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---Jack Porter wrote:
>
> Joan Berney, I'm still perplexed. What civil rights violations do
you think
> have occurred? Please set aside the labels like "harassment and
> discrimination" and tell us in factual terms what happened.
>
> You lost a dispute with your landlord in rural Latah County in 1985,
and
> this proves Moscow "refuses to honor federal mandates"? Sorry, if
I've
> misunderstood your message maybe you need to clarify it.
>
> From your own case, where you have some direct knowledge (though I
have
> trouble discerning what it is), you move on to hearsay accusations
of drug
> use by a local judge and local attorney. If you have evidence of a
crime
> being committed, you should report it. If you don't have direct
knowledge,
> I say it is irresponsible to repeat rumors.
>
> You say you did report some accusations (it is unclear which ones)
to a
> whole list of authorities at various levels. To you, their silence
seems to
> prove some sort of vast conspiracy. To me, it suggests that 18
different
> entities have concluded that your stories are unconvincing.
>
> And really, does this conspiracy extend to all the local news media?
We've
> all had our disappointments with the Daily News (especially since
Kenton
> Bird left its editorial page), but do you think the Lewiston Tribune
and
> Spokesman Review are scared by some tough power brokers in Moscow,
Idaho?
> This region is full of hungry young reporters who would love to get
their
> bylines on a local scandal, and their editors would love to sell
more papers
> by publishing it. So if the media knew of your accusations and didn't
> publish, I'd say that indicates they concluded there was noting
credible to
> report.
>
> You are quick to accuse people of greed, arrogance, illegality, and
improper
> motives. I wish you would remember an honest difference of opinion
doesn't
> make the other person evil. You would get more sympathy if you
communicated
> more facts and less anger.
>
> Jack Porter
>
>
==
:-) Briana
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