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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'>Thank you very much, Bill, for sharing
such a revealing column.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This article should clear the air of all
the smoke and mirrors brought on by Mr. Weitz.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks again, Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom “who encourages everybody to
tune in to KRFP (92.5 FM) at 2:00 this afternoon for the unrehearsed truth of
Rose Huskey and Saundra Lund” Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Footnote to Kimmell – We haven’t
forgotten. It’s just that you aren’t up to bat yet.
But, you will be. And we will.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>We could learn a lot from crayons: some are
sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different
colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. </span></font><o:p></o:p></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>Bill London<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 02, 2005
10:53 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@whale2.fsr.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Linda Pall; Nancy Chaney; John
Dickinson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] recall
election</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>The editorial from today's <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:place></st1:City> Tribune (below) summarizes well the
problems with Gerry Weitz' recall fantasy. I do not not think it likely
that the petition will get enough signatures (if it even begins
circulating). Pathetic, really. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>BL<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h1><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial'>J.F.
- In <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, a
tantrum masquerading as a recall<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<address><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Jim Fisher<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>
<address><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lewiston</span></font></i></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tribune,
January 2, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></address>
<p><!--Start Story--><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!--End Byline-->Moscow</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> dentist
Gerald Weitz is a known firebrand. The question today is whether he is also a
saboteur. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Weitz,
who earlier served a stormy tenure on the Moscow School Board, is currently
spearheading a campaign to recall three members of the Moscow City Council. And
he isn't shy in how he characterizes Linda Pall, John Dickinson and Nancy
Chaney. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A
sampling of his fulminations: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"They
are the kings and queens of despair." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"We
will crush them. They don't care about our community or our children." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"These
councilmen are elitists, educating the peasants. People are scared to speak up,
but I'm not. This council represents the dark ages, and we need a renaissance."
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What
has Weitz so exercised is apparently a conclusion that Pall, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Dickinson</st1:place></st1:City> and Chaney are standing in the way
of growth, of business and of education. He objects to the questions they raise
about the effects developments will have on the community. He says their denial
of a request by the Catholic St. Mary's School to expand in a residential
neighborhood represents intolerance and antagonism to education. And although
he once expressed support for Pall's former congressional campaign, he accuses
her of foisting an unwanted building, the 1912 Center, on the city. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"No
tax revenue was supposed to go into that facility," Weitz says of the
former school. "But Linda Pall has shoved it down our throats. We pay
millions every year to maintain it and it's still not being used." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Millions
every year? Not being used? What's he talking about? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Actually,
recalls like this are almost always misguided. Dickinson, Chaney and especially
the veteran Pall did not present themselves as anything other than what they
are when they ran for office. And if voters decide that electing them was a
mistake, there is plenty of time to correct that, at the next regular election.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
the meantime, none of the three has done anything to bring disrepute to the
city, or dishonor to themselves. There is no reason to short-circuit the
election calendar by recalling them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Weitz,
however, gives plenty of reasons not to sign his petitions: his own intemperate
words. -- J.F. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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