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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Johnathan Kozol once shrewdly asked the question,
"Why when it's investment in General Motors, for instance, is it referred to as
R & D, but when it's funding for public schools it's "throwing money at
them?" Just a thought. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am retired living on a fixed income, and my
children are no longer in Moscow's schools, but when they were, someone whose
children were no longer there understood my children's education was also
important, so they voted for those levies anyway. I plan to do that for
someone else's children when I vote for the levy this time around. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue Hovey</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com
href="mailto:kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com">kerry becker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</A> ; <A title=deco@moscow.com
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:46
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it
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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" <<A
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</A>></I><BR>To: <I><A
href="mailto:kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com">kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com</A>,
<A href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A>, <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></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
community to help <BR>>gather<BR>> >input<BR>> > > from
residents on issues such as neighborhoods and growth.<BR>> >
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