<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Perhaps Latah can institute a religious litmus test for all public officials and those that use taxpayer funds or get tax breaks. This would just make everything so much easier. A simple majority vote is all we should need to pass it right?</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan J. Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 10/28/10, Joe Campbell <I><philosopher.joe@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Head's Up: Sheriff's Office<BR>To: "Saundra Lund" <v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm><BR>Cc: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 12:53 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Wow! They are already using the police against their political<BR>enemies. At least Nixon had the decency to wait until he was elected.<BR><BR>Serious questions: Are they investigating <SPAN><SPAN>Bouma</SPAN></SPAN>? If not, there is<BR>something irresponsible about the investigation. And it seems silly to<BR>be interviewing folks. The postcards were stamped, right? Wouldn't it<BR>be easy enough to track down who would have purchased such a large<BR>number of stamps of that type? Don't post offices have hidden<BR>camera's? And where would someone get those printed? Why not check<BR>those sources? I don't see how it would be difficult to track down a<BR>large number of postcard mailings -- as long as you don't waste your<BR>time liberals/progressives with little money and little time for such<BR>a stunt. Shame on the Latah County Sherriff's Office for wasting tax<BR>payer dollars on such nonsense.<BR><BR>On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:03
PM, Saundra Lund <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm" ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm</A>> wrote:<BR>> I just wanted to give a head's up to those here & elsewhere who have<BR>> publicly questioned Gresham Bouma's -- and presumably Ike Young's -- fitness<BR>> for the offices for which they're running: expect a visit from Detective<BR>> Anderson of the Latah County Sheriff's Office.<BR>><BR>> I apparently came to his attention because he's read my V2020 posts, so<BR>> others with the guts to speak unfavorably about Bouma's religious extremism<BR>> shouldn't be surprised if you, too, get a visit. Apparently, free<BR>> expression in Latah County earns the interest of the LCSO when one's focus<BR>> is a religious bigot running for office. Your tax dollars hard at work!<BR>><BR>> Be aware that LCSO detectives apparently don't
wear uniforms with badges or<BR>> carry business cards, so perhaps ask for identification to verify that the<BR>> person is who he claims to be, which is something I didn't think to do. My<BR>> dh told me afterwards that he actually saw the patrol car, so I guess I was<BR>> really talking to a detective.<BR>><BR>> Also be aware that law-abiding tax-paying citizens who have done nothing<BR>> wrong other than publicly present & comment on the religious extremism of<BR>> political candidates can be rousted out of bed. Yes, that's what happened<BR>> to me: I was still in bed deeply asleep when I got my visit. My dh<BR>> informed the detective I was asleep, but that wasn't good enough, if you can<BR>> believe that. I can understand dragging people out of bed to arrest them,<BR>> of course, but to just ask questions?!?! Tip to the LCSO: getting people<BR>> out of bed because
you're curious about what they might know isn't a way to<BR>> make friends and influence people. You obviously know who I am since you<BR>> showed up at my door, so you've got my phone number, too. Not calling first<BR>> is just plain rude and not a particularly effective way to inspire<BR>> cooperation. With a little advance notice, I might have had some coffee &<BR>> cake to offer you :-)<BR>><BR>> To me, there seems to be some real desperation associated with the<BR>> investigation: the crime Det. Anderson mentioned to me was that the<BR>> postcard is being viewed as campaign material sent without financial<BR>> disclosure. Now, since I was rousted out of bed without a chance to even<BR>> brush my teeth, I didn't laugh out loud, but please!!! No intelligent<BR>> person would view that piece of work as campaign material; if anything, it<BR>> was a church invitation
designed to appeal to haters. Perhaps we should all<BR>> be reassured that there's so little real crime in Latah County law<BR>> enforcement is looking for things to make into crimes to keep them busy.<BR>> Unfortunately, I doubt that's the case, so I suppose the child molesters and<BR>> meth makers and other real criminals are probably glad LCSO is being kept<BR>> otherwise occupied.<BR>><BR>> Det. Anderson asked where I got the info I've posted, and I told him: right<BR>> from Bouma's church's Web site & newspapers. Sheesh -- it's right there for<BR>> God & everyone to see for themselves! It's quite disturbing to me that my<BR>> attempts to be an educated voter & share what I've learned & what I think<BR>> has apparently made me a suspect or a person of interest or whatever.<BR>><BR>> I also pointed out that had the postcard been a genuine attempt to torpedo<BR>> Bouma's
campaign, it would have been sent much closer to the election rather<BR>> than weeks in advance giving Bouma plenty of time for spin -- there's no<BR>> such thing as bad publicity. The timing of PostcardGate is extremely<BR>> curious & suspicious to me.<BR>><BR>> I said I found it very interesting that even with a substantial reward<BR>> offered, no one has come forward with information. I'm of the belief that<BR>> *if* the postcard was a genuine despicable hoax unknown to Bouma's campaign,<BR>> someone would have come forward because most people have big mouths,<BR>> especially when money is involved.<BR>><BR>> I also find in interesting that both Bouma & Young are now using the mailers<BR>> as excuses to hide from we-the-people. Which, needless to say, is yet more<BR>> black marks against their fitness to hold elected offices, IMHO.<BR>><BR>> I told Det. Anderson I hope they aren't
neglecting to investigate ***all***<BR>> sides.<BR>><BR>> I wished Det. Anderson good luck :-) Other than his rudeness dragging me<BR>> out of bed, he seems a pleasant enough fellow, and I hope he cracks The of<BR>> Crime of the Decade -- shoot, maybe even of the century -- right here in<BR>> Latah County, and I hope he's successful quickly! Along with everyone else,<BR>> I'm extremely curious about who is behind PostcardGate, and I hope the<BR>> culprit/culprits are identified ***before*** the election.<BR>><BR>><BR>> FYI,<BR>> Saundra Lund<BR>> Moscow, ID<BR>><BR>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>> nothing.<BR>> ~ Edmund Burke<BR>><BR>> ***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2010 through life plus<BR>> 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<BR>> the Vision 2020 forum
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