Keely,<br> <br> No, it is in fact I and the rest of Moscow that owe you the great thanks for sitting this one out! You certainly are one that makes the other two candidates look like viable alternatives. Perhaps they will be honest and not make the board look like a circus. <br> <br> And no, sorry, I do have the right to complain, ever read the First Amendment? I guess you haven't. My freedom of expression is to say NONE OF THE ABOVE. Kicked in Nuts vs. Bashed in Head, are not legitimate choices on a ballot. I think by designing the election so that only wealthy or retired people that can afford to run and serve in office is not democracy, it is rigging the election. Anyone that has 50 extra hours a month to spend in meetings at NO pay is certainly not in the same situation as most people I know in Moscow. <br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16,
16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Donovan,<br><br>Margaret doesn't deserve your scorn, and I'm sorry you find trusteeship to <br>be so useless and ignoble. I admire the people running and I appreciate <br>Bill London's defense of the board trustees.<br><br>If you're not going to vote, it means you really lose your right to <br>complain, much less comment, on local affairs.<br><br>For which I'm in the odd and uncomfortable position of . . . thanking you <br>for sitting this one out.<br><br>keely<br><br><br>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""><br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Not Votng anymore-Waste of Time<br>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:32:11 -0700 (PDT)<br><br>I think I speak with the majority when I say I am not going to vote. At <br>least not in elections that offer no choice, it is a waste of my time.<br><br> I have always voted, since I was 18, in every primary, school election, <br>general election, you name
it, I always voted. But not anymore. I think it <br>is waste of time. And frankly, I don't care anymore. The two on the ticket <br>are as equally bad and NONE are even addressing the real concerns and <br>issues facing our city, county, state, and nation. So why waste the time.<br><br> Furthermore, I can say, that there is nobody that I have ever voted for <br>that has not let me down in a BIG time way. So why reward them with a vote? <br>Until our election system is fair, uncorrupted, and the elected candidates <br>actually do something about the problems we have while in office, I am not <br>going to vote anymore.<br><br> Show me a candidate that is going to benefit society to a greater extent <br>than they will benefit from being in office, show me a candidate that is <br>willing to sacrifice himself/herself for the people, show me a candidate <br>that is going to make REAL positive meaningful change. Show me a candidate <br>that is in politics for
others, not themselves, show me a candidate that <br>does not bitch and blame others when they lose, show me a candidate that <br>cares more about the welfare of our community then if they actually win the <br>office, and then, I will get back into a voting booth.<br><br> Don't be a political whore. Don't give your vote to someone because they <br>are the best of the worst. Vote for someone because they REALLY earned your <br>vote, talked to you in person, made a real effort to hear your concerns and <br>address them. I have not heard any candidate yet do that, so they don't get <br>my vote.<br><br> _Donovan J Arnold<br><br><br><br><br>Tom Hansen <thansen @moscow.com=""> wrote: keely stated:<br><br>"Not long ago, I was sent a letter inviting me to join a secret society of<br>cognoscenti and elites that has existed worldwide for more than a century.<br>It was, the letter assured me, because one of its members had noticed my<br>leadership qualities and superior
intellect and submitted my name to the<br>group, which immediately sent me a letter asking that I join them. But it<br>was all a secret, a hallowed society of moguls, mavens, and meritocracy that<br><br>sought my company -- as long as I swore to keep it secret."<br><br>I'll bet keely knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried, huh?<br><br>t hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving<br>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in<br>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used<br>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<br><br><br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> http://www.fsr.net<br>
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