[Vision2020] As Our City Council Degenerates . . .

[Saundra Lund]

Huh – I thought the city council was non-partisan?  Maybe Krauss missed that little factoid?

 

Gosh – I’m also pretty sure I remember Krauss lamenting a lack of civility in local elections a few of years back & being pretty indignant that his integrity had been questioned.  Does anyone else remember that stunt?

 

It seems to me that perhaps those questioning his integrity – or lack thereof – back then may have been the true visionaries, and Krauss needs look no further than himself for an explanation of community polarization  L

 

I’d say he’s proven himself to be a real horse’s ass, except I find the whole affair to be truly sad & disappointing.  My initial impressions of him had been that while he clearly wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, he was a thoughtful man interested in working to unify the community – clearly, my favorable impressions were wrong . . . dead wrong.  I’m finished offering another side of him to those who thought him one-sided and one-dimensional because he’s proven that he is, in fact, one-sided and one-dimensional.

 

If he had an ounce of integrity, he’d resign for his shameful ham-handed politicization of non-partisan offices.

 

 

Saundra Lund

Moscow, ID

 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

~ Edmund Burke

 

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:22 PM
To: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: [Vision2020] As Our City Council Degenerates . . .

 

Reich Fuehrer Krauss dictates:

 

" . . . he never told Lamar he favored him for vice president, and he felt that position should be filled with someone whose views were more in line with the president."





Only party loyalists who have signed the loyalty oath (in blood) will be considered for council appointment!  All others will be dealt with severely, rechtig Fuehrer Krauss?

 

Courtesy of today's (January 12, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News concerning the January 3, 2012 city council session. Only party loyalists will be considered for council appointment.

 

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·         A council workshop to decide preliminarily who would replace Krauss as council president was less contentious than deciding a vice president to elect. Councilor Dan Carscallen moved from VP to president Tuesday following his re-election to the Council in November.

Councilor Tom Lamar had poised himself to take Carscallen's seat as vice president, receiving a nomination from Councilor Sue Scott that was rejected. When Krauss nominated Tim Brown, however, Lamar protested, stating he had been led by the former council president to believe he was in line for the position. Brown was later elected VP.

Mayor Nancy Chaney later added before the end of the meeting that she agreed with Scott, who first nominated Lamar, that as Lamar had garnered the most votes in the November election over Krauss and Carscallen, he should have been favored as a better representative of city residents.

"I think that's a mistake in a representative democracy like ours," Chaney said prior to the meeting, adding after the election, "Tom, you're a stand-up guy. You handled it well." She added she felt Brown would do well in the position.

Chaney and Krauss argued over her comment following the meeting with Chaney stating she did not appreciate Krauss' opposition to Lamar as vice president based on his opinion that Lamar's political leanings were more in line with her's than the rest of the council.

After the meeting, Krauss said he never told Lamar he favored him for vice president, and he felt that position should be filled with someone whose views were more in line with the president.

"Tom seemed to be under the impression in past interaction that I was supporting him for vice president," said Krauss. He added of his argument with Chaney that a city council is like a family and, "We may not all get along, but we all love each other."

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Seeya later, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Spokane, Washington

 

"If not us, who?

If not now, when?"

 

- Unknown

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