Newsletter
Wall Street reports on National Defense Act
Obama’s Executive Oder with one signature? How dangerous is that?
EPA Releases Innovative Mapping Tool to Improve Environmental Reviews and Planning
NEPAssist part of CEQ initiative to increase efficiency and effectiveness of environmental reviews
IDAHO ROADS
Utilities belong to your CITY. GOVERNMENT SPENDING DOLLARS THEY DO NOT HAVE. FINES AND FEES YOU MUST PAY
Las Cruces, New Mexico is threatening to cut off water, gas and sewer service over unpaid red light and speed camera tickets.With more and more vehicle owners simply deciding refuse to pay red light camera and speed camera tickets, private, for-profit companies and municipalities are growing increasingly desperate. America’s second-largest city shut down its photo ticketing program last year largely because residents who could not afford the $500 citations did not pay them. On Monday, Las Cruces, New Mexico announced it would shut off the utilities of city residents who refused to pay Redflex Traffic Systems, the Australian company that owns and operates the cameras.”The city is notifying offenders by mail that they have until the due date stated in the letter to pay the fines or make satisfactory payment arrangements,” a Las Cruces press release warned. “Failure to comply will result in termination of utilities services.”Las Cruces claims vehicle owners owe $2 million. To encourage payment of the $100 photo fines, the city says it will employ an ordinance the council adopted in 1988 giving itself the right to shut off utility service to residents declared delinquent for any reason.”The city may decline, fail or cease to furnish utility service to any person who may be in debt to the city for any reason, except ad valorem taxes and special assessments,” city code Section 28-10 states.The city provides gas, water, sewer and trash services. Ordinarily, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission prevents shutting off the utilities of low-income residents from November 15 to March 15. This is primarily a safety issue as lack of heating during a cold snap — Las Cruces recorded a -10 degree temperature in 1962 — could endanger the elderly. The commission also protects the seriously ill and customers on Medicaid or on assistance from a charitable organization. A spokesman for the commission, however, told The newspaper that no such protections apply to utilities run by a municipality. To have service restored, Las Cruces and its private vendor will charge a $48 re-connection fee on top of $125 per ticket.Las Cruces gave Redflex approval to issue speeding and red light tickets three years ago. In January, a local university was unable to prove the program delivered a substantial safety benefit. Last year, a majority of voters in Albuquerque voted for the removal of red light cameras.
Meet President Obama’s Imaginary Friend, Julia…
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(You will notice that this is presented in all seriousness on the President’s campaign site? Amazing!)
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Please be sure to see our sign on Southway. Make sure to thank Buz and Pat. We recently had some others offer to put signs up on Thain.
www.thelcteaparty.com
April 13th April 13th FRIDAY LC TEA PARTY TAX Protest
Place: 1:00 PM Lewiston Main Street
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April 14th Lewiston community Center
2:30 PM Todd Myers “Eco Fads.”
Singing McNeil Family from Spokane will also be FEATURED.
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EXCLUSIVE: EPA Ponders Expanded Regulatory Power In Name of ‘Sustainable Development’
see it at this URL:
This is very well written. Some parts of it are over my head, but I understand and know about enough of it to know that this report is a very good resource.
WHO IS SUEING?
Jay Seculow is supporting those who filed with the IRS.
“Some of what they (the IRS) asked was reasonable, but there were some requests on there that were strange,” Toby Marie Walker, president of the Waco Tea Party told FoxNews.com. “It makes you wonder if they do this to groups like ACORN or other left-leaning groups.”
Read the complete letter sent to the Waco Tea Party by the IRS
The chapters that received requests were registering for nonprofit status as a 501(c)4 organizations. The classification mainly differs from 501(c)3 groups in that donors cannot deduct their contributions from their taxable income.
The tax code places fewer restrictions on 501(c)4 groups, allowing them to lobby in furtherance of their organizations’ mission. They are also permitted to engage in political activity like endorsing candidates and donating money and time to specific campaigns, though it cannot be their primary activity.
Agenda 21 for Public Officials
What is agenda 21? What is Smart Growth? What is sustainable development? This video provides a description of Agenda 21/sustainable development and how it affects your property rights.
