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<DIV>Visionaries and Mr. Nisbet:</DIV>
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<DIV>Rather than smirk about "how totally 'cosmopolitan' and so free from petty
parochialism this town is" much less to sustain Mr. Nisbet's claim that
farmers and ranchers tend to be more tolerant of diversity, one need only
examine the well documented history of North America. The sad and sorry
story of the development of rural American is the saga
of Euro-American land grabs, genocide of indigenous
people, and environmental disasters created by extractive
industries which took place across this continent from 16th
century conquest and settlement down to the present. </DIV>
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<DIV>The notion that loggers and farmers are somehow uniquely tolerant
is absurd. I argue, instead, that people living in areas of low
population density often have direct experience and first-hand
knowledge of the character of their neighbors and judge them
accordingly. Their "tolerance" is predicated on the same standards that
people around the world (even in urban areas) apply, i.e. is the neighbor
truthful, kind, generous, observant of cultural and community standards
etc. </DIV>
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<DIV>Because Moscow is small it is relatively easy to identify the
deliberate liars, manipulators, stingy, intolerant, law-breakers among
us. In our currently "divided" community both factions claim to have that
knowledge and experience of the other. For those interested in
sorting out the claims a great deal of factual evidence is available.</DIV>
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<DIV>If one limits the argument to only zoning code violations significant data
has been placed on-line and on the city record to demonstrate a
continual and on-going attitude of defiance toward community
regulations. New St. Andrews College administrators, the very same folks
who are leading the college today, and Christ Church leaders, (who are one and
the same) have, for the past five years ignored zoning requirements.
Clearly, they act on the premise that their personal desires take precedence
over community ordinances. This behavior is modeled and passed along
to Logos School students, NSA graduates, and church members. How
else can the 4 year presence of Atlas Academy in the NuArt
Theater be explained? How else can large boarding houses (owned by
members of Doug Wilson's church) operate without the required conditional use
permits? How else can St. Monica's (a private girl's school)
operate without a conditional use permit? </DIV>
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<DIV>The thickest numbskull should recognize a pattern of behavior in the
examples provided above. Given the tightly knit character of the Christ
Church/Trinity Reformed community, most, if not all members knew of these
illegal activities, and not only tolerated them they supported or emulated
them. </DIV>
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<DIV>How is it that apparently not a single church member thought to inquire
about city ordinances related to their activities? This is particularly
breathtaking when one considers that a church member, Todd Flack, sits on the
City of Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission. If he were shy about
bringing the "bad news" that zoning laws in Moscow regulate these
activities, perhaps his father-in-law, an elder of Christ Church, might have
been willing to alert other church leaders. Instead, Todd Flack followed
the example of his pastor and other church leaders and instituted his own
boarding house.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't appreciate this peculiar "tolerance" and encouragement for
breaking the law. Neither do community members who are impacted
by the illegal activities. If that makes me guilty of
"petty parochialism" I claim the label cheerfully.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SERIF">Rose
Huskey</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10"
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PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SERIF">"And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him
five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he
had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine. "<BR>1 Samuel 17:40</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000
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