BL -<br>
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It seems to me a huge amount of administrative time and a sizable chunk
of money was paid out a short time ago in what many perceived to be a
misguided attempt to build a new high school. I don't remember
the district nor its patrons being overly concerned about this expense
- but then it was something MSD wholly embraced. I got the
impression this (a new high school) was something so wonderful and
necessary that only a fool or a curmudgeon could be against it.
Huh. I think MSD was a bit off-target on that particular issue.<br>
<br>
Now we have an issue which seems to have a significant amount of
interest and support from the locals (read taxpayers), yet it is
probably NOT something MSD is totally embracing. So this makes an
attempt to resolve this issue with prejudice (i.e. end of story) a
totally unnecessary expenditure of time and money?? And if Dr.
Weitz loses, cannot the district have court costs and associated legal
fees paid for by the plaintiff?<br>
<br>
I think MSD has a concern, but I'm not so sure it's main focus is an unnecessary expenditure of time and money.<br>
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Schwaller<br>
<br>
"Be concerned. Be very concerned."<br>
(with apologies to Veronica Quaife)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill London</b> <<a href="mailto:london@moscow.com">london@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">your question: "<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If Dr. Weitz's claim has no legal merit, then why would MSD have any
concern?"</font></font></div>
<div>my response: a huge amount of administrative time and a sizable chunk of
money (as in paid by local taxes to the district) will have to be used to fight
this suit. Of course the district, and its patrons, are concerned.</div>
<div>BL</div>
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<b>From:</b>
<a title="vpschwaller@gmail.com" href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Glenn
Schwaller</a> </div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:10 PM
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Weitz is a civic
terrorist?</div>
<div><br></div>Ms. Emerinemix,<br><br>I don't know if there is any merit to
Dr. Weitz's claim. I believe that the foundation for any argument is "is
this position valid?" With something as complex and potentially
dangerous and damaging as the illlegality of a tax-based ballot measure, I
have no problem with someone questions its validity. Dr. Weitz has
wisely chosen to use the law to determine if his claim has merit. Many
will discount this as "frivolity" and cite a laundry list of reasons based on
gut-wrenching emotion (oh the poor kids! The poor teachers! The
poor administration!) and avoid considering a more insidious outcome of
allowing a group to unfairly and inappropriately tax the public for whatever
it is they want (be it schools, roads, parks, athletic centers). This
potentially could set a precedence by which any group could do the same
thing. If Dr. Weitz's claim has no legal merit, then why would MSD have
any concern? I for one would rather see the law surrounding this issue
clearly delineated than to see some other, possibly more unsavory group, use
the same tactics to fund their particular
interest.<br><br>Schwaller<br><br>"The bigger they are, the harder they fall
on you"<br> Mark Knopfler<br>
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