Re: letter to the editor

[Scott_Dredge@BayNetworks.COM (Scott Dredge)]

Briana,

This still fails to justify Senator Sump wasting taxpayer dollars on his
own personal mission of attacking a particular minority group that he finds
offensive.  The United States Democracy is majority rule coupled with
minority protection.  It's not mob rule.

By the way, how much tax revenue generated by you as a stay-at-home mother
do you think is really going to any of the groups on your hit list? ;-)

-SD

At 07:44 AM 8/14/98 -0700, Briana LeClaire wrote:
>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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