Rob, you might get some very good info here that can be used to fight against federal intrusion. As you know, my goal is to denounce the sections in the NDAA that pertain to Americans. Once we get a couple of cities to join in, other topics we're against like denouncing the USA non patriot Act and NDRP Act could also fall into place. The ultimate goal is to take this NDAA nullification to the State legislature.

Tom

County Sheriffs Project (Videos of Gilbertson and Palmer) Their first meeting in 2011. 
http://www.countysheriffproject.org/

Constitutional Sheriffs Rural
America Project/Agenda 21
http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/12/16/constitutional-sheriffs-rural-america-project-county-sheriff-project-confront-u-n-agenda-21-take-over-of-our-land/

Constitutional Sheriffs and
Peace Officers Association. Click on September 2012 Convention.
http://cspoa.org/

Right below the State flag is
Sheriff Gilbertson's letter to the feds.
http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/10/19/oregon-sheriff-gil-gilbertson-gives-federal-agents-the-boot-feds-have-no-jurisdiction/
  

Tom McKirgan

Hey Folks,

Fred is an old-school watchdog and there is not much that gets by his keen sense of smell for political B.S...  Well, here are his Public Comments on the ORC Lease and it is very informative.   Rob T.

Hey Folks,

President Bush created the Dept of Homeland Security and many of us criticized that decision as nothing more than a huge power grab.  Now, every president from here on out is going to us this department to exponentially expand the power and authority of the Executive Office.   Slaves need administators for protection, a free people can protect themselves. 

I believe we have reached a dangerous turning point with the graduation of a Civilian Army.  

Sincerely, Rob Taylor 

The Dept of Homeland Security has just graduated its first class of 231 Homeland Youth. Kids, aged 18-24 and recruited from the President’s AmeriCorp volunteers 
The federal government calls them FEMA Corps. But they conjure up memories of the Hitler Youth of 1930’s Germany. Regardless of their name, the Dept of Homeland Security has just graduated its first class of 231 Homeland Youth.  Kids, aged 18-24 and recruited from the President’s AmeriCorp volunteers, they represent the first wave of DHS’s youth corps, designed specifically to create a full time, paid, standing army of FEMA Youth across the  country. 
http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q42012/homeland-security-graduates-first-corps-of-homeland-youth/?goback=.gde_127164_member_172748539 

October 7, 2012
Homeland Security graduates first Corps of Homeland Youth
October 7, 2012. Vicksburg. The federal government calls them FEMA Corps. But they conjure up memories of the Hitler Youth of 1930’s Germany. Regardless of their name, the Dept of Homeland Security has just graduated its first class of 231 Homeland Youth. Kids, aged 18-24 and recruited from the President’s AmeriCorp volunteers, they represent the first wave of DHS’s youth corps, designed specifically to create a full time, paid, standing army of FEMA Youth across the country.

 On September 13, 2012, the Dept of Homeland Security graduated its first class of FEMA Corps youth, aka the Homeland Youth. Image courtesy of DHS.gov.

 On September 13, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security graduated its first class of FEMA Corps first-responders. While the idea of having a volunteer force of tens of thousands of volunteers scattered across the country to aid in times of natural disasters sounds great, the details and timing of this new government army is somewhat curious, if not disturbing. 

DHS raising an armed army
The first problem one finds with this ‘new army’ is the fact that they are mere children. Yes, 18 is generally the legal age a person can sign a contract, join the military or be tried as an adult. But ask any parent - an 18, 20 or even a 24 year-old is still a naïve, readily-influenced kid.

 The second problem with this announcement and program is its timing. Over the past two years, President Obama has signed a number of Executive Orders suspending all civil and Constitutional rights and turning over
management of an America under Martial Law to FEMA. Also in that time, domestic federal agencies under DHS, including FEMA, have ordered billions of rounds of ammunition as well as the corresponding firearms. Admittedly, these new weapons and ammunition aren’t to be used in some far-off war or to fight forest fires in
California, but right here on the streets of America.

Strange Armored Fighting Vehicles

Individuals around the US have begun reporting the site of strange, new, heavily-armed FEMA fighting vehicles. What would a disaster relief agency like FEMA need with 2,500 brand new GLS armored fighting vehicles?
According to the agency’s own mandate, as well as President Obama’s recent Executive Order, the answer is ‘population control’ during a time of Martial Law.

