Re: letter to the editor

[Briana LeClaire <mmsmom1@yahoo.com>]

Scott wrote:

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? ;-)

IT'S (bonk (hitting head against wall)) THE PRINCIPLE (bonk) OF THE
THING!!!!!!!! (bonk bonk bonk)

:-)  Briana

Scott Dredge <Scott_Dredge@BayNetworks.COM> wrote:
>
> 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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> >
> >
> 

==
:-) Briana



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