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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"<FONT face="Times New Roman">Chaney sought City
Council approval to investigate whether state law could<BR>be modified to allow
prohibiting guns in certain public locations, such as<BR>City
Hall."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is, of course, not exactly correct. The
request at that time was to disallow legally carried weapons on city property.
This would/could have been construed as meaning parks, sidewalks, city parking
lots, and even streets. This would have violated Idaho's open carry regs as well
as rendering a persons CWP useless. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It is also my recollection that our esteemed mayors
request went beyond/around the city council and was taken to the state attorney
general who thankfully nixed the whole idiot idea.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From: "Tom Hansen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>thansen@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:45
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Subject: [Vision2020] Schroeder's Tactics
Underhanded</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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face=Arial>> Courtesy of the "Letters to the Editor" section of today's
(November 24,<BR>> 2009) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special thanks to
the Lady from<BR>> Six, Rep. Shirley Ringo.<BR>> <BR>>
-----------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Schroeder's
tactics underhanded<BR>> <BR>> City elections are becoming increasingly
partisan. In our recent mayoral<BR>> election, Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Latah
County, supported John Weber<BR>> aggressively and, I think,
offensively.<BR>> <BR>> Schroeder used a confidential City Council memo
that had been leaked to<BR>> write a stinging letter to the editor -
attacking Mayor Nancy Chaney while<BR>> distorting her views and
actions.<BR>> <BR>> Schroeder also mailed (and paid for) a letter to a
targeted audience<BR>> attacking Chaney, again inaccurately.<BR>> <BR>>
"It's time to remember Nancy Chaney's war on your second amendment<BR>>
rights," he blared. I remember this "war." It stemmed from the concern
of<BR>> city employees who were approached by individuals who were hot under
the<BR>> collar about given issues and who carried guns. Considering news
here and<BR>> around the country, one can understand why these employees were
edgy.<BR>> <BR>> Chaney sought City Council approval to investigate
whether state law could<BR>> be modified to allow prohibiting guns in certain
public locations, such as<BR>> City Hall. The council declined, and she took
it no further.<BR>> <BR>> Incredibly, Schroeder twisted the facts to
suggest Chaney might try to ban<BR>> guns in city limits, speculating that
folks who carry guns would have<BR>> great difficulty passing through Riggins
while attempting to travel to<BR>> south Idaho.<BR>> <BR>> Both
Schroeder's letter to the editor and the mailed letter were timed for<BR>>
the weekend before Election Day - the waning hours of the campaign and
too<BR>> late for Chaney to respond effectively. His 11th-hour tactics
were<BR>> designed to push emotional buttons, not to promote open, civil and
honest<BR>> discussion of the issues.<BR>> <BR>> Schroeder reminds me
of Richard Nixon, who was also intelligent and<BR>> reasonably moderate. It
is said that Nixon didn't have political<BR>> opponents, rather he had
enemies. That is the nature of Schroeder's<BR>> underhanded behavior. He
compromises his own effectiveness.<BR>> <BR>> Shirley Ringo,
Moscow<BR>> <BR>> The writer is a Democrat and District 6 representative
to the Idaho<BR>> Legislature.<BR>> <BR>>
-----------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Ah, yes.
State Senator Gary Schroeder. The very same Senator Gary "Stan<BR>>
Laurel" Schroeder who, along with Moscow Councilman Water "Oliver Hardy"<BR>>
Steed, tried (unsuccessfully) to backdoor legislation through the Idaho<BR>>
legislature allowing the sale of water rights across state lines.<BR>>
<BR>> Well, as Lorne Green once said in a favorite song of mine . . .<BR>>
<BR>> "All through the west they feared the name of Ringo."<BR>> <BR>>
Thanks, Rep. Shirley.<BR>> <BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow,<BR>>
<BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "The Pessimist
complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> and the
Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>> <BR>> - Unknown<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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