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<P>J Ford, I will gladly engage in discussions on this subject with the people on this list mature enough to have one. Therefore I won't be replying to your taunt.</P>
<P>Keely - You seem to have a lot of information on this, can you tell me exactly how the money will be appropriated?<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com></I><BR>To: <I>kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com, vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:22:20 -0800</I><BR>>And just why do you feel it is not? As usual you present rhetoric <BR>>but nothing - that's NADA - to back up your obviously mis-informed <BR>>opinion. So, please - wash us over with your wisdom and insight as <BR>>to why the MSD is not in need of this levy passing.....go on - stop <BR>>just flapping yer gums - TALK!!!!<BR>><BR>>Yeah - didn't think ya had anything.<BR>><BR>>J :]<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>From: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com><BR>>>To: suehovey@moscow.com, kjajmix1@msn.com,
deco@moscow.com, <BR>>>vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>>>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:44:50 -0800<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>I agree. I would gladly vote for a levy whether my children were <BR>>>in public schools or not if I thought that money was needed. I <BR>>>just personally don't feel it is at this time.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey@moscow.com><BR>>>To: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com>, kjajmix1@msn.com, <BR>>>deco@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>>>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:46:48 -1000<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Johnathan Kozol once
shrewdly asked the question, "Why when it's <BR>>>investment in General Motors, for instance, is it referred to as R <BR>>>& D, but when it's funding for public schools it's "throwing money <BR>>>at them?" Just a thought.<BR>>><BR>>>I am retired living on a fixed income, and my children are no <BR>>>longer in Moscow's schools, but when they were, someone whose <BR>>>children were no longer there understood my children's education <BR>>>was also important, so they voted for those levies anyway. I plan <BR>>>to do that for someone else's children when I vote for the levy <BR>>>this time around.<BR>>><BR>>>Sue Hovey<BR>>><BR>>>----- Original Message -----<BR>>>From: kerry becker<BR>>>To: kjajmix1@msn.com ; deco@moscow.com ; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Sent:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:46 PM<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Keely, I currently have two kids in the public schools and I still <BR>>>may not vote for the levy. Throwing money at the situation is <BR>>>always the solution.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1@msn.com><BR>>>To: kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com, deco@moscow.com, <BR>>>vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] MSD is at it again!<BR>>>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:53:34 -0800<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; <BR>>>contrasted<BR>>> >to the idea of worshiping God through a hope for the destruction <BR>>>of<BR>>> >public schools, it was a parallel. As in, one idea that sounds <BR>>>odd<BR>>> >contrasted to another, albeit exaggerated, idea.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >How 'bout<BR>>>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 <BR>>>the<BR>>> >levy."<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> >Keely- Those of us who vote Against the levy are still<BR>>>"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, <BR>>>of<BR>>> > >course, but if one's worship of God requires them to pray for <BR>>>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 <BR>>>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<BR>>>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 <BR>>>need<BR>>> > >more money; and, when the number of students are decreasing, <BR>>>they<BR>>> > >say they need more money?"<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > >1. Inflation, which is greater for some things than others <BR>>>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 <BR>>>local<BR>>> > >school districts, but either does not fund these burdens or <BR>>>funds<BR>>> > >them inadequately.<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> > >3. More and more parents are unwilling to take the time to<BR>>> > >participate with helping their children with their education <BR>>>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 <BR>>>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<BR>>>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 <BR>>>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,<BR>>>when the<BR>>> > >number of<BR>>> > > > students are increasing, do the school districts say they <BR>>>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 <BR>>>the<BR>>> ><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<BR>>>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 <BR>>>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. <BR>>>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 <BR>>>its<BR>>> > >$1.97<BR>>> > > ><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 <BR>>>an<BR>>> > >
> informational newsletter that will hit mailboxes in the <BR>>>coming<BR>>> > >weeks.<BR>>> > > ><BR>>> > > > The newsletter will give a brief explanation of the <BR>>>indefinite<BR>>> > > > supplemental levy. It also will explain how the levy <BR>>>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>>><BR>>> >open<BR>>> > >for<BR>>> > > > the election. Board clerk Annette Erickson reported to the<BR>>> >board<BR>>> >
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