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<DIV><FONT size=4>Some information about background information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Many jurisdictions routinely archive or destroy records after
a certain amount of time has elapsed and thus these records are not
available to the general public.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Many of these records continue to exist on certain federal
databases. Legal access to these databases is tightly controlled with
penalties for unauthorized access. I know from previous experience that
unauthorized access has occurred in the past with little or no sanctions
applied. I know because someone in law enforcement once spread vicious,
untrue rumors about me because he accessed the wrong Wayne A. Fox via the
NCIC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>What many people don't know is that several private
information/detective/security organizations make and keep copies of certain
kinds of records as they are generated (just like title insurance companies
do). By paying a fee, a complete records check on an individual can be
made. Some of these firms operate via the internet. Some are
legitimate, some are scams.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I have never used one of these private agencies to buy
information, but I know others who have. You would be surprised at what
comes out -- things/public records that people thought had been destroyed
long ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>What someone did twenty years ago is generally not of
particular interest today. There are some exceptions. One of them
might be lying about something in the past in the present. Another might
be if allegations of present conduct may be related to conduct shown in past
records.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I make these remarks as information only and certainly do not
intend for them to apply to any candidate. The use of unverifiable factual
information, whether derogatory or laudatory, in an election is egregiously
anti-democratic in my opinion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4>From: "John Doe" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:doe_rae_mi_doe@hotmail.com"><FONT
size=4>doe_rae_mi_doe@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
size=4>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 1:31 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Subject: [Vision2020] Patience: Lets not rush to judge the
accuser,nor the accused</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=4>> To all concerned,<BR>>
<BR>> I do not know whether the accusations leveled by "Jane Doe" concerning
Peg <BR>> Hamlet's past are accurate. Further, I understand the danger of
allowing <BR>> unsubstantiated rumors to stand on their own two feet and sway
opinions. <BR>> Nonetheless, given the nature of these accusation, and the
very real sense <BR>> in this community that speaking out will garner
retaliation - we cannot rush <BR>> to judgment.<BR>> <BR>> We cannot
rush to shame Peg Hamlet because she might not have done these <BR>> things.
Nor can we rush to shame the poster because Peg Hamlet might have <BR>> done
these things. This is a situation in which a local newspaper could <BR>>
prove indispensable. No one else has the credibility, trustworthiness, nor
<BR>> appearance of independence that a newspaper should and often does
have.<BR>> <BR>> The Daily News (DN) should seriously investigate these
claims, putting out a <BR>> call to those who (if such people are actually
out there) claim to have <BR>> experienced these things (if such things
actually happened) first-hand. DN <BR>> can provide those people with the
anonymity they (justifiably) require. DN <BR>> can report the results of such
an investigation and let the public decide <BR>> for itself.<BR>> <BR>>
Some will suggest that such an investigation is unwarranted. To them, I <BR>>
would just say that reasonable people can differ as to what will suffice to
<BR>> allay concerns. After all, whoever takes the post of Mayor, is our
citys <BR>> most visible representative, and the overseer of law
enforcement, keeping <BR>> the peace, and preservation of justice in our
community as is amply <BR>> demonstrated by the following excerpts from the
Moscow City Code:<BR>> <BR>> Chapter 7<BR>> CHIEF OF POLICE<BR>>
Sec. 7-1: Office Established<BR>> Sec. 7-2: Duties<BR>> Sec. 7-3:
Appointment of Police Personnel<BR>> Sec. 7-4: Police Officer<BR>> Sec.
7-5: Officers May Call for Assistance<BR>> <BR>> Sec. 7-1. Office
Established.<BR>> There is hereby established the office of Chief of Police,
which office <BR>> shall be filled by appointment of the Mayor, with consent
of the Council, <BR>> who shall hold office for the duration of the Chief of
Police's appointment <BR>> or until such time as he or she may be removed by
the Mayor, or as provided <BR>> by law.<BR>> <BR>> Sec. 7-2.
Duties.<BR>> In addition to the duties imposed upon the Chief of Police by
Idaho Code, it <BR>> shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, under the
direction of the Mayor, <BR>> to preserve the public peace and see that all
laws are enforced within the <BR>> City and to perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by this Code and <BR>> the ordinances and resolutions of
the City or as the Mayor may direct.<BR>> <BR>> Sec. 7-3. Appointment of
Police Personnel.<BR>> The Chief of Police shall appoint such other police
personnel as are <BR>> necessary to assist the Chief of Police in discharging
his or her duties. <BR>> All such appointments shall be in accordance with
adopted rules and <BR>> regulations therefore and shall be subject to
approval by the Mayor.<BR>> <BR>>
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