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You have more faith that frivolous lawsuits will be found to be
frivolous and thrown out of court than the Moscow School District
apparently does. Myself, I'd be sure to cut back on expenses if I
feared that a monetary judgement might be awarded against me despite
the fact that I'm innocent. I can always go wantonly throw my money
away in a fit of conspicuous consumption *after* I've won the suit.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
Donovan Arnold wrote:
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The news isn't new Hansen, but the action still remains unexplained. If
the suit is so warrant-less and frivolous, as is claimed by you and MSD
Administrators, why bother with the freeze at all? You wouldn't stop
feeding your wife if someone sued you on a frivolous charge and you
knew and believed you would easily win? I sure wouldn't change my
lifestyle on something that I knew was not serious.</div>
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<div>If MSD froze assets by choice, causing "Great Harm" to the
children, one would think the only reason they would is because they
believed that there was a legitimate chance of a win by Weitz. Weitz
would only have a strong chance of winning if he had a strong legal
argument. Otherwise our only conclusion would be that they are freezing
assets for the purpose of only pressuring teachers and students and
others involved to use the public to win the case rather than the legal
merits of the case. </div>
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<div>I want to believe that MSD would never cause "great harm" to
children for the purposes of politics. In order to do so, I must
conclude they seriously believe that they may have broken the law in
the collection of taxes from the people of Moscow and Latah. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Donovan</div>
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<b><i>Tom Hansen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a></i></b> wrote:</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has frozen its
budget (and put several teachers on notice, I might add) as a
precautionary measure, should Dr. Weitz’ hissy fit be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">This has
been explained several times right here on the Viz. It is what big
boys and girls do, <st1:City w:st="on">Arnold</st1:City>, when the
possibility exists that the money they were promised (in this case, by
the people of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>)
might not be realized.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">On May 25
many teachers’ contracts are up for renewal. As a matter of precaution
. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Why does
this sound like old news to everybody but <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Seeya round
town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">"I think one of
the best ways to support education is to make successful private
schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."<br>
<br>
- Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)</span></font><o:p></o:p></div>
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style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font
face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Donovan Arnold
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May
19, 2007 9:14 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen;
Vision 2020<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Why did MSD
freeze its budget???</span></font><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">"In other developments, the school district
has frozen its budget while the legal proceedings edge forward."<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">If MSD is so certain that it was correct in
how it collects its revenue as being legal, why would it do something
so harsh as to freeze "its budget while the legal proceedings edge
forward." They are not required to do this by law. Why would they
damage kids like this for every little meritless lawsuit filed against
them? <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">The fact appears to me, that MSD has chosen
to fire teachers and make life hard on the students unnecessarily.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Donovan <br>
<br>
<b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Tom
Hansen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">>From today's (May 19, 2007)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News -<br>
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School district files legal response to lawsuit<br>
MSD outlines defense, seeks dismissal of suit filed by Weitz <br>
<br>
By Kate Baldwin, Daily News staff writer<br>
<br>
Saturday, May 19, 2007 - Page Updated at 12:00:00 AM<br>
<br>
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
filed a legal answer Thursday that poses 18<br>
defenses and asks for dismissal of a lawsuit that challenges up to $7.6<br>
million in indefinite supplemental levy funding.<br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
dentist Gerald Weitz filed the lawsuit against the district May 3 in<br>
Latah County District Court. His lawsuit contends that the district's<br>
indefinite levy - approved by voters in 1992 - should be invalid
because the<br>
election allegedly did not meet the statutory requirements of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> law. He<br>
also argues that any subsequent levy increases that followed the 1992<br>
election should be invalid. This includes the $1.97 million increase
that<br>
voters approved March 27.<br>
<br>
The main point of the answer to the lawsuit is simple, said the
district's<br>
attorney Brian Julian, of Boise-firm <st1:City w:st="on">Anderson</st1:City>,
Julian and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hull</st1:place></st1:City>,
LLP.<br>
<br>
"You can't wait 10 to 15 years to complain about an election," he said.<br>
<br>
Elections have to be contested in "a very narrow time frame," Julian
said.<br>
<br>
Weitz's suit covers multiple elections from 1992 to 2007 but Julian
contends<br>
only the 2007 election falls within the state's 40-day requirement for<br>
challenging elections. Even at that, Julian argues that Weitz may not
have<br>
met the state's requirements because he alleges that Weitz didn't use
the<br>
proper statute to contest the election.<br>
<br>
"This is a very technical area of law," said Julian, who described the<br>
district's response to the lawsuit as "comprehensive" because it uses
all of<br>
the statutory and common law defenses available.<br>
<br>
Julian said the Legislature has created certain methods to contest
elections<br>
but a person has to strictly comply with every requirement in order to
do<br>
so. Otherwise allowing deviations from the requirements - like the time<br>
element - would disenfranchise voters, he said.<br>
<br>
Voting "is perhaps our most fundamental right that we enjoy as
citizens," he<br>
said. "It is an interesting thing No one likes to have their vote
thrown out<br>
in any manner."<br>
<br>
Beyond legal minutiae, Julian disagrees with the premise of the suit.<br>
<br>
"We believe the bond election was absolutely properly put before the
public<br>
and there is nothing inherently wrong with the method used," he said.<br>
<br>
Julian said the district's defense focuses mainly on opposing the<br>
injunction, claiming different statutory defenses and raising the
question<br>
of whether Weitz had appropriate standing to bring the lawsuit.<br>
<br>
Weitz did not return repeated calls seeking comment. His attorney, Brian<br>
Thie, of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>,
could not be reached for comment.<br>
<br>
In other developments, the school district has frozen its budget while
the<br>
legal proceedings edge forward. A court date has not yet been set,
although<br>
Julian expects the case to move forward on a rapid trial schedule.<br>
<br>
Julian said he's waiting for the assignment of a new judge after Latah<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">District Court</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
Judge John Stegner recused himself from the case late<br>
Thursday.<br>
<br>
Though community members have begun asking about the possibility of<br>
mediation, Julian said he didn't expect it to happen.<br>
<br>
"I don't think this is the type of case where mediation would really
work,"<br>
he said.<br>
<br>
Julian said there have been no discussions of it, but the lawsuit has
just<br>
started.<br>
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Seeya round town, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
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