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<P><FONT face="Courier New">Keely, I currently have two kids in the public schools and I still may not vote for the levy. Throwing money at the situation is always the solution.</FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1@msn.com></I><BR>To: <I>kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com, deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:53:34 -0800</I><BR>>My goodness, Kerry. It's a good thing you're not prone to <BR>>defensiveness.<BR>><BR>>"Sane" in this context was a bit of rhetorical hyperbole; contrasted <BR>>to the idea of worshiping God through a hope for the destruction of <BR>>public schools, it was a parallel. As in, one idea that sounds odd <BR>>contrasted to another, albeit exaggerated, idea.<BR>><BR>>How 'bout this: People who vote against the upcoming levy are not <BR>>clinically insane.<BR>><BR>>They are, however, evidently unaware of the difficulties public
<BR>>schools face these days -- or else they're so blinded by hate for <BR>>them that they don't really care.<BR>><BR>>Feel better?<BR>><BR>>keely<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>From: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com><BR>>To: kjajmix1@msn.com, deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:57:11 -0800<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>"Saner people will, we hope, study the facts and vote "yes" on the<BR>>levy."<BR>><BR>><BR>>Keely- Those of us who vote Against the levy are still "sane."<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1@msn.com><BR>>To: deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it
again!<BR>>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:21:52 -0800<BR>> >Thanks, Wayne, for the info you presented here. You're right, of<BR>> >course, but if one's worship of God requires them to pray for the<BR>> >destruction of public schools, well . . . not much is gonna<BR>> >penetrate.<BR>> ><BR>> >Saner people will, we hope, study the facts and vote "yes" on the<BR>> >levy.<BR>> ><BR>> >keely<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >From: "Art Deco" <deco@moscow.com><BR>> >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>> >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:10:47 -0800<BR>> ><BR>> >The vapid Lemon-O<BR>>cites:<BR>> ><BR>> >"I’ve asked this rhetorical question before: why, when the <BR>>number<BR>> >of students are
increasing, do the school districts say they need<BR>> >more money; and, when the number of students are decreasing, they<BR>> >say they need more money?"<BR>> ><BR>> >1. Inflation, which is greater for some things than others and<BR>> >most likely impacts schools more than many other activities.<BR>> ><BR>> >2. Requirements from the unfunded/underfunded "No Child Left<BR>> >Behind," a Bush program which places additional burdens on local<BR>> >school districts, but either does not fund these burdens or funds<BR>> >them inadequately.<BR>> ><BR>> >3. More and more parents are unwilling to take the time to<BR>> >participate with helping their children with their education thus<BR>><BR>> >slowing the rate of education and causing expense
for remedial<BR>> >actions.<BR>> ><BR>> >4. Public schools have more and more non-educational problems <BR>>to<BR>> >deal with, many of them wrought by inadequate/irresponsible<BR>> >parenting.<BR>> ><BR>> >5. Etc.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >Also Lemon-O, it is nice of you to pass on these nuggets of<BR>> >illogical rhetoric from chicken-shit Courtney's web-blot as he<BR>> >covers in fear of being found out by those he thinks he is<BR>> >preventing from accessing his pathetic efforts to be almost as<BR>> >vapid, and certainly at least as dishonest and hypocritical as you<BR>> >are.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR>> >deco@moscow.com<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >----- Original Message -----<BR>>
>From: <heirdoug@netscape.net><BR>> >To:<BR>><vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:47 PM<BR>> >Subject: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > > My latest installment for those under the ban!<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:13 PM Right-Mind<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > MSD to send out newsletter to residents regarding levy increase<BR>> > > I’ll post a copy of this as soon as I get it.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > I’ve asked this rhetorical question before: why, when the<BR>> >number of<BR>> > > students are increasing, do the school districts say they need<BR>> >more<BR>> > > money; and, when the number of students are decreasing, they <BR>>say<BR>> >they<BR>> > >
need more money?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Here’s what one local blogger had to say about this:<BR>> > ><BR>> > > But in this case, and in this<BR>>election, I think all these<BR>> >standard<BR>> > > issues are really beside the point. The real point in this<BR>> >election is<BR>> > > one of simple affordability. The major industry in town (the<BR>> >University<BR>> > > of Idaho) is in serious decline. Our Moscow civic leadership <BR>>has<BR>> >been<BR>> > > busy chasing new prospective businesses out of town. Within the<BR>> >next<BR>> > > year, a good portion of the tax base is going to move just <BR>>across<BR>> >the<BR>> > > state line, and the businesses in the new mall there will no<BR>> >doubt set<BR>> > > up some blinking lights to summon
Moscow shoppers over. Ross<BR>> >Perot's<BR>> > > famous phrase about the giant sucking sound comes to mind.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Another illustration that comes to mind is the one about<BR>> >champagne<BR>> > > tastes and a beer budget. And<BR>>you can't chase all the champagne<BR>> >vendors<BR>> > > out of town, and then complain about the beer. As a simple <BR>>matter<BR>> >of<BR>> > > economics, tax support for the MSD requires a thriving tax <BR>>base.<BR>> >When<BR>> > > you cut the latter, you cut the former. Some might want to<BR>> >complain, if<BR>> > > this levy goes down, that it was the nefarious work of home<BR>> >schoolers,<BR>> > > Christian conservatives, or what not. But this one appears to <BR>>me<BR>> >to<BR>> > > have been
done already, without any opponents of "government<BR>> >schools"<BR>> > > lifting a finger.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > No, this was done by the liberals running the Moscow show. You<BR>> >can't<BR>> > > take a chain saw to the orchard, and wonder resentfully the<BR>> >following<BR>> > > autumn about the apple shortage.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > As<BR>>reported in today's edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > The Moscow School District is moving forward with plans for its<BR>> >$1.97<BR>> > > million supplemental levy increase, which will go before voters<BR>> >March<BR>> > > 27.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Superintendent Candis Donicht worked with the district’s <BR>>school<BR>> >board<BR>> > > members during their Tuesday
meeting to develop a draft of an<BR>> > > informational newsletter that will hit mailboxes in the coming<BR>> >weeks.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > The newsletter will give a brief explanation of the indefinite<BR>> > > supplemental levy. It also will explain how the levy increase<BR>> >works,<BR>> > > what it will cost taxpayers, and what it pays for within the<BR>> >district.<BR>> > > The newsletter also will answer other basic questions.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > > Board members discussed changing the time the polls would be <BR>>open<BR>> >for<BR>> > > the election. Board clerk Annette Erickson reported to the <BR>>board<BR>> >the<BR>> > > effects of a 7:30 a.m. opening of the polls that had been<BR>> >suggested at<BR>> > > their December meeting by board
member Margaret Dibble. The <BR>>board<BR>> > > decided to maintain its current plan to have the election from <BR>>8<BR>> >a.m.<BR>> > > to 8 p.m. at the Exhibit Building of the Latah County<BR>> >Fairgrounds.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Board members also discussed how to support and offer their<BR>> >assistance<BR>> > > to groups of parents who want to support the levy.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > In other news, Donicht reported on the district’s first<BR>> >participation<BR>> > > in the city of Moscow’s 18-month long-range planning process.<BR>><BR>> >Three<BR>> > > district administrators and two board members participated in a<BR>> > > facilitator training session about 10 days ago. If selected by<BR>> >the<BR>> > > city, they will go into sections of the
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