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Donovan, Rose et. al.<BR>
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If voting in the Moscow School District for a bond levy or the school board counts, Rose can vote for those Moscow City related public infrastructure issues. And of course votes for county, and some state and federal matters, are open to all residents of Latah County, all votes that can influence what occurs within Moscow City limits.<BR>
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Constitutional free speech rights guarantee citizens the right to attempt to influence governmental/political decisions, whether or not the citizen can vote directly in an election on a specific issue. Not only is it a citizens right to speak to influence the decisions made by governing bodies away from the citizens residency, they are also free to donate labor, resources and money, subject to election laws, of course. How many US Congressional and/or state congressional elections are legally influenced by money and propaganda coming from outside the state in question?<BR>
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So, political science major Donovan Arnold, are you suggesting that laws be passed to block the free speech/political organizing rights of Latah County residents who reside outside Moscow city limits, for the city that is the economic/cultural/political hub within which such residents often spend the most of their dollars and waking hours, a city that may be where their children or grandchildren also spend most of their waking, learning and socializing hours? If traffic problems, violence or bigotry, etc. might endanger their child attending school in Moscow, do you think that because a parent lives outside Moscow City limits, they should be denied a means to influence events inside Moscow involving city government?<BR>
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I am only pointing out what Donovan and almost everyone on Vision2020 knows, so Donovan's doubts regarding Rose's right to be politically active in Moscow City politics smacks of the same kind of biased personally motivated attack that he claims he is speaking against.<BR>
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Disagree with Rose on substantive issues if you must, but suggesting she should not be politically active in Moscow City politics because she resides outside the city limits is an attempt to silence rightful political speech and conduct.<BR>
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Ted Moffett</FONT></HTML>