One set of images made available by Rense.com shows trailer after trailer carrying these new DHS and FEMA armored fighting vehicles, complete with machine gun slots. They’re labeled with the usual backward American flag and the title, ‘Homeland Security’. Below that and the DHS logo, it also reads, ‘Immigration & Customs Enforcement’. Joining those markings, the black vehicles with white lettering also display ‘POLICE/RESCUE’ on one side and ‘Special Response Team’ on the other.

 DHS & FEMA armed fighting vehicles. Images courtesy of Rense.com.

FEMA Corps

 FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino gave the keynote address at the ‘Induction Ceremony’ for the inaugural class of FEMA Corps  members. According to the DHS website, ‘Corps members assist with disaster preparedness,  response, and recovery activities, providing support in areas ranging from  working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovering  centers to sharing valuable disaster preparedness and mitigation information with the public.’

 Serino describes what the first FEMA Corps class has accomplished so far, as well as where they’ll be going next:

 ‘Yesterday, we welcomed 231 energetic members into the first ever FEMA Corps class. The members just finished off their first month of training with our partners at the Corporation for National and Community Service
(CNCS) and are one step closer to working in the field on disaster response and recovery. They will now head to FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness to spend the next two weeks training in their FEMA position-specific roles. Once they complete both the CNCS and FEMA training, these 231 dedicated FEMA Corps members
will be qualified to work in one of a variety of disaster related roles, ranging from Community Relations to Disaster Recovery Center support.’

 A standing army

 Unlike most local disaster response teams who are volunteers, training periodically and only showing up when there’s a disaster,  the FEMA Corps will be a paid, full time, standing army of government youth.  FEMA Deputy Administrator Sarino goes on to explain, ‘The new members, who range in age from 18-24 years old, will contribute to a dedicated, trained, and  reliable disaster workforce by working full-time for ten months on federal
disaster response and recovery efforts.’

 In closing his announcement of the first graduating class of FEMA Corps Youth, Sarino describes his and the agency’s vision of the future, one where ‘FEMA Corps sets the foundation for a new generation of emergency managers’.

 DHS arms itself

 As we detailed in the August 28 Whiteout Press article ‘History of DHS Ammunition Purchases’, federal emergency management agencies are looking more and more like a military army every day.

 The federal government’s procurement website actually lists DHS’ requests for bids to supply it with ammunition and military weaponry.  All of the orders listed in the above article, including the orders for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition, are publicly available at http://www.fbo.gov. 

One look at a chart of DHS ammunition purchases over the past decade reveals a drastic spike in orders of bullets recently, totaling in  the billions of rounds. Other charts available online show a similar drastic spike in the purchases of accompanying weaponry by the Department of Homeland Security. 

What is the US federal government preparing for? And why does it feel it needs an army of brainwashed youth, millions of guns, thousands of armored fighting vehicles and literally billions of rounds of ammunition, just to provide relief to the American people during a natural disaster? Any historian will tell you it sounds more like the arming of the Hitler Youth than an army of first responders fighting forest fires and hurricanes.

FOR  IMMEDIATE   RELEASE  
CONTACT: Crystal Feldman , Spencer Pederson or Jill Strait 
Tuesday, October 23,   2012                                            
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FWS and NOAA Extend Comment Period on Proposed Revisions to Critical Habitat Economic Impact Analyses
Sweeping Changes Could  Impact Private Property Owners, Jobs, Economy

WASHINGTON, D.C. –        
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) granted a request by House Natural Resources  Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to extend the comment period of   the FWS and NOAA Fisheries Proposed Revisions to Critical Habitat  Economic Impact Analyses for an additional 90 days.  Chairman   Hastings initially requested the 90 day extension in a letter        
sent to FWS Director Dan Ashe and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco on  October 19, 2012.