While it is important to be good stewards of our planet, the sustainable development movement has been co-opted by an aggressive agenda to rewild America (The Wildlands Project) and reduce automobile usage and unnecessary travel by gradually shifting people into high density urban areas supported by mixed use dwellings (Smart Growth.)
Often the planning process to meet these objectives confiscates private property rights through imminent domain or conservation easements. The outcome is not a safer planet, but rather, an unrecognizable nation most would strongly oppose. When advanced community by community, most do not realize the bigger picture.
Please share this video with your friends and get the word out that our American Freedoms are being threatened!
Take Back America News, February, 2012
The LC Tea Party Lewiston/Clarkston www.thelcteaparty.com PO Box 608, Asotin, WA 99402
The next Tea Party meeting is Saturday, April 14, 2011
Lewiston Community Center
10:00 AM
You Tube Clarkston/Lewiston Prayer Rally on 9/11
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What’s New in Olympia
Report to taxpayers – http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/current-issues/report-to-taxpayers/
This report has several graphs that you may find helpful. It also gives a few facts that you may want to know. After reading it, you may have questions for your representatives…
From the Desk of Dianne
- I recently met with County Commissioners about Agriculture/Growth Management Act.
Asotin Co did not sign onto the GMA (growth management act) 10 counties in WASHINGTON did not. But that did not keep the Conservation Commission from finding a way in the back door. They did with the co-operation of the Farm Bureau. For over 4 years the Tribes, Conservation Commission, and the Farm Bureau hashed over a bill that would get the other counties to sign on, in the Ruckleshouse Bill, which had a Volunteer Stewardship Plan. If farms sign on, or your county commissioner sign onto the VSP there would be fewer fines from EPA. However you could, of course, OPT OUT in the three years. The stinker is to get the county to ask for money. If you do not ask for money your county will be safer. Also, the Farm Bureau playing the Devil’s Advocate stated; in three years you can be under a different government and opt out with no problem. I was uneasy about all of this. Rep Joel Krietz of the Okanogan who is a farm advocate said; “yes - the only way is to sign on, and then opt out.” That will buy the time to get around the EPA; it is the only option.
- Visit to Alexandria, Virginia to the Leadership Training for TPP National
I was very happy to help the State Tea Party Patriots. This is a country that is under attack! One of the best united groups to join is this one which is made up of groups: “We, the people.” 9/12 groups, Constitution groups. The meeting in Virginia was three days; three long days with people like Congressman Louie Gohmert of Tyler, TX. Louie is so Conservative, he cannot get a chairmanship as Senior Congressman. He also is a historian, and took us on a night owl tour of the Capital. He is in my husband’s family’s home district. Rep. Gohmert is on the Homeland Security Committee, and had been in late meetings all day. When we toured, he said “you would not be happy with what is going on here!” What came out of this meeting were these points;
1. Boehner did not fight! Congress was scared off with a military shut down, which would not have happened. They have to be paid during a shut down! Military was used as a pawn.
2. American Public is far ahead of Politicians. Budget Debt is 15 Trillion, with the interest payments to China at 75 Million.
3. Congress is talking about a very small budget cut. 7 /Billion = 1/5 of 1 percent of spending.
4. Obama is using CLASS WARFARE to pit people against each other.
5. Obama proposes Equal outcome, not equal opportunity, grassroots excellence or personal growth.
6. The debt being placed upon our children is immoral.
7. The public needs to demand spending cuts on USDA subsidies, and now not 10 yrs from now. This is a Federalist view, and no one in WDC is talking about it! Go to www.downsizinggov.org
8. No TAX increases with a simple balanced Budget, Limit Government, enforce. www.renewamerica.com
9. Limited Government; define how the budget will be balanced, no Tax increase. (A “Super majority” required to raise Taxes, Federal spending capped at 24 .5% of GDP.) No there is not an end to growth of GDP.
