Tom,<br> <br> I am glad your experiences with Aaron have been positive. Mine have not. The first time I met him was at the MCA debate two years ago. I was handing out fliers for Linda Pike before the debate because she was still in Troy at another debate. When I reached Aaron Ament, he stated he would never support Linda Pike, and went off on a tangent about her that was not so nice. <br> <br> A second time I tried to engage him was during the first NSA hearing. There is he was an ass too. He was an ass also to city administrators to the point where the Mayor and Linda Pall had to cut him off from his out of order behavior DURING a city council meeting.<br> <br> He has also called every student and member of NSA and Christ Church an android, among other things publicly. He has tried to pass special legislation against groups of people in this community. He has verbally attacked members of this community for their religious beliefs.<br> <br> I too almost
voted for the guy because Walter Steed was way to conservative for me and I opposed Steed on over half of his positions. But I didn't vote for Aaron, because I could not vote for a guy that sticks his yard sign in the grass lot a person he bashed publicly for character issues just a year before. To me, there is something wrong with that picture. <br> <br> So I am glad Tom, that you have something positive to report because it would be disappointing if my experiences were the only ones. I sure that Aaron is loved by many, and he represents the interests of many people. But I have not seen it, and he does not represent me. <br> <br> Take Care,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">Wow! Donovan, have you met Aaron Ament? Some would characterize Aaron as an extreme liberal because he openly voices
his opinions. I find that refreshing. In my opinion, there is nothing worse than a politician that won't state where they stand on the issues. With Aaron, you always know where he stands. If you would take the time to get to know Aaron, he is very much a centrist. Believe it or not, he is a fiscal conservative with social values. That puts him right in the middle of the mix, a moderate. Another refreshing thing about Aaron is that he is very accessible. He likes to sit down and discuss ideas with constituents. Give him a call and meet him for coffee. He loves coffee and Moscow! -Tom<br><br><b><i>Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote: <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><pre><tt>"I'll give you an ex!<br> ample:<br> for more than a decade, Jesse Helms was a <br>commentator on WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North
Carolina. You complain about <br>Aaron having referred (on his radio show) to NSA as an education free <br>zone? Jesse Helms spouted off about miscegenation, the joys of <br>segregation, his hatred for gays, lesbians, non-Christians, and <br>Democrats, you name it." _Joan Opyr<br><br>Interesting that Aaron Ament's bigotry can only be defended by<br>contrasting his behavior to racist Senator Jesse Helms. And<br>that contrast is from his friends. <br><br>Take Care,<br><br>_DJA <br></tt></pre><br><br><b><i>Joan Opyr <joanopyr@moscow.com></i></b> wrote: <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Dear Visionaries:<br><br>Greg Dickison has filed a public records request asking for, among <br>other things, recordings of Liberal Island, a radio talk show that <br>Aaron Ament hosted before he was elected to public office. Th! e key <br>word here is "before." When Aaron announced his candidacy, he
left <br>KRFP and stopped doing his radio show. Why? Conflict of interest. <br>It's bad form to run for office with a megaphone in your hand. Also, <br>the KRFP board (and the FCC) have rules about these sorts of things; <br>Aaron has cheerfully and correctly followed these rules.<br><br>About Gary Crabtree's questions regarding whether or not Aaron's <br>statements on Liberal Island should oblige him to recuse himself from <br>the New St. Andrews zoning vote: they're good questions, but the <br>answer is no. Unless Greg Dickison, Doug Farris, or Gary can point to <br>something/anything Aaron has said or done to disqualify himself in this <br>matter since he ceased to be a private citizen and became an elected <br>official, then there are no grounds for recusal.<br><br>I'll give you an example: for more than a decade, Jesse Helms was a <br>commentator on WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. You complain about ! <br>Aaron having referred (on his radio show) to NSA as an
education free <br>zone? Jesse Helms spouted off about miscegenation, the joys of <br>segregation, his hatred for gays, lesbians, non-Christians, and <br>Democrats, you name it. When he decided to run for the U. S. Senate, <br>he stepped down from his job at WRAL and became Candidate Helms rather <br>than Talk Show Helms. Not once during his four terms in the U. S. <br>Senate did he recuse himself from a vote on civil rights, on employment <br>nondiscrimination, on religious issues, gay and lesbian issues, AIDS <br>funding, or anything else about which he'd spoken as a TV commentator.<br><br>What grounds do Greg, Doug Farris, et al, have for demanding Aaron <br>recuse himself in the NSA matter? The personal opinions he expressed <br>as a private citizen? Not good enough. You might also, while you're <br>at it, ask Bob Stout to step aside on matters relating to Moscow's <br>police union -- he is strongly in favor of the police! union and, in <br>fact, campaigned on
this issue. Let's also Jon Weber to step aside on <br>matters related to appliance sales as he co-owns the Sears store. John <br>Dickinson could step aside if anything comes up having to do with the <br>Kenworthy, as he's the founder of Sirius Idaho Theatre, and Linda Pall <br>should never, ever speak on legal matters, as she's a practicing <br>attorney. As for Mayor Chaney, well, God help us if anything to do <br>with nursing should come before the City Council because she's a real <br>live RN. I'll bet she has strong opinions on the subject of decubitus <br>ulcers.<br><br>Finally, about recordings of Liberal Island -- until last fall, when <br>KRFP began podcasting over the Internet, the station did not (as far as <br>I know) record any of its programs. Not mine; not Aaron's; not even <br>Emily Poor's wonderful Americana show. If any recordings exist, it's <br>because friends recorded the show off the radio. I have copies of my <br>show bec! ause Tom Hansen very
generously records it each and every week <br>and makes it available on the web for download. This means that my <br>grandmother in Raleigh can listen to me tell scandalous stories about <br>the family and do impersonations of her views in her accent. (I love <br>my grandmother to pieces, but she's often unintentionally hilarious.)<br><br>I am specifically named in Greg's public records request. He seems to <br>be under the impression that there's a broad conspiracy against NSA <br>involving Aaron and a bunch of unrelated folk -- I only know about half <br>of the people Greg has named in his PR request -- a conspiracy that <br>might have been preserved for time and eternity via recordings of <br>Liberal Island and Aaron's City of Moscow email account. As fishing <br>trips go, this one wouldn't pull up a tiddler. It's goofy thinking, <br>and it's paranoid -- it also reveals more about the inner workings of <br>Christ Church than any critique I've ever offered. Bu! t, to
show that I <br>don't do conspiracies, that I have nothing to be ashamed of and <br>certainly nothing to hide, I'll make Greg an unconditional offer -- I <br>have two personal recordings of Liberal Island. One is Aaron's <br>interview with Bill London, dated April 5th, 2005. The other is <br>Aaron's interview with me. I went on Liberal Island in December of <br>2004 to talk about Moscow's 49% Rally, a protest that took place on <br>George W. Bush's second inauguration day. (If you want to know more <br>about the 49% Rally, either visit my website and go to the links page, <br>or Google your way through Dale Courtney's blog. He was at the rally, <br>typing notes and taking pictures.) I will send Greg copies of both of <br>these shows, and he can do with them what he will.<br><br>If he'd like a complete set of The Auntie Establishment and Brother <br>Carl Show, I'd be happy to send him that as well. Free of charge. We <br>play some damned good music on the show, I must say,
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