seat as chair of the Latah County GOP,
> such action may only serve to foster a cancer of community disregard by a
> political entity so very long established in Latah County.
>
> That said . . .
>
> Courtesy of today's (March 9, 2013) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Agidius email waffles on Bouma's attack on Steed
>
> *By Vera White*
>
> It's doubtful the INKster, a lifelong Democrat, and Walter Steed will ever
> see eye-to-eye, but she respects the job he has done as chairman of the
> Latah County Republican Party. She also likes some of the things he has
> done as a Moscow City Councilman like signing off on a letter based on a
> memo from Moscow Police Chief David Duke recommending ways of curbing gun
> violence should the Legislature take up the issue this session.
>
> But as reported in the Feb. 27 issue of the Daily News by reporter Brandon
> Macz, Republican tea partier and precinct committeeman Gresham Bouma led
> the charge at the February meeting calling for Steed's resignation.
>
> Interestingly, Steed was not present at the meeting.
>
> Bouma, who had obviously not understood the intent of the city letter,
> accused Steed of trying to infringe on "the right to bear arms."
>
> The INKster has talked to Steed a couple of times since he was asked to
> resign, including Wednesday morning.
>
> "I still haven't made up my mind about stepping down," Steed said. "There
> are a lot of people from both parties encouraging me to stay on as
> chairman."
>
> And the INKster is one of them.
>
> Since the INKster knew State Rep. Cindy Agidius was a Republican precinct
> committee woman in Latah County, she called her to get a comment on the
> Steed situation.
>
> She replied with the following email:
>
> "I have not been involved in the gun letter debate as I have been in
> Boise. I did not attend the meeting on Tuesday (Feb. 26). I suggest you
> contact someone who was there to answer any of your questions regarding
> that meeting. As you can see, the outcome would suggest that 2nd amendment
> rights are something that GOP members feel strongly about."
>
> And the INKster would surmise Agidius is about as astute as Bouma.
>
> The next Republican Central Committee meeting is March 26.
>
> One of the recent coups that Latah GOP chairman Steed pulled off was
> securing the 2014 Republican Convention to be held in Moscow on the
> University of Idaho campus.
>
> In case some of the gun freaks show up for the June 2014 convention the
> INKster had some questions about how the university would deal with such
> problems so she wrote about her concerns to UI President Duane Nellis. He
> was forthcoming in his reply. He started by explaining how nailing down the
> convention came about.
>
> "University Support Services worked in collaboration with the Moscow
> Chamber of Commerce and local businesses to win the 2014 Republican
> Convention for the City of Moscow as a means of promoting economic activity
> for the community," Nellis wrote in an email. "The university is furnishing
> the ASUI-Kibbie Dome as well as optional housing in residence halls for the
> convention, at the same rates the university charges to any other third
> party user of our facilities."
>
> What about weapons?
>
> "All policies of the university, including our weapons policies, will
> apply to this convention and be enforced in the same fashion as they apply
> to any third party users of our facilities," Nellis concluded.
>
> The INKster imagines he then went back to packing his saddle bags for
> Lubbock. Oddly, the INKster almost could hear the Texas Tech fight song
> playing in the background.
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
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