<DIV>Is there like an insect exterminator, but for hippies instead of insects? Moscow has been over run with paleo hippies. They are like everywhere and are eating all our progress and prosperity. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <STYLE> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </STYLE> Law, Donovan. Law. Not hippies, paleo- and otherwise, but LAW -- statutes, code, and all of those other things that appear to have you confused. Law is what makes MSD unable to usher in an era of "conciliation" by setting aside the results of an election. Period. <BR><BR>The downfall of MSD will have nothing to do with vanity, or whatever it is you meant to say. It may well be, however, brought about by those
who pretend to know much and truly know very little.<BR><BR>I am actually, right now, wearing tye-dye and Birkenstocks, and yet I mentioned in my post that I had been critical of MSD before. Make of that what you will -- a stunning paradigm shift? an overhaul of your worldview? a challenge to all that's good and holy? -- but please don't pretend to grasp things that clearly have eluded you. <BR><BR>keely<BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">"And these women that you spit on as they try to change their worlds/</SPAN><BR style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Are immune to your consultations . . . they're quite aware of what they're going through"</SPAN><BR>(With apologies to David Bowie)<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:51:27 -0700<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] tonight's school board meeting<BR>To: london@moscow.com; kjajmix1@msn.com;
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><BR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bill London writes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>"It sure looks to me like Harter and all are offering extortion, not concilation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Like some kind of bizarre coup d'etat, a tiny group of grumpy guys decide to sue the school district -- and then offer to drop the suit IF the school district will agree to binding arbitration. . ." </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As opposed to the grumpy old paleo hippies that see no wrong could ever come from the MSD. Many respectable community members would very much like to see a peaceful solution to this problem. But unfortunately, due to false pride, the MSD would rather lose a huge portion of its funding than admit it could have ever made a mistake. The vanity of MSD will be its downfall. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Bill London <london@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=EC_replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Keely for your cogent analysis of the district suit situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>It sure looks to me like Harter and all are offering extortion, not concilation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Like some kind of bizarre coup d'etat, a tiny group of grumpy guys decide to sue the school district -- and then offer to drop the suit IF the school district will agree to binding arbitration -- which is a guaranteed win for them, and a huge affront to the democratic process that decided the fate of the original levy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>BL</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:
0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228) 0% 50%; FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"><B>From:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] tonight's school board meeting</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Visionaires,<BR><BR>It looks to me that the school board meeting
tonight will feature Don Harter and his plea for a "conciliatory" resolution to the Weitz lawsuit challenging the validity of the recent supplemental levy increase. Undoubtedly it will feature further discussion of the issues Harter will raise. Board Chair Dawn Fazio's statement in the Daily News yesterday made sense, insofar as it outlined the board's willingness to let Harter speak -- as it allows and encourages all stakeholders to air concerns during the meetings -- and yet made it clear that the Board has no intention, even if it could, of overthrowing the will of those voters who, by majority, voted for the increase.<BR><BR>I'm heartened that the trustees took steps to frame the debate in clear, concise, and correct terms; I've often been critical of MSD for responding slowly or not at all when its integrity is challenged, particularly when the challenge has been based not only on anti-public schools vitriol but misleading, incorrect information. My
hope is that the board continue to state what Fazio said yesterday and what Dr. Donicht has previously said. Those points are simple, and I hope that they are clearly repeated by the trustees tonight. <BR><BR>Here's what I hope the board offers prior to and after Harter's comments:<BR><BR>1. The district did not initiate the litigation it is now involved in; a disgruntled patron did. Now it's in the court system -- there's no backing out for either the defendant or the plaintiff. Once the suit is filed and finds a hearing, not even the most disingenuously worded petition can act as an "oops" sufficient to relieve the plaintiff of the responsibility for what he has begun.<BR><BR>2. The district believes it has acted in accord with state law in running the levy. Weitz, et al, believe it didn't. The judge gets to decide who's right.<BR><BR>3. A petition asking that the district remove itself from litigation not of
its own initiative in order to offer or accept an olive branch by way of re-running the levy election is not only unfair but impossible -- and asks the district to deny the will of the voters who approved the increase. It's not only a legal impossibility, but sets a terrible precedent: that election results can be overthrown under the guise of "conciliation." Nice words don't make for good policy, and the Board needs to make that clear.<BR><BR>There's no need tonight to argue the merits of the case, a case I believe MSD will win. But Harter should realize, and the community should know, that while MSD is accommodating his desire to speak tonight, it's because MSD allows and encourages all community members to do so -- not because Harter's offer of "conciliation" merits serious consideration. A "make nice" petition sounds like a great exercise in bringing together a community stung by one man's crusade to hamstring it. But
Harter's request isn't an olive branch at all, just an attempt to ease the consequences felt by Weitz and make MSD's enemies look like its saviors. Government by petition isn't effective. In this case, it's not even possible. Because even if a petition could end the standoff and honor the law, the electorate, and the kids, such a thing -- setting aside the will of the voters -- would be an act of monumental ill will. The lack of goodwill here is not MSD's fault. Neither is the discomfort felt by Dr. Weitz as he realizes the depth of the community's displeasure with him.<BR><BR>I obviously chose to be a more "activist" trustee than the current trustees have, but I hope that on this, we agree that a firm, fair telling of the facts is imperative -- and not just tonight. Harter may choose to bring the circus into town, but the Board can respect his rights as a citizen without jumping through the hoops he's set out for
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