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<P><FONT size=2>"Saner people will, we hope, study the facts and vote "yes" on the <BR>levy."</FONT><BR></P>
<P>Keely- Those of us who vote Against the levy are still "sane." <BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1@msn.com></I><BR>To: <I>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 16:21:52 -0800</I><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
cites:<BR>><BR>>"I’ve asked this rhetorical question before: why, when the 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>>slowing the rate of education and causing expense for remedial <BR>>actions.<BR>><BR>>4. Public schools have more and more non-educational problems 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:
<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 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
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 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 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
you can't chase all the champagne <BR>>vendors<BR>> > out of town, and then complain about the beer. As a simple matter <BR>>of<BR>> > economics, tax support for the MSD requires a thriving tax 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 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
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 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>> > Board members discussed changing the time the polls would be open <BR>>for<BR>> > the election. Board clerk Annette Erickson reported to the 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 board<BR>> > decided to maintain its current plan to have the election from 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>>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 community to help gather <BR>>input<BR>> > from residents on issues such as neighborhoods and growth.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > <BR>>________________________________________________________________________<BR>> > Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and<BR>> > industry-leading spam and email virus protection.<BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>
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