<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Do you want to run for office? I won't run; just for joking that I'd run, folks took it as an invitation to rip me and drag my name through the mud. You want better folks to run? Treat the folks that do run better. Until that happens, and as long as the anti-government rhetoric persists, all you'll get is folks who are power hungry or liars leading false lives that look perfect.<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Jan 15, 2012, at 6:52 PM, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>How is it possible, that Pullman, home of a major university, has an uneducated bigot, Rep. Susan Fagan, as a legislator? It seems so tragic that WSU cannot get an educated person to run and properly represent the interests of the people of Pullman as Moscow has done so well. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Moscow Cares <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 15, 2012 6:16 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Human rights, half a century later<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1428543638"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of the weekend edition (January 14-15, 2012) of the Moscow-Pullman DailyNews with special thanks to Kelli Hadley and Joann Muneta.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><span style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Times, serif;" class="yiv1428543638Apple-style-span"><h1 style="border-width: 0px; font: bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Human rights, half a century later</h1><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><b>By Kelli Hadley Daily News staff writer</b></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Almost 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech, northern Idaho - a region known for its history of white supremacist activities - human rights groups have to work particularly hard to showcase the area's support for civil rights of all kinds.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We're 85 miles from Couer d'Alene, but our reputation still isn't great
in saying 'north Idaho,' " said Joann Muneta, chair of the Latah County Human Rights Task Force. "It's like: What's Idaho about? Potatoes and racism. I think, and hope, we've come a long way in erasing that, although there's still a lot of kooks out there."</div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Muneta said the task force formed in 1988 in response to neo-Nazi movements north of Moscow. The idea, she said, was to educate people on the importance of human rights and to respond to
threats that pop up on the Palouse every once in awhile.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Unfortunately, I think we never reach our end goals of total respect for all people," Muneta said. "I think on the whole our community is very welcoming and respectful, but we hear about problems that Native Americans, Latinos and even African Americans have in the community."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size:
17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One area of the task force's focus is on gay rights, especially in Idaho legislation.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"That's the only group it's still legal to discriminate against in the state," Muneta said. "There's no legislation in Idaho saying that you can't fire someone just because they're gay or transgender."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To change that, a statewide effort called "Add the Words" has supporters sending sticky notes to lawmakers throughout Idaho and posting them on walls
and doors of the Statehouse in Boise during the legislative session. Jim Huggins, GetEQUAL Idaho state lead, said this is the sixth year a bill adding the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Idaho's human rights law has been presented, but it has never made it to the floor during the legislative session.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In Moscow, the campaign will be at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 28 at the 1912 Center. Organized by Huggins, the event will
have sample letters for people to write to representatives around the state and speakers on the topic. They'll also be taking video to create YouTube presentations. Afterward, Huggins said, there will be individual rallies around town to collect sticky notes and signatures for a petition.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"There are several states where it's still legal to discriminate, but many states and cities have passed human rights acts to prevent it," Huggins
said. "On the federal level, the employee discrimination act has been upheld several times, and we hope to get that passed so it covers all states."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ken Faunce, chairperson of the Moscow Human Rights Commission, said Moscow has an anti-discrimination policy that includes fairness for all sexual orientations, but the commission is helping in the effort to add the words "gender identity" to the policy as well.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We attempted years ago to get gender identity on there and they voted it down. They felt it wasn't needed," Faunce said. "There are new members on the City Council now, so we're hoping ... maybe they'll feel differently."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the statewide campaign to add the words, Faunce said it's critical to talk to local representatives and make the districts' wants known.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Our local representatives support it, but we have to keep pushing and making sure they know it's important to a lot of people around here," Faunce said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Huggins said he can think of a few specific incidences in which people were turned away from jobs for their sexual orientation or gender identity.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px;
font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"A lot of times it's 'I'm not able to get the job in the first place,' " Huggins said. "There's also just a fear of not being able to be yourself. For gender identity, it is sometimes hard for people to get a job if they're trying to make that transition."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font:
17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Adding the words into the Idaho anti-discrimination law will better benefit every area of the state, Huggins said. On the Palouse, the legislation has received a "high level of support," he said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">"It will provide an environment where people will feel safe to move here," Huggins said. "It will increase the amount of qualified individuals to work for companies, and they'll feel secure knowing their choices will not be an issue for discrimination."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Across the border</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On the other side of the state line, Washington's legislators don't seem far from legalizing gay marriage.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;
background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Friday, The Associated Press reported that a measure to legalize same sex marriages in the state was only two votes away from having enough support to pass.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Washington's current domestic partnership laws grant almost all state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size:
17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"That's great, that's much more progressive than Idaho, but then we're one of the most conservative states in the country," Huggins said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;
outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Idaho does not extend any benefits or specific rights to domestic partnerships.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Washington 9th District legislators - Rep. Susan Fagan, R-Pullman, Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, and Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville - have all said they would vote against the bill.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"This bill is of great concern to many, and we're hearing from folks on both sides of the issue," Fagan said. "I will vote against the bill, but if the same-sex marriage bill is passed by the Legislature and governor, we must insist that it go to a vote of the people."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Growth on the Palouse</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The fact the Palouse has grown in its human rights efforts is a notable feat, Muneta
said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"When we first started out, we were like the only group on it," she said. "It's a movement that's grown in the last decade or so. That makes a big difference in providing the kind of atmosphere where minorities feel welcome."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width:
0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One example is the recently formed Northwest Coalition for Human Rights, which was done in response to an annual UI conference called "Finding the Center" and part of the UI Office of Human Rights, Access, and Inclusion. Kristin Carlson, coordinator for NWCHR, said the group will likely meet biannually, after having the first meeting in November, which was well attended.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Our attendance was really promising, we had people from Spokane, some people from Lewiston, Sandpoint, Couer d'Alene," Carlson said. "It demonstrated that people were interested in being better connected so we can share information and resources."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Carlson said the group plans to discuss everything from violence, to health care, to environmental concerns.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We're trying to be open to a lot of different groups," Carlson said. "The idea is that we're more likely to keep up with work like this if we're accountable, and the desire to do that was definitely expressed."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pullman used to have its own human rights commission, though City Supervisor John Sherman said it disbanded for lack of issues to work toward. At the first NWCHR meeting, Whitman County Commissioner Pat O'Neill and Pullman City Councilor Nathan Weller both expressed interest in getting it started again.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight:
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