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<DIV>Why are you only insistent that UI only not discriminate veterans? What about the disabled, woman, gays and lesbians, and nontraditional students?</DIV>
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<DIV>Then again, is it discrimination when they treat everyone badly?</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 4/10/09, bear@moscow.com <I><bear@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: bear@moscow.com <bear@moscow.com><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] U of I Discrimination to Veterans<BR>To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 8:07 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Tom and Visionaries,<BR><BR>I opened the paper this morning and discovered the our Congressman, Walt <SPAN>Minnick</SPAN>, will be<BR>the <BR>graduation speaker at U of I this year.<BR><BR>I sent him the following, and request that if you support our returning veterans, you join<BR>in and <BR>send him a message also. It is too easy to feel good and support returning veterans by <BR>wrapping a yellow ribbon around a tree, please support veterans by doing something<BR>positive, <BR>even if it only involves sending our elected and appointed officials an e-mail.<BR><BR>"Walt,<BR>I am very disappointed that you have decided to appear as the graduation speaker at the <BR>University of Idaho, as they openly discriminate against the veterans of the state of<BR>Idaho by <BR>refusing to comply with Idaho Code 65 in regards to veteran hiring preferences. The <BR>University, because of it's constitutional status does not have a veterans
preference even<BR><BR>though all other the other government entities are required to comply with the state law.<BR>Your <BR>appearance at the U of I as their speaker, lends the support of your office to their<BR>flagrant <BR>position. If you have any doubts about the U of I's policy, I can send you the<BR>documentation I <BR>received from the hiring manager, MsKathy Vellegas. I also wrote to the acting president<BR>of the <BR>university, and have to date been ignored. As you know, the state legislature has recently<BR><BR>approved a proposal to change the constitution of Idaho to enable the university to charge<BR><BR>tuition, but as this referendum to change the constitution does nothing to make the<BR>university <BR>comply, I will be campaigning against it."<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR>This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.com/"
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