Re: letter to the editor

[Briana LeClaire <mmsmom1@yahoo.com>]

Hi Susan --

No, I haven't.  When considering whether the taxpayers ought to pay
for anything, I like applying the P.J. O'Rourke test -- would you be
willing to beat your sweet, elderly, gray-haired little old mother
over the head to get whatever it is?  There ain't much that passes
that test.

:-)  Briana

Susan Palmer <susanp@moscow.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Briana,
> 
> Surely you have forgotten to include these subsidized services in your
> shutdown list:
> 
> Multicultural Affairs
> Disabled Student Services
> Veterans Affairs
> Tutoring
> Early Childhood Learning
> International Programs
> Student Support
> Career Services
> Student Counseling
> Student Health
> Financial Aid 
>  
> People in need of these services congregate in those spaces at
*taxpayer
> expense*.
> 
> Susan Palmer
> 
> ----------
> > From: Briana LeClaire <mmsmom1@yahoo.com>
> > To: Scott Dredge <Scott_Dredge@BayNetworks.COM>;
vision2020@moscow.com;
> letters@moscow.com
> > Cc: captbirdie@aol.com; jwenders@uidaho.edu
> > Subject: Re: letter to the editor
> > Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 1:00 PM
> > 
> > Hi Scott --
> > 
> > Good to hear from you again.  My beef is with the fact they have a
> > taxpayer-funded special meeting place (on campus.)  Don't worry --
I'm
> > equal opportunity in that regard.  Women's Centers, etc., should go
> > too.  Let 'em pay rent like the rest of us.  Or else reserve meeting
> > rooms in the CUB, like the Young Republicans.  >;-) (that's supposed
> > to be a devilish wink.  Not very good at these emoticons.)
> > 
> > :-)  Briana
> > 
> > Scott Dredge <Scott_Dredge@BayNetworks.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Briana,
> > > 
> > > Are you reading the same editorial I think you're addressing 
> > > (full text at http://www.dnews.com/080398/opinion/3285.htm)?
> > > 
> > > Nowhere do I read that Sump would like to defund meeting places
> > > for gays and lesbians.  It's homophobic Republican Senator Bob
> > > Sump's mission to annihilate the PRIVATELY funded Gay, Lesbian,
> > > and Bisexual Allies programs from the WSU campus.
> > > 
> > > It might be wise to vote him out of office this November and elect
> > > a representative to tackle bigger problems like reducing hatred,
> > > intolerance, and discrimination in society rather than
orchestrating
> > > it.
> > > 
> > > -SD
> > > 
> > > At 08:40 AM 8/4/98 -0700, Briana LeClaire wrote:
> > > >Re:  your laughably sophomoric editorial of August 3rd titled,
> > > >"Lawmakers flaunt ignorance, bigotry."
> > > >
> > > >Senator Sump of Washington would like to defund the
> > taxpayer-sponsored
> > > >meeting place for gays and lesbians at WSU.  What's to prevent
said
> > > >group from meeting at the library? Or reserving a meeting room
time
> > at
> > > >the CUB?  Last time I checked, gays and lesbians enjoyed the same
> > > >freedom of assembly guaranteed to all Americans under the
> > Constitution.
> > > >
> > > >Or do all constituencies need their own taxpayer-sponsored
individual
> > > >meeting places?  If so, this letter will serve as my request
for an
> > > >office at the UI SUB specifically for stay-at-home mothers of
> > > >preschoolers.  I want to be sure to get my fair share.
> > > >
> > > >Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > >Briana LeClaire
> > > >Moscow
> > > >
> > > >_________________________________________________________
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > ==
> > :-) Briana
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 

==
:-) Briana



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