FWS and NOAA, the two Federal  Agencies responsible for overseeing the Endangered Species Act (ESA), released a proposal in August that would drastically change the process for analyzing the        
economic impacts of critical habitat designations under the ESA.   The proposed regulation was initially open for public comment for 60         days.  Due to the potential impacts the major policy changes would         have on
private land owners, the economy and jobs, along with concerns  over how the Obama Administration is currently conducting economic         analyses on regulations it proposes, Chairman Hastings sent a letter         requested that the comment period be extended for an additional 90 days  to allow sufficient time for stakeholders and interested parties to  provide meaningful input.

“Given the Committee’s ongoing concerns with the Obama Administration’s methodology for conducting critical habitat economic analysis, and the  potential of the Administration’s proposed rule changes to cause significant economic  impact throughout the country, I’m pleased that FWS  has granted the request for a 90 day extension of the comment   period.  This will allow more time for Congress and other affected  parties to review and provide input on these major, unilateral policy changes,” said Chairman Hastings.

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A SAOVA message to sportsmen, farmers and pet owners concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding,  animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged.
 
October 25, 2012
 Dear SAOVA Friends,
 The 20th annual Animal Law Conference was held the weekend of October 19-21 at Lewis & Clark Law School.  The event is a joint venture sponsored by The Center for Animal Law Studies, the Lewis & Clark Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapter, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

The conference began with a Friday night reception and Keynote Address, Persistence and Progress in Animal Law, presented by Nancy Perry, senior vice president of government relations, ASPCA, and former VP of Government Affairs, HSUS.   Saturday’s Keynote Address, Animal Welfare in a Livable Community, was presented by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3).

A very full panel of speakers provided attendees with the latest developments in both state and federal
legislation; highlights of recent animal law litigation; and the effect of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) on the civil liberties of animal rights activists.

SAMPLE PROGRAM SUMMARIES Ag-gag Laws: Suppressing Speech and Activism. Presented by Lewis Bollard, law student, Yale Law School; and Will Potter, reporter, Green is the New Red. Video footage of factory farms can be a  valuable tool for animal advocates but often ag-gag laws criminalize such videos. The panel will give a status report of ag-gag laws and pending bills around the country and discuss legal challenges and grassroots solutions. 

Animal Rights Isolationism vs Pragmatic Politics. Presented by Pamela Frasch, assistant dean, Animal Law Program Lewis & Clark; and Joyce Tischler, founder and general counsel, Animal Legal Defense Fund. Should animal rights activists compromise deeply held positions to achieve more limited goals in cooperation with the very industries they seek to change? Is the movement being co-opted by forces seeking to neutralize its effectiveness or is compromise the only way to bring about change?

Protecting Wildlife:  Lessons Learned from the Environmental Law Movement. Presented by Ralph Henry, deputy director, Animal Protection Litigation, HSUS; and Daniel Rohlf,  professor of law and of counsel, Earthrise Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law  School.
The panel will shed light on the current issues surrounding the wildlife law movement, the overlapping concerns of the environmental and animal law movement, and will explain how both movements can learn from one another to advance their respective goals.

Learning from Difficult Cases: Tilikum v. SeaWorld. Presented by Kathy Hessler, director and clinical professor of law,  Lewis & Clark Law School; and Jeff Kerr, general counsel and vice president  of corporate affairs, PETA Foundation. Difficult strategic decisions need to be  made when bringing creative lawsuits to benefit animals. This panel will address  the legal foundations for the “Tilikum” case and explore the strategic  decision-making involved in filing this case that asked for protection against  and direct recognition of the harm suffered by the orcas at SeaWorld. This is  juxtaposed with cases where courts are asked to address the harm suffered by
humans who feel injured by harm to animals.

CENTER ANNOUNCES NEW MASTERS DEGREE IN ANIMAL LAW
The Center for Animal Law Studies in collaboration with  the Animal Legal Defense Fund, describes itself as an animal law think tank and  the umbrella organization of the nation’s premier animal law program working to
create the next generation of animal law attorneys.  According to their brochure, “An animal law education is invaluable. Animal law encompasses all the traditional areas of law in addition to cutting-edge law and policy issues emerging in the field such as factory farming, criminal prosecutions, animal testing or the link between violence against animals and violence against humans. In the course of your legal career, it is no longer a matter of if an animal law case crosses your desk. It is only a matter of when.”