10. House leadership is trying to bring a Balanced Budget Plan to the floor
A. BBA HJ RES 1 By Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
House Republicans successfully worked to ensure that the Budget Control Act included a requirement that both the House and the Senate vote on a balanced budget Constitutional amendment by the end of the year. Immediately following the Budget Control Act being signed into law in August, House Republicans began holding Member meetings to determine which version of the balanced budget amendment the House would consider. Following a special Republican Conference meeting, which was held last week in order to ensure all Members of the Republican Conference had their voices heard on this important issue, a formal Member survey was conducted. An overwhelming number of Members of the Republican Conference preferred to bring H.J.Res 2 to the floor for a vote. 11/09/11
Bob Williams REALITY-BASED BUDGET
Bob Williams is President of State Budget Solutions, a non-partisan organization advocating for fundamental reform and REAL solutions to the state budget crises.
Bob is a former state legislator, gubernatorial candidate and official with the General Accountability Office. Bob is a national expert in fiscal and tax policies, election reform and disaster preparedness. Because of his unique experience and expertise, Bob is a frequent guest on talk radio and at public forums. His commentary on state budget solutions appears frequently in newspapers, journals and online publications.
B. Cut Health Care, Cut Education; funding based education.
- 1/3 of kids drop out between grades 9-12; 56% of students need remedial coursework for college
- Mr. Boehner needs to go
- Nevada unemployment at 24% 1 out of 4 people out of work.
- Radio is the best information and education
Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal Economist
Mr. Moore stated that Keynesian Economics does not work! The last of the Bush administration and 3 years of Obama has increased 4 Trillion in spending. No such thing as a free dollar! No tooth Fairy! The Obama Stimulus does not stimulate. It’s like a pyramid scheme with no interest. No net Income. “
He went on to say: “Using the Power of Government to pervert the system. 900 days without a budget and the Democrat want to raise taxes and cut the military. Washington DC designed the Bailout CEO’s at MF Global and Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Establishment does not have a healthy system”
“Congress’ inaction on banks is a mistake.”
Stephen Moore is a Wall Street Journal Economist and a Fox News contributor. I asked him “I hear that going a long time with a debt like we have will or can cause eventual economic implosion!” Stephen: “Yes you are correct.” Can you give me a timetable? Steve: “No. It depends on what happens in the next month.”
STATE SENATOR VAL STEVENS 39TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Tired of Washington’s boom-and-bust budgeting?You can fix it. We knew it would happen. The Legislature failed to prepare once again for the lean years of this recession, and now we have a $2 billion deficit for the current biennium. During the boom years, common sense demanded that legislators save more than usual for the inevitable lean years, but instead, the governor and the majority spent every dime and more. Painful History Lesson A 2007 headline in The Seattle Times read, “Gregoire proposes $4 billion increase in spending.” The subhead read, “Saying we’re in ‘exciting times’ Gov. Christine Gregoire on Tuesday proposed dramatically increasing state spending by more than $4 billion.” Ironically, this is the same amount as the cuts the governor recently outlined as options for balancing the current biennial state budget. While none of us could have anticipated the severity of this recession, I remember shaking my head as entitlement programs such as “paid family leave” passed the Legislature – despite the fact that they had no funding source at all. The program had no future, but passing it made their interest groups feel good. Even as the economy worsened and revenues continued to fall, the Legislature continued to overspend. This created unrealistic expectations among citizen groups who wanted to believe that the good times would go on forever. It also brought out the greed of legislators who knew that a recession was coming, but who wanted to get their pet projects paid for first. The answer: A zero-based budget. Now legislators finally have to face the music. In a perfect world, we’d start by making structural and policy reforms, such as eliminating the tax kickbacks to tribal gas stations and making tribal casinos pay the same taxes as non-tribal gaming establishments. Ultimately, however, the answer is zero-based budgeting. Legislative budget writers would simply start over with a budget of zero. Nothing would be sacred, and everything would be on the table. We would then prioritize every government service and fund each in order of priority. When the list of services and programs receiving funding reaches the amount of predicted revenue, minus enough to give Washington a healthy reserve fund, we quit adding to the list. Services and programs that don’t make the list for funding would be eliminated. When good times return, legislators could reconsider them in light of revenues and the likelihood that they could be supported in future years. State revenues are actually growing. This session, you’ll hear that raising taxes is the only answer to our financial woes. They’ll tell you they need “more