Politicking on 2020

[Tim Lohrmann <timlohr@yahoo.com>]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with Tim H's post or
Ken's reasoning in opposition.

I think politicking on the list is great--we need more
of it in my view
. Many on the list, myself included, have little
personal knowledge of the candidates and welcome
list-serve discussion of them as well as straight
local issue stuff.

Tim L.


--- Ken Medlin <dev-plan@moscow.com> wrote:
> Dear Tim and Visionaries:    I do not think that
> advertising or 
> politicking, other than biographic and related
> information in which ALL 
> the candidates are asked to participate in a
> reporting mode, is 
> appropriate for this list. If everyone took the
> liberty of campaigning 
> for their preferred candidate, what would this
> medium become? A viewpoint 
> on an issue is one thing, but currying favor for
> personalities is 
> definitely another. I have already voted for my
> three candidates, and 
> Jack Hill was not one of them. I think his
> performance at the League 
> Forum was very fine, jovial, friendly, etc. But
> since you opended the 
> can, Tim, let me respond why I did not vote for Jack
> Hill.
>     Last Winter I was assigned to Jack's Committee
> on Work Force under 
> the EDC. The then Director, Rob Parrish, asked me to
> do some demographic 
> work, which included an extensive survey in this
> State, including 
> archival material in Boise and other points, in
> relationship to Latah Co. 
> and environs. I reported to Jack that I was on his
> committee and would 
> like to get involved. I never received a return call
> in regard to my 
> project, nor an invitation to attend his committee's
> meetings, over a 
> three month period. This relationship was reported
> to Parrish, who 
> dismissed it without comment. Of course, this is
> only one experience, but 
> it was enough for me to conclude that as an
> adminsitrator of a project, 
> Dr. Hill's performance was about 2 on a scale of 10
> -- I give him a two 
> for being willing at least to talk to me on the
> phone, once!  
>      Those of you who have other, more positive
> experiences with Mr. Hill 
> must draw your own conclusions about his willingness
> to work with other 
> people, whose credentials are as good as mine (I'll
> be glad to share 
> them).
>       I do hope that we do not allow ourselves to be
> sucked into this 
> kind of "debate", but this medium is no place to
> engage in personal 
> politics or campaigning for one's favor good ol'
> boy.
> 
>                              William K. Medlin
> (PhD), 892-0148
>       
> 
> ------------------------
> William K. Medlin
> Dev-plan associates
> 930 Kenneth Street
> Moscow ID 83843
> 208/892-0148
> dev-plan@moscow.com
> 
> 


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