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<DIV>You are right, Donovan. We still have great teachers here, and I am
so grateful for all of them. But they are leaving. Just this year I
wrote 5 recommendations for Nationally Certified teachers—4 for other states,
one for higher ed. All 5 got the jobs they applied for and left Idaho
public schools. And what worries me as well, because I hear it in
conversations with those great teachers, is that teachers aren’t promoting
the profession to their children. Teachers, very often, come from families
of teachers. The Idaho Republican Party (with some dedicated exceptions
such as Tom Trail) have denigrated Idaho teachers through those laws and their
public stance. What caring parent wouldn’t want to spare a child this
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<DIV>It’s time for responsible Republicans, who care about public schools and
public higher education, to undo this damage. 1/3 of the teachers in Idaho
are Republicans, but they cannot do it alone. Democrats don’t have
the numbers to do it, although we can certainly help. As I went
around Moscow with my petitions to overturn the Luna Laws, Republicans were as
willing to sign them as Democrats. Actually I found very few citizens who
weren’t willing to sign them, even the petition to recall Luna. It’s also
important to remember, Luna didn’t do this alone. Butch Otter was right
there with him, as were a majority of the members of the Legislature. Not
one Democrat voted for those laws—every one who did had an R after his
name. It’s also important to keep in context, in at least one of the
Republican redistricting proposals, every Republican who voted against the Luna
laws was gerrymandered, and anyone who believes that was unintentional—well
surely no one on this site believes it, so it’s probably a moot point here.
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<DIV>Sue H. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=moscowcares@moscow.com
href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">Moscow Cares</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> ; <A
title=cpenni@gmail.com href="mailto:cpenni@gmail.com">Penni Cyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Court upholds big part of Luna's ed
reforms</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">They haven't all left yet,
Tom. So we know Luna's plan isn't working as well as he had hoped. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">We all know that Tom Luna is
hiding deep underground in his secret lair surrounded by his ultra-conservative
co-<SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>conspirators</SPAN></SPAN>
banging his fist on the board of <SPAN id=misspell-0
class=mark>uneducation</SPAN> making his big belly wobble like a giant full of
jello, shouting, "What else do I have to do to rid Idaho of these selfless
individuals and end quality education once and for all!" We know above Tom Luna
is a <SPAN id=misspell-1 class=mark>Vizio</SPAN> 60 inch plasma monitor with a
big head of Butch Otter glaring down at him, and saying, "You better finish them
off Luna, or you will feel the wrath of the Idaho Republican Leadership come
your next Primary and we <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2
class=mark>unselect</SPAN> you f<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>or the party
nomination." </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan Arnold</SPAN></DIV>
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class=hr readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Moscow Cares
<moscowcares@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Donovan Arnold
<donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Moscow Vision 2020
<Vision2020@moscow.com>; Penni Cyr <cpenni@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, October 1, 2011 3:25
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020]
Court upholds big part of Luna's ed reforms<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold stated:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 24px"
class=yiv785357120Apple-style-span>"I am thankful that Idaho teachers care
enough about students not to leave </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 24px"
class=yiv785357120Apple-style-span>after they way they are so badly treated and
disrespected by the Idaho government."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Au <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>contraire</SPAN>, Mr. Arnold.</DIV>
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<DIV>As Sue <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Hovey</SPAN> and Penni Cyr have
stated in the past, many quality teachers have sought greener pastures elsewhere
once the stench from <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Luney</SPAN> Luna's office
began to spread.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Seeya</SPAN> round town, Moscow.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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