revenues.” The fact is that state revenues have always grown and will continue to grow. The problem is not our revenues, it’s our increased spending. The rate of revenue growth is projected to be about 7 percent this biennium and while that’s a bit below the state’s historical average, it’s a rate most employers would be delighted to see. We’re not broke. We just spend at nearly three times the rate of growth. It’s important to remember that state spending escalated an astounding 33 percent during Gov. Gregiore’s first four years in office. We conducted state business very well before she arrived, and we can easily do it again – within the normal bounds of current state revenues. Let’s stop boom-and-bust budgeting As citizens of Washington, you can stop this boom-and-bust cycle. A constitutional amendment limiting the Legislature to spending no more than the state takes in through revenues, would permanently fix the problem. That’s because the normal growth rate of revenues – again, we’re expecting close to that even in these difficult economic times — would give the state more funds each year. The state should net about $2 billion more in revenues this biennium than last. Does that sound broke to you? Special Session The Legislature will meet early in a special session to start tackling the current biennium budget deficit. I’ll be there working toward sound fiscal policy for Washington, and I’ll keep you posted on what happens. Thanks for your interest in government, and please feel free to contact me anytime with ideas, concerns or suggestions. Sincerely, VAL
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Wayne Hoffman will give you information on the Idaho Health Care Exchange. (Not to be confused with the Health Care compact below) The Heath Care Compact will not come up for vote this year. Use the information below to ask questions.
The Compact Washington
THE HEALTH CARE COMPACT Written by Eric O’Keefe
The Constitution established a federal government, but with limited and enumerated powers, and reserved to the states or to the people those powers not granted to the federal government. One power that properly belongs at the state level is the power to regulate Health Care. However, the federal government has preempted state action in this area.
The Health Care Compact is an interstate compact – which is simply an agreement between two or more states that is consented to by Congress – that restores authority and responsibility for health care regulation to the member states (except for military health care, which will remain federal), and provides the funds to the states to fulfill that responsibility.
The Health Care Compact does not conflict with the efforts by state attorneys general, state legislators and members of congress to repeal or modify the health care bill.
The Elements of the Health Care Compact
Pledge: Member states agree to work together to pass this Compact, and to improve the health care in their respective states.
Legislative Power: Member states have primary responsibility for regulation of all non-military health care goods and services in their state.
State Control: In member states, states can suspend federal health care regulations. Federal and state health care laws remain in force in a state until states enact superseding regulations.
Funding: Member states get an amount of money from the federal government each year to pay for health care. The funding is mandatory spending, and not subject to annual appropriations. Each state’s funding is based on the federal funds spent in their state on health care in 2010. Each state will confirm their funding before joining this Compact. This funding level will be adjusted annually for changes in population and inflation.
Commission: An advisory commission is created to gather and publish health care cost data, study various health care issues, and make non-binding recommendations to member states.
Amendments: Member states can amend this Compact with approval of the members, and no further Congressional consent is needed.
Withdrawal: Any member state can withdraw from this Compact at any time.
Read the full text of the Health Care Compact
Read the Frequently Asked Questions.
OBAMA AND THE ‘SMART STUFF’
United States citizens do not understand that America is changing. Most believe we can escape this onslaught. The united nations has entered the USA through EPA mandates. Smart cars, smart buses, smart grid (which is too expensive to run) are becoming a part of our lives.
The end result is control of your economics, control of your property and control of your social structure in your community. Tom Newlius, or to some “Samuel Adams,” will share how ICLIE has become a part of our lives and how it is connected to the United Nations.
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What is happening in Europe that affects the USA
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-of-the-technocrat-2011-11
Poll: Arabs Less Supportive of Iran. But…China IS.
Iran losing ground? New poll finds that less Arabs support the Islamic Republic today and do not want to see it developing nuclear weapons.
By Elad Benari
First Publish: 8/3/2011, 8:13 AM
Iranian Protests (2009)
After a few years of supporting Iran for its defiant stance towards Washington, Arabs today have a different position and are less supportive of Tehran, Gulf News reported Tuesday.
The report cites a recently released poll by the Arab-American Institute (AAI) in six Arab countries. The poll showed a significant decrease in Iran’s favorable ratings since 2006 and 2008.
