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<title>Vera White's column on Kimmell</title>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I wonder if <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Commissioner
Kimmell</st1:PersonName> used the photograph of Confederate General Lee that
is so prominently displayed in Doug Wilson’s office.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom “who knows that the North won
the Civil War” Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Solomon<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 20, 2004 3:05
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">vision2020@moscow.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Vera White's
column on Kimmell</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=7 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>INK: Chamber boss Kimmell
ready to lead with Lee</span></font></b><font size=5 color=black><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Vera White</span></i><br>
The INKster has wanted to believe during the past year or so that Latah <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Commissioner</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>/
Moscow Chamber of Commerce Executive Director/Christ Church member Paul Kimmell
refused to let his personal beliefs figure into business either at the
courthouse or the chamber office.<br>
<br>
But she was speechless when she received a call last week from an irate chamber
member expressing dismay with Kimmell's choice of leadership materials used at
the Aug. 5 annual board retreat in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gritman</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s
conference room. For his 1:30 p.m. leadership power point presentation, Kimmell
chose to use Confederate General Robert E. Lee as the world's greatest example
of a leader among men.<br>
<br>
The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City> was
forwarded a copy of the 17-page "Robert E. Lee on Leadership." In
addition to numerous historic photos, the back page proudly displayed the
Confederate flag. Although it came as no surprise since <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType> leaders seemingly worship Lee
along with God, the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City>
didn't know whether to laugh or cry.<br>
<br>
"Some chamber members were appalled when they found out about this
retreat," noted one of the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City>'s
sources. "But under a new ruling, only board members were invited."<br>
<br>
"Understanding and Applying the Leadership Principles of General Robert E.
Lee" describes Lee as a leader for all ages who "remade a rag-tag
bunch of men into one of the most impressive fighting forces history has ever
known." Further, "as a business man, he took a debt-ridden <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State> plantation and
streamlined its operations; and as a teacher who turned a backwater college
into a prestigious university."<br>
<br>
Of course the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City>
wasn't there, but she wonders if Lee might have had an edge with local
government officials who were able to reduce the taxes on the plantation. No
doubt there was cheap labor available. And she's curious as to whether Kimmell
used the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName> or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">St. Andrews</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
as an example for the "backwater college."<br>
<br>
Under the section marked "Leadership By Example," Kimmell notes that
"part of Lee's strength was his supreme confidence, tied to both his
religious convictions and that he had unsparingly done his duty to achieve the
goals set before him."<br>
<br>
Be that as it may, the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City>
wonders how the Robert E. Lee Method of Leadership would play out with other
chambers in the region. Throw in the Confederate flag and she imagines <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> will rightfully
find itself a laughingstock.<br>
<br>
Interestingly, one of the items on the retreat agenda was a roundtable
discussion on "Marketing Moscow to Seniors." The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">INKster</st1:place></st1:City> imagines she wouldn't be the only old
person offended by a group of the town's leading business people paying homage
to the Confederacy.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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