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<DIV>As usual, very well said by Mr. Hansen. This 49-er appreciates his
support of schools.</DIV>
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<DIV>keely emerine mix</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:Bill@strand.bz">'"B.C. Strand"'</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 24, 2004 5:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Column on MSD
in the Daily News</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I agree with you, Mr. Moffett.<BR><BR>My sister-in-law is a
retired grade school teacher from the Silver Valley.<BR><BR>Although classes
may not start until 8:00 a.m. and finish for the day at<BR>3:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, the average teacher works considerably<BR>more than the
implied 7-hour day and 5-day week. <BR><BR>In addition to the long
hours, and persistent 6-day weeks, many teachers are<BR>working within an
under-staffed and under-financed school district. These<BR>same school
districts rely on levies to sustain them from one fiscal year to<BR>the next,
only to see the levies voted down by residents whose only greedy<BR>interests
are restricted to their own tax-exempt status.<BR><BR>These same citizens vote
down levy after levy after levy, complain about<BR>property taxes, then wonder
why their children are not receiving the quality<BR>of education they feel
that they are entitled. <BR><BR>These residents want their "toys" today as
they rob their children of the<BR>necessities of tomorrow.<BR><BR>Take
care,<BR><BR>Tom "49er" Hansen<BR><BR>We could learn a lot from crayons: some
are sharp, some are pretty, some are<BR>dull, some have weird names, and all
are different colors....but they all<BR>exist very nicely in the same
box.<BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
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