James Zogby, founder and president of AAI, told Gulf News that while in previous polls the Arab public opinion was supportive of Iran’s nuclear program and looked at it as “active defiance to the West,” many things have since changed.
One of these changes can be attributed to the Arab Spring.
“ think also the Arab Spring has changed the psychology of the region,” Zogby said. “The region is now looking at a different direction. They are looking inwards and not looking who is defying the U.S. the most. The U.S. has become almost irrelevant in this period.”
He added that Arab people now come to see Iran’s behavior “in its own light, so their interference in Iraq, or in Bahrain, or in Kuwait or in Lebanon, all those things have become more of a nuisance and a threat than as a challenge to the West.”
The AAI poll included 4,000 Arabs and covered Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and the UAE. According to Zogby, the results found that Arabs now have a “strong regional support for the GCC’s new and more assertive role protecting their regional interest.”
As an example of the dwindling support to Iran, the percentage of Moroccans who have positive views toward Iran has dropped from 82 percent in 2006 to a mere 14 percent in 2011. In Egypt, 89 percent supported Iran in 2006, compared to 37 percent today. Saudis recorded the lowest percentage of positive views towards Iran with 6 percent, and on the other end Lebanon recorded the highest percentage, with 63.
The main conclusion of the poll, said Zogby, is that “None [of the Arabs] believe that the region would be safer if Iran became a nuclear power.”
The poll also found that when asked if they had to choose one nation other than Israel to be a nuclear power in the Middle East, Egypt came in first. It was followed by Turkey, which received the highest favorable ratings in most Arab countries, mainly due to its recent positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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April “Take Back America” News Item
April 13th FRIDAY LC TEA PARTY TAX Protest
Place: 1:00 PM Lewiston Main Street
______________________________________________________
April 14th Lewiston community Center
2:30 PM Todd Myers “Eco Fads.”
Singing McNeil Family from Spokane will also be FEATURED.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
EXCLUSIVE: EPA Ponders Expanded Regulatory Power In Name of ‘Sustainable Development’
see it at this URL:
This is very well written. Some parts of it are over my head, but I understand and know about enough of it to know that this report is a very good resource.
WHO IS SUEING?
Jay Seculow is supporting those who filed with the IRS.
“Some of what they (the IRS) asked was reasonable, but there were some requests on there that were strange,” Toby Marie Walker, president of the Waco Tea Party told FoxNews.com. “It makes you wonder if they do this to groups like ACORN or other left-leaning groups.”
Read the complete letter sent to the Waco Tea Party by the IRS
The chapters that received requests were registering for nonprofit status as a 501(c)4 organizations. The classification mainly differs from 501(c)3 groups in that donors cannot deduct their contributions from their taxable income.
The tax code places fewer restrictions on 501(c)4 groups, allowing them to lobby in furtherance of their organizations’ mission. They are also permitted to engage in political activity like endorsing candidates and donating money and time to specific campaigns, though it cannot be their primary activity.
Agenda 21 for Public Officials
What is agenda 21? What is Smart Growth? What is sustainable development? This video provides a description of Agenda 21/sustainable development and how it affects your property rights.
While it is important to be good stewards of our planet, the sustainable development movement has been co-opted by an aggressive agenda to rewild America (The Wildlands Project) and reduce automobile usage and unnecessary travel by gradually shifting people into high density urban areas supported by mixed use dwellings (Smart Growth.)
Often the planning process to meet these objectives confiscates private property rights through imminent domain or conservation easements. The outcome is not a safer planet, but rather, an unrecognizable nation most would strongly oppose. When advanced community by community, most do not realize the bigger picture.
Please share this video with your friends and get the word out that our American Freedoms are being threatened!
Most Americans are afraid and stuck. What we seen with “occupy” is that is about all they can do is OCCUPY. However, it has been suggested that they were orcastrated to cause riots, and financed by Soros, who paid for their meals. Who do you know that is also sponsored by SOROS; Barack Obama.
Where are the Americans who beleive in this country, are they hiding in the hills or are they standing up with Tea party groups?
Dee Dee