Lewis & Clark Law School recently announced their launch of the first-ever Animal Law LL.M. class in the fall of 2012. “The new LL.M. degree program marks another historic milestone in the evolution of animal law,” Pamela Frasch, assistant  dean of the Animal Law Program and executive director of the Center for Animal Law Studies, said.

ONGOING PROJECTS OF THE CENTER
- Working with Farm Sanctuary to address the lack of enforcement of the Poultry Products Inspection
Act and asking USDA to consider a rulemaking on methods of slaughter necessitated by the exclusion of poultry from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act

- Developing a compilation of letters outlining anti-cruelty laws to assist in prosecutions that will be sent to prosecutors in every state

-  Evaluating laws addressing animals used in testing and for food

Today there are 142 law schools in the U.S. and Canada that have offered a course in animal law. In 2000 there were only 12 Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters. Ten years later, SALDF chapters have been formed at more than 160  schools (including the top ten law schools in the U.S.). ALDF compares animal
law today to the emergent environmental law movement thirty years ago.
 
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From Trude,

If you hear a candidate use the word  "sustainable",  ask what he/she means :
 
http://epaabuse.com/9519/videos/to-the-epa-sustainable-energy-means-socialism/?utm_source=EPA+Abuse&utm_campaign=4065b0ea81-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email‏

From Joan-----

YOWZI!   read this,  you  guys
 
  http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50586

Network Email
 
 From Lars Larson......
 
"Today I got a call, out of the blue, from the father of one of the Americans who was murdered
in Benghazi, Libya

Charles Woods explained that he never calls talk shows, but was upset over news he had heard
and just decided to call me.He talked about his son, Tyrone Woods, who was killed along with Ambassador Chris Stevens and two other Americans who were trying to  save the life of the Ambassador.

 After 37 years,  there are still days that this business takes your breath away" ~ Lars Larson
 Charles Woods, Father of Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods Who Gave His Life in Benghazi 
http://soundcloud.com/thelarslarsonshow/charles-woods-father-of-former
Visit 9-12 Project Lane County Oregon at: http://912lane3.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Dear Oregon Republicans and Conservatives:

Of the three branches of government, the Judicial Branch   is the least understood by Oregonians. Unfortunately, a lot of Oregonians get  a  quick education if they are arrested for a crime or are involved in a  civil  suit. So often, you peel open your ballot and look at the various  races. You  come across a couple of candidates running for the Court of  Appeals or the  Supreme Court and your reaction is "Who are these people?"  I know I have and I  usually end up not voting for either. This time, I  decided to do a little  research on these two candidates to help me  decide.Let me give you my opinion on  this race. Of course, you decide  which candidate receives your vote.

Here is an article about the two men running for the   important position of Court of Appeals Judge. For your information,    Volpert is a Democrat attorney with a big time law firm in  Portland.  Volpert is supported by big time liberals including former  Democrat  Governor Barbara Roberts and Portland Congressman Earl
Blumnenaur. I  know  the history of Blumnenauer since I lived in Portland for 24 years while he   was on the Portland City Council and US Congressman. I feel strongly about   Blumenauer. I would not vote for my own mother if she was endorsed by   Blumenauer. Volpert is supported by the Oregon Education Association(OEA),  the  State Teachers Union and received $1500 from them.


Egan is a  Republican and Circuit Court Judge in Linn   County which is a mostly rural county in the Willamette Valley. Egan is also  a  veteran of the Marine Corps.  He is the financial underdog in the race as  Volpert  has raised much more money  due to his connections in liberal  Portland.( I  checked the Secretary of State
records on their  campaign  contributors)

Judge candidates are not permitted to advertise their   legal philosophy or how they will rule on any particular case. Thus, it is  hard  to figure out who to support. However,  In my mind, do we need to  put  another judge on the Court Appeals supported by the Liberal Portland  Crowd? I  think not and I am voting for James C.Egan.


Sincerely,  
Ron Glynn  (Retired Multnomah County Parole and Probation   Officer)
Wolf Creek, Oregon


http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/10/oregon_court_of_appeals_electi.html

Letter to the editor,

Governance committees’ final report and recommendations, to the board of commissioners of Coos County Oregon: Coos County’s system of governance is a 19th century model that struggles to meet
21st century best practices recommended by the ICMA (International City/County Management Association.

