[Vision2020] [Follow-Up] U of I Discrimination to Veterans

[Tom Hansen]

Question, Bear -

What is your real name?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> Tom and Visionaries,
> 
> I opened the paper this morning and discovered the our Congressman, Walt 
Minnick, will be
> the 
> graduation speaker at U of I this year.
> 
> I sent him the following, and request that if you support our returning 
veterans, you join

> in and 
> send him a message also. It is too easy to feel good and support 
returning veterans by 
> wrapping a yellow ribbon around a tree, please support veterans by doing 
something
> positive, 
> even if it only involves sending our elected and appointed officials an 
e-mail.
> 
> "Walt,
>  I am very disappointed that you have decided to appear as the 
graduation speaker at the 
> University of Idaho, as they openly discriminate against the veterans of 
the state of
> Idaho by 
> refusing to comply with Idaho Code 65 in regards to veteran hiring  
preferences. The 
> University, because of it's constitutional status does not have a 
veterans preference even

> 
> though all other the other government entities are required to comply 
with the state law.
> Your 
> appearance at the U of I as their speaker, lends the support of your 
office to their
> flagrant 
> position. If you have any doubts about the U of I's policy, I can send 
you the
> documentation I 
> received from the hiring manager, MsKathy Vellegas. I also wrote to the 
acting president
> of the 
> university, and have to date been ignored. As you know, the state 
legislature has recently

> 
> approved a proposal to change the constitution of Idaho to enable the 
university to charge

> 
> tuition, but as this referendum to change the constitution does nothing 
to make the
> university 
> comply, I will be campaigning against it."
> 
> 
> 
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