<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType
name="country-region"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PlaceType"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PlaceName"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="place"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PersonName"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><!--[if !mso]>
<STYLE>st1\:* {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui)
}
</STYLE>
<![endif]-->
<STYLE>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</STYLE>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael, your post made quite a bit of sense right
up to the last half of the last sentence. What do the feds have to do with as
trivial a matter as this? How is the SPLC going to parlay this matter into
additional treasure? It seems that you are leaving something out. Something I
have asked after in the past, to no avail. Will this be the time that you
provide me with, or direct me to an answer?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hoping,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=metzler@moscow.com href="mailto:metzler@moscow.com">Michael</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Boarding House
information</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Tom Writes:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">No, no, no, gc - You may file Don Huskey's complaint
under "the totally objective scrutiny of team Huskey/Opyr/Hansen" all you
friggin' want. I personally don't really care. You can go as far as
filing my portion of this action under "Hansen Hates Wilson", "Asshole Hansen
is Pickin' on 'Just Call Me Comb-Over' Courtney", etc. etc. I don't
care. It's a simple matter of the Moscow City Zoning Code. If you are
aware of ANYBODY in violation of the code, PLEASE feel free to sing along with
us, ok? If you really feel that this is all a matter of religious persecution,
file a statement with the MOscow City Council to that effect, or do you lack
sufficent quantity of the proper genetalia to do so. The bottom line is: If
somebody is subletting their residence without the proper permit, IT IS
AGAINST THE LAW. You remember the law, dontcha? That's the stuff
we are ALL required to abide by.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Me:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I think there is a mild problem hereperhaps for both
sides in the debatewith respect to the role law actually plays in our town,
or any <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> town. I think there is
probably a fair chance that a significant portion of us have technically
violated law or code over the last five years in some way and to some
degree. This might include jay walking, going over the speed limit,
making some innocent tax calculation mistakes, engaging temporarily and
ignorantly in an activity contrary to city code (perhaps because we are
accustomed to a different citys code), etc. This is why there the
difference between a litigious culture and a non-litigious culture is so
practically important to all of us. I would propose (in my own stupidity
to make a point) that law is most effective in a culture somewhere in between;
perhaps this middle ground is secured when folks are educated in the law and
practice a professionalism that often seeks legal counsel, and yet also
understand that litigation, or filing and pushing through complaints, is
usually not a win situation for anyone and a last resort. This
is why I think we should all be concerned about the general equity at issue
here. Do we want to endorse and encourage a use of the law that might
come and bite us next year? Keep in mind, anyone can file a law suit
about anything anytime they want. This becomes particularly problematic
when it is an attorney doing this over a personal gripe. I have felt the
teeth of this latter scenario myself: just make bogus claims, keep filing
things, deceive your opponent into a default judgment, and then enjoy the
negotiation money as your opponent spends his parents inheritance on attorney
fees so that he can finally go on with life. It is possible to abuse the law,
whether you have the facts and the correct interpretation of law on your side
or not. This doesnt happen often here, but it is perhaps a bit more
frequent in <st1:place w:st="on">Southern CA</st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">If we suspect there might have been a murder, then it
makes sense to start turning up rocks to find a culprit and have the law do
what it is supposed to doenact its own vengeance so that we dont try to
enact our own. But residential code serves a different purpose. This is
perhaps why the city will wait until a particular complaint is filed before
they would enforce some aspects of the code. If folks are living in
harmony with one another then there is perhaps not usually reason for
enforcement. For example, if there is a code with respect to exterior lighting
on my house (e.g. wattage limits and direction of lighting), and I break that
code because of some cool lights I just bought at Costco, then I would sure
hope that it is my neighbor who files a complaint after first talking to me
about their concern, and not someone who doesnt like the philosophical
stances I take on my web site. I think this opens the question of
standing. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In sum, I think that the question of standing should
be considered by the city if it is legally possible for them to do so, while
at the same time giving those who filed the complaint full opportunity to
defend their standing. From my point of view, I have heard good
arguments on both sides. And yet, I must still go back to a previous
post of mine and say that all of this will be in vain if the underlying issues
potentially motivating this are not addressed in more sufficient
fashion. Perhaps <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:PersonName></st1:place> and NSA would
like to finally offer a humble stance in this community before the FBI and
Southern Poverty Law Center make another trip.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">My Two Cents<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Michael Metzler <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.
<BR>
http://www.fsr.net
<BR>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>