ICMA www.icma.org.   NEWS: New international Exchange Opportunities: New funding from the U.S.
Department of State will provide opportunities for ICMA members and their local governments to
participate in international exchanges focused on legislative process: ICMA at the World Urban Forum was established by the  United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world
today:  rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities,   economies, and policies.   It’s “The Urban Future” is centered on  four “dialogues” Urban Planning:  Institutions, Regulations, and Quality
of life.  Equity and Prosperity:  Distribution of wealth and  opportunities.   Productive Cities:  Urban job creation.
Urban Mobility:  Energy and Environment.

Click on the knowledge network and look under groups:  Northwest Next Generation. It says that they are
a professional network of Oregon and Washington city/county managers and  graduate students and others
interested in a career in local government management.

University of Oregon: http://pppm.uoregon.edu/grad/crp  this is the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, Master  of  Community and Regional Planning.

1959:  Nikita Khrushchev came to the U.S and made the statement we will bury you. Stated that he was
not referring to a literal burial, but that, through inexorable historical  development, communism would
replace capitalism and “bury” it.  This is   another example of International agencies through Agenda 21
sustainable  development.

I would suggest that you read the Ordinance to Change Board of Commissioner and Create County Administrator: Please read Section 01.06.100: 
Composition of Board of Commissioners c. The Board shall adopt such rules of procedures as it deems
necessary and appropriate for conducting public meetings and other county business.
 
As it is now we can speak at public comments for three minutes.   This now comes before the agenda items.  How can we comment on the agenda item if we don’t know what is going to be said?  Is this John Q
public or their communities and councils?

I am voting for the Home Rule Charter “Voice of the Voters” measure 6-143  Section 9.4 stops this.

Tressa Johnson
51391 Sandy Creek Road
Myrtle Point Or. 97458

The Libertarian Vote: Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal Center
The dominating theme of political commentary over the past decade has been that we are a nation divided – polarized, red vs. blue, liberal vs. conservative.  But millions of American voters don't fit neatly into liberal and conservative boxes. Squarely in the center of the electorate is a substantial number of voters with the power
to decide elections.  Who are these voters?  What are their beliefs, affiliations and loyalties?  The Libertarian Vote:  Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal Center reveals that 10 to 20 percent of Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal—libertarian. And over the past decade, unlike loyal Democrats and Republicans, they have been swing voters. They have contributed, for example, to the success of both the tea party and the gay marriage movement.

The Libertarian Vote provides some of the most pertinent and authoritative insights available on this substantial block of voters.  As the book demonstrates, the strength of libertarian voters, and their increasingly decisive role at the center of a divided electorate, remain underestimated and only superficially understood by many candidates and journalists. Candidates and political strategists willing to look more carefully at them may very well discover a large group of voters energetically looking for a home.
The Libertarian Vote: Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal
Center

For Immediate Release
Contact: Ryan Kuhlman 503.480.0523

KEIZER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOICES ENDORSEMENT OF MEASURE 84 TO END THE OREGON DEATH TAX
 October 24, 2012
Salem – The Keizer Chamber of Commerce, through their Economic Development and Government Affairs Division, has voted unanimously to endorse Measure 84 to End the Oregon Death Tax.  The Keizer Chamber joins many other Chambers across the state of Oregon that endorse Measure 84.  All of these Chambers have expressed extreme concern for the effects that the Oregon Death Tax will have on their members’ businesses, and are therefore voting YES on Measure 84.

  The Chamber and its Economic Development and Government Affairs Committee has a history of close to 50 years of speaking as one voice on issues concerning private enterprise, competitive marketing, and the encouragement of innovative expansion and development of all segments of the community.  Keizer’s Chamber
feels that this can only be accomplished by allowing businesses to flourish and expand without worrying about the Oregon Estate Tax, and how a business can cut costs and pay insurance, to prevent losing the business when the owner passes.

