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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kerry,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess most of us do what we do based on our
personal feelings, but I wonder what has impacted you to feel a levy is
unnecessary? There are those on this site I know would never vote for a
levy and regardless of their talking around it, that's their bottom line.
Mostly I don't respond to their postings, because I know they really
don't care about the kids in Mocow schools. As Doug Wilson once told
me, "I wouldn't care if every government school in Moscow closed
tomorrow." But others may have legitimate concerns. I tend to
believe you are among that group, so I am wondering what led you to believe
Moscow Schools don't need the money a levy would bring in. I want
something more than, "cut the fat," because I know there hasn't been any fat in
the school district budget for a long, long time. If you disagree, please
be specific. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A> ; <A
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<A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A> ;
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<P>I agree. I would gladly vote for a levy whether my children were in
public schools or not if I thought that money was needed. I just
personally don't feel it is at this time.<BR><BR></P>
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From: <I>"Sue Hovey" <<A
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>></I><BR>To:
<I>"kerry becker" <<A
href="mailto:kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com">kerrybecker6924@hotmail.com</A>>,
<A href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.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>Thu, 25 Jan 2007
18:46:48 -1000</I><BR><BR>
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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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<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
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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:
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>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>> > ><BR>> >
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