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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary, Is my letter inappropriate because it
is not a legal treatise on the merits of the case? Is my letter
inappropriate because it comes from someone who is a former teacher? Is my
letter inappropriate because it contains a bias (not without merit, I believe)
which comes from my own contact with a man for whom I used to have great
respect, but who I believe would destroy that which he has help build in order
to make a point? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And lastly: Is a letter from me inappropriate
because it contains my opinion? If that is true, then just what makes your
comment below appropriate?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue </FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jampot@adelphia.net href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net">g. crabtree</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision
2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 18, 2007 4:21 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] A Lack of
Empathy</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How come the explanation offered up to the
precocious little inquisitors isn't "the school district may have made an
error when they ran the supplemental levy and a concerned patron
called us on it?" or the pleasantly terse and even more
neutral, "procedural questions need to be resolved." Injecting opinion
and invective into the answer only serves to rile the tots. Of course
there can be no question but what that was, and is, the desired
outcome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far I have seen no argument from levy
supporters on this topic that speaks to the merits of the case. What I have
seen in spades is the vilification of a man who has done much for the students
of the Moscow School District. From what quarter does the castigation come?
Why surprise surprise, it appears to be board members, (past & present)
teachers, (former, current and hopeful) and an
ever expanding administration, surely they couldn't have any personal
bias regarding this issue, could they? A letter such as the
response to Mr. Neff & Co. is simply more of the same.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Tom Hansen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>thansen@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Vision 2020" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:30 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [Vision2020] A Lack of
Empathy</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> >From today's (May 18, 2007) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with
thanks to Sue<BR>> Hovey -<BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> A lack of empathy<BR>> <BR>> To John Neff, et. al.<BR>>
<BR>> When students ask new teachers if the Gerald Weitz lawsuit means they
are<BR>> losing their jobs, how should they respond (Opinion, May 10)? How
do they<BR>> demonize him when they tell the truth? All supplies teachers
need until<BR>> school is out must be purchased from their own personal
funds. How, then, do<BR>> their words of frustration vilify Weitz? He is,
after all, the source of the<BR>> problem. <BR>> <BR>> The teachers
being released won't be here next year even if this mess is<BR>> settled in
30 days. Why? Because they can't afford to sit around to see what<BR>>
happens, and they won't have to. Good teachers can always get jobs.
Then<BR>> when the lawsuit is settled in the district's favor, as I believe
it will<BR>> be, Moscow will be scrounging for bodies who haven't already
been hired to<BR>> fill those vacancies. And that assumes a settlement
before September. After<BR>> that, who knows? <BR>> <BR>> Weitz says
he is doing this for kids. Yeah, right.<BR>> <BR>> Those who know Weitz
never underestimate his will to control at any cost,<BR>> his cunning, and
his enormous driving ego. He knows exactly what he is<BR>> doing. He even
appears willing to destroy the programs he claims to support<BR>> if that's
part of the cost.<BR>> <BR>> Weitz knows it really doesn't matter
whether he wins the lawsuit or not; I<BR>> suspect he may not even care
that much, for by filing it he has already won<BR>> the critical first
round inflicting punishment not only on those who dared<BR>> to disobey,
but on the children they teach. He's validating the threat he<BR>> made to
a district employee to take this district down.<BR>> <BR>> Teachers must
be careful when they deal with emotional issues, but given the<BR>>
circumstances, I really do not understand your complete lack of empathy
for<BR>> their plight.<BR>> <BR>> Sue Hovey, Moscow<BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow,
Idaho<BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men."
<BR>> <BR>> - Thomas Paine (English Writer, 1737-1809)<BR>> <BR>>
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