  Over 50 organizations, and now the Keizer Chamber, form the YES on 84 Coalition that is working to eliminate the Oregon Death Tax.  If you would like to assist the Coalition, please call 503.480.0523 or email ryan@commonsensefororegon.com.  With less than two weeks before Election Day, the Coalition welcomes assistance from other organizations, businesses, families, and individuals.  Join the Coalition and the Keizer Chamber of Commerce with a VOTE of YES on Measure 84, to end the Oregon Death Tax.

Rob, here are a few links.

Oath Keepers
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/

Intolerable Acts Action Center (click on Oregon then Coos links. I filled in the blanks and submitted the long
forms for the county and sheriff resolutions.  http://theintolerableacts.org/

P.A.N.D.A. Founder Dan Johnson devised this list from the Tenth Amendment Center charts listing locals who've nullified the NDAA
http://www.peopleagainstndaa.com/legi

Tenth Amendment Center
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/

States Sovereignty
http://statesstand.ning.com/

Give Us Our Land Back Petition to The Feds
http://giveusourlandback.org/

This should keep you busy a short time.
Tom
  
Tom McKirgan

The Tea Partyer
October 22, 2012
 
The following are my choices for the Ballot in the General Election of November 2012.  My vote for a candidate does not signify my endorsement.   I will distinguish between a candidate that I am endorsing and one that I
am voting for because of the strategic political expediency of the decision.  
 
Bandon Voting Issues:
 On the local ballot in Bandon, the citizens will be making choices for Mayor, three city councilors, a new taxing district, and the members of the board for that new district.  
 
Mary Schamehorn will be receiving my vote for Mayor of Bandon.  The other person in the race, Councilman Mike Claassen, voted in favor of the Bandon marsh expansion when the subject came before the council as an agenda item.  It was a decision of betrayal and it displayed a lack of loyalty to the landowners in Bandon and the
surrounding area.  Mr. Claassen is an enemy of the taxpayer and he should retire from local politics when his term is up on the city council.
 
Brian Vick, Geri Procetto will be begrudgingly getting my vote for Bandon City Council.  Mike Sterling will be getting my vote and has my endorsement for city councilor.  The current members of the council lack
his sense of practicality.  It would also be good to have a fresh perspective.  
 
However, I will be voting “NO” on Measure 6-146.  This measure is the proposed formation of the Bandon Community Swimming Pool Recreation District.  A pool is a luxury and now is not the time to raise local taxes. 
Lower taxes are an incentive for businesses to move into the area. The Bandon School district just lost
$200,000 this year in funding due to fewer students, because there are no jobs to support their families.  Please,
let us stop creating more debt and vote against the Bandon Pool District.  
 
Vote NONE OF THE ABOVE or NOTA for ALL the candidates running for the position of board member of the new Bandon Community Swimming Pool Recreation District.  
  
Coos County Commissioners:
Commissioner Robert “Bob” Main will be receiving my vote and has my endorsement for County Commissioner Position #1.  His opponent, Commissioner Fred Messerle, voted in favor of increasing the maximum indebtedness of the Bandon Urban Renewal Area #1 at a cost to the county of about $30,000 annually until the year 2033.  In addition, Messerle has been in favor of the Administrator position from the beginning.  Given the opportunity, he would have enacted the administrator ordinance without going to a public vote.  He is also deeply involved with the Winter Lake Project and too closely related to the South Coast Development Council.   
 
John Sweet will be receiving my vote for County Commissioner Position #2.
 
Don Gurney will be receiving my vote and has my endorsement for County Commissioner Position #3.  Mr. Gurney has already saved the county when he convinced the Board of Commissions to set aside funding.  His opponent, Mellissa Cribbins, is a very nice woman, but her professional relationship with the Coquille Indian
Tribe as their attorney makes her a liability for the county.   Any of her decisions on the O&C lands, as a sitting commissioner, would be a conflict of interest going beyond just perception.   Her support of the County Administrator position is a risk to our representative form of government.  
 
Coos Soil and Water Conservation:
Dan Pierce will receive my vote and has my endorsement for Director in Zone #2.  Charlie Waterman will receive my vote and has my endorsement for Director in Zone #3.  I will write-in my own name for Director in Zone #4, because there is no candidate filed in that position and I want another choice.  Please feel free to write-in my name. Write-in your own name or write-in someone with integrity for any position that has no candidate running in the race.  It is the American way to make up our own choices.   
  
State Representative:
Wayne Krieger will receive my vote for State Rep in the Congressional District #1. 
  
State Senator:
Jeff Kruse will receive my vote for State Senator in District #1
 
Attorney General:
James L Buchal will receive my vote for Attorney General.  
  
State Treasurer:
Tom Cox will receive my vote and has my endorsement for State Treasurer.  He once ran for Governor as a Libertarian candidate and is currently running as a registered Republican.  His experience and knowledge of the financial markets will help him in the position of treasurer.  
 
Secretary of State:
Knute Buehler will receive my vote for Secretary of State.  It is time for a change.
 
Representative in Congress:
Libertarian candidate, Chuck Huntting, will receive my vote for representative in the 4th District of the US Congress.
 
United States President:
My choice for president should not reflect the image of the disgruntled voter.  In fact, this is a very happy vote for me.  I have the great opportunity to vote for my former Governor, Gary Johnson, Libertarian candidate for President of the United States.  I will vote for Governor Gary Johnson for President. 
 
I was on the committee to elect Johnson for President in 1999 and consider myself ahead of the times.  Former Governor Johnson is the right person for the job of Commander-In-Chief.   He has experience as Chief Executive in business and politics and was incredible successful in both positions.  Obama is a big government socialist with plans to continue to change and reform the fundamental structure of our government. Romney has the same record of increasing the size of government and his foreign policy is identical to the current president.  I cannot bring myself to vote for neither the Republican nor the Democrat.  Both parties have devalued what it means to be an American, figuratively and literally.  It is not a wasted vote to vote for someone of principle and it will force the Republicans to work towards the goal of a limited government or face the consequences of defeat.  
 
County Measures:
 I will Vote “YES” on measure 6-143 the Home Rule Charter Initiative.  The charter is a contract between the
people and the representatives on the Board of Commissioners.  The charter will restrain the growth of authority and allows the voter to retain a representative form of government.  
 
I will Vote “NO” on measure 6-144.  This is The Ordinance to change the Board of Commissioners and create a County Administrator position or County Czar.  Creating a new position will further bloat our local county government and only benefit government developers, to the detriment of the taxpayer.  It will increase administrative costs to the county, while eroding representation.  
 
I will Vote “NO” on measure 6-145, the Bandon Marsh Advisory Vote.  The US Fish & Wildlife Service must
hear a resounding NO to the Bandon marsh expansion from the residents of Coos County.  It is very important to
show our solidarity on this key issue.   The entire Coquille Valley is at risk of being lost to future generations
of farmers and ranchers.    
 
Statewide Measures:
 I will Vote “NO” on measure 77.  This Ballot measure is a constitutional revision relating to state governmental responses to catastrophic disasters.  The law is vague and it broadens the scope and power of the Governor.
 
I will Vote “YES” on Measure 78.  This measure changes constitutional language describing governmental system of separation of powers and it corrects grammatical and spelling changes.  It would be good to have a grammatically correct constitution.
 
I will Vote “YES” on Measure 79.  This measure will amend the state constitution and prohibits real estate transfer taxes, fees, other assessments, except those operative on December 31, 2009.  This is a double tax on property that discourages businesses from moving to Oregon.  
  
I will Vote “YES” on Measure 80.  This measure allows personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license and creates a commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale.  This is a badly written law, but it moves the mark forward towards legalizing marijuana for adults.  The cannabis sativa plant is legal for all consenting adults would have been the proper way to write this law.  Legislation that simple would be immensely more conducive to our constitutional values than our current situation where there is a War on Drugs.
 
I will Vote “NO” on Measure 81.  This measure prohibits commercial non-tribal fishing with gillnets in Oregon “inland waters,” and allows the use of seine nets.  This law will destroy more jobs in our state.  It does nothing to stop others from performing the same practice of gillnet fishing.  
  
I will Vote “NO” on Measure 82.  This measure amends the Oregon constitution to permit the establishment of privately owned casinos and mandates a percentage of revenues payable to a dedicated state fund.  Sounds good, but it does not allow the construction of private casinos within a 60-mile radius of existing tribal casinos operating on reservation land, which would eliminate 95% of the state.  A market that restricted is not free market competition.  Moreover, this measure is directed toward one particular casino, which will unfortunately be constructed using government development funding---i.e. ---our tax dollars.
 
I will Vote “NO” on Measure 83.  This measure authorizes a privately owned casino, The Wood Village.  It would mandate Wood Village to pay a percentage of their revenue to a dedicated state fund.  The state is desperately looking for new revenue streams, so they are willing to sell out the competition in the free market just for a few cents on the dollar.  A better measure would make the ownership of private casinos in the state of Oregon legal.   

I will Vote “YES” on Measure 84.  This law would phase out existing inheritance taxes on large estates, and all taxes on intra-family property transfers.  One of Oregon’s largest exports is its children and young families. 
This tax forces people who inherit the family business to have to sell those businesses just to pay for the transfer tax.  Instead of inheriting a thriving business, the state is bequeathing them more debt.  Then those families
move out of the state forever, never to return as tax paying residents of the community.  This is a disgrace for
our state to put such a burden on families.  
 
I will Vote “NO” on Measure 85.  This measure amends the Oregon constitution to take money that would normally go back to taxpayers in the form of a“kicker” and allocates that money to fund additional public
education K through 12.  This is a backdoor tax increase, or otherwise it would be returned to the taxpayer. The school districts already receive the largest piece of the property tax pie.  Then these districts turn around and give that money away to private developers through the tax increment financing process of Urban Renewal.  What a joke and an insult to taxpayers.  We need a revolutionary change for these school boards and we have to stop tax increases.   

Sincerely, Rob Taylor  


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Three Campaign Issues for 2012

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 In eight years there could be 30,000 spy drones in American skies.
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 Since 9/11 both parties have waged total war on my privacy...

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Rob, 

I wrote to the ODF&W expressing my disapproval of their UnConstitutional attack on our property rights, but I sent it off before I knew you wanted a copy of it! Sorry!
 
However, here's my letter to the NRA, explaining what's really happening down here on the Marsh issues:
 
Dear NRA,
As a extremely concerned resident of Coos County in Oregon, an NRA Member and Certified Instructor, your recent article relaying the USFWSs plans to expand waterfowl hunting on the Bandon Marsh and other Refuges
in Tillamook and Lincoln Counties is a complete farce and lie! As a hiker of the local trails, dunes, rivers, back roads, more and more PUBLIC lands are being closed off from We the People. They are also moving to close our beaches and dunes from any form of recreation.


You think these people will follow through with allowing hunting? You are sorely wrong. When they get our approval and blessing to dedicate more acreage to wildlife sanctuary status, they will never allow the
human being on that land again. It's all part of Agenda 21! 

Dear Editor --
 
    Here are some great points on the Coos County  Home Rule Charter, Measure 6-143.  It is absolutely apolitical by which I  mean it favors neither Democrats nor Republicans, nor anyone else for that  matter.  Its clear and basic guidelines are for everyone  alike.
 
    The charter's message is completely  neutral on issues.  For example, the Charter neither promotes  Urban Renewal or big ticket ($100,000 or more) purchases or contracts nor does  it oppose these.  It simply says there
will be a vote.
 
    A document this county-oriented and  straight forward has to be a Win-Win for the voters.  The Charter  mandates the voter's rightful place in the political arena, that  wonderful old fashioned American ideal: "of
the people, by the people, and  for the people."  That's why the Charter is called "Voice of the  Voters".  
 
Vote yes on 6-143, the voter's road to  victory.  Visit  www.cooscountycharter.com for  the entire charter, related letters, posts, and flyers.
 
Ronnie Herne  
62650 Fairview Road
Coquille  97423
541-396-4200

SCOTUS denies Ohio request to curtail early voting
Source: Reuters  "The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ohio's request to curtail early voting in the state leading up to the November 6 presidential election. Ohio, critical to the election hopes of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, began early in-person voting earlier this month but planned to cut it off on November 2, the Friday before the election,  except for members of the military. The Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party had sued Ohio officials to restore early voting right up to election day eve. Republicans opposed their efforts, saying a cutoff was needed to reduce voter fraud." (10/16/12)

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