Another Successful Year for Representative Farnsworth

= More Pain for Arizonans

Just when Arizonans thought that contract law, legal agreements and the basic Judeo/Christian principles of character and integrity were safely ensconsed in a veto-proof super-majority Republican caucus, the haunting memories of 2007-2008 come crashing back on the political scene.  In the old days, Rep. Farnsworth helped demolish the solidarity of the thirty-three member Republican Caucus and caused untold damage to the people he was elected to represent.

Now, less than a fortnight into the first session of the Fiftieth Arizona Legislature, he has managed to become the sinkhole in the road to correcting the outlandish actions of the Tohono O'odham Tribe that violate the 2003 Arizona Gaming Compact - passed by a Republican Arizona Legislature, signed into law by a Republican Governor, validated by a Republican United States Congress and signed into law by a Republican President.

For Rep. Farnsworth, upholding the letter and intent of the Gaming Compact is less important than being the most important elected official on the mall, replete with his name and picture on the front page of the Capitol Times, as the lone Republican supporting the outrageous actions of the tribe under the ruse of defending private property rights.  

His public position is ludicrous, when you consider that this particular piece of private property has been claim-jumped by a sovereign nation in direct contravention of the Arizona Compact, signed into law by Arizona, the United States and twenty three indian tribes. It does, however, give him a chance to thumb his nose at the Speaker, the Rules Chairman and others who do not bow to him.

The subterfuge undertaken by the tribe that takes this prime real estate off the tax rolls is just the beginning of the damage.  The consequences to the City of Glendale in the form of additional infrastructure costs, lifestyle degradation and increased criminal activity will be compounded by permanent damage to neighboring small business entrepreneurs and will cause incalculable future costs to city, county and state taxpayers.

We fear that this is just the beginning of Chapter Two of the Farnsworth Follies.  In two years, with redistricting as a possible corrective tool, the voters will hopefully decide to restrict his tenure to a single term.  It is never too early to begin the process to provide that service to our great state.

Congratulations

Reince Priebus new RNC Chair

The Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman, Reince Priebus has been elected as the new Chairman of the Republican National Committee on the seventh ballot.  Mr. Priebus led on every ballot, and increased his vote total on every ballot that culminated with 97 votes.  The Committee later unanimously approved his selection by acclimation.


The former Chairman, Michael Steele, dropped out after the fourth ballot as his support waned on every ballot from 44 on the first ballot to 28 on the fourth. 


Mr. Priebus has a record of suporting the grass roots activists, working closely with AFP, Tea Party and other conservative organizations in what has traditionally been a blue state.  Under his leadership, the GOP won the US Senate Seat (defeating Russ Feingold of the notorious McCain-Feingold law), the Governorship, six of the Congressional seats and both houses of the Legislature. 

Haney, Conservative Slate

squashes McCain, Cheatham

Today's Maricopa County Statutory Meeting at the El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, was the site of an overwhelming Conservative victory in the election of Republican Party Leadership for the next two years.  Incumbent Chairman Rob Haney defeated newcomer McCain supported candidate Bill Cheatham by the largest margin in recent memory. 

The winning margin of more than 700 votes, 1281 for Haney to 575 for Cheatham, should be a message that should at long last be accepted by the big government, amnesty loving, left wing of the Party that they are not in step with the majority of Republicans in this state. 


If those who advocate for bigger government, ceding of states rights, amnesty, socialized medicine, abortion rights and homosexual rights want to continue in the political arena, perhaps they should follow the advice of President Ronald  Reagan:

"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs, which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.... And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these conservative principles, then let them go their own way."

Let us know when you are having your Bon Voyage party, so we can join in the celebration.

Misplaced finger pointing

"Unintended consequences by one's actions do come home to roost.", states Wes Harris, in a visceral diatribe against Rob Haney. It is unfortunate that Mr. Harris makes accusations against one of our greatest patriots in Maricopa County. It is nearly surreal considering the fact that Mr. Harris has done little more than create disharmony and conflict in his short time in the Party.


Lets see if we can help Mr. Harris. It is the right, no, the DUTY of every conservative Republican to bend every effort supporting the conservative candidate on the ballot - General AND Primary.  Rob Haney has a clear and consistent record of fulfilling that duty.  Every conservative registered voter - including Precinct Committeemen - should do likewise. To do less would be an abrogation of the values that true conservatives espouse.


Going further, Mr. Tom Husband has gone on record challenging you to substantiate that Mr. Haney used his office title to endorse or support any candidate in the Primary.  You have failed to provide such documentation, since there is none available.  NOTE:  No Precinct Committeeman or Party Elected Official is required to give up their Freedom of Speech rights in order to serve.

We are surprised about one thing you allege Mr. Haney did. For him to converse with you in a pleasant manner is more than you deserved.  Maybe that is due to the fact he was not surprised at your baseless charges considering your actions since you stumbled out into the political arena in an obvious effort to promote yourself.


You can be comforted by the fact that your actions will not be laid at the feet of the Tea Party. No one of import has looked at you as a bonafide representative of the Tea Party for many months. 

We are especially mindful of the fact that this attack comes less than 24 hours prior to the Statutory Meeting.  Exactly how much are you under the influence of the RINO/Chamber functionaries - as much as Ms Bolick, who raised much of her campaign funds from that particular group?

If you are going play politics, you should at least learn the basics of the game before you try your hand at intrigue. 

Pearce Response

to McComish

On Tuesday, Sen. Elect John McComish made the foolish mistake to complain to The Capitol Times for "unfair" actions by Sen. President Elect Russell Pearce.  http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/11/30/mccomish-calls-senate-committee-assignments-%e2%80%98unfair%e2%80%99/

For a person with eight years at the Capitol and having served in leadership in the House, this came across as the inappropriate actions of a newcomer to the scene.  It was not destined to turn out good for McComish.

Yesterday, the response came from the President Elect, and it was as expected: 
http://azcapitoltimes.com/strike-everything/2010/12/01/pearce-blasts-mccomish-over-committee-complaints/

Sounds like R. Lee Ermey in the Geico Ad: 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgiUm4lQig

TSA Methods Will Kill More Americans on Highway

The recent public ire toward the TSA’s new pat-down and body imaging screening methods is likely to lead to a spike in car-related deaths that will be far larger than any plane-related safety benefits.

As the nation readies for one of the busiest traveling holidays, Steven Horwitz, a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, states that the probable spike in road travel, caused by adverse feelings towards the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new screening procedures, would lead to more car-related deaths.  

Car-related accidents now account for 115 deaths EVERY DAY in the United States.  That is comparable to the crash of one commuter airliner daily!


“Driving is much more dangerous than flying, as you are far more likely to be killed in an automobile accident mile-for-mile than you are in an airplane,” said Horwitz. “The result will be that the new TSA procedures will kill more Americans on the highway.”


Clifford Winston, a senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institute, said that the airline industry will definitely see a decline in passengers if the public’s contempt for the pat-downs and advanced-imaging technology systems continues.

Anecdotally, a friend of ours who usually flies for family and personal reasons once every couple of months, has already made the decision to not fly as long as these procedures are in place.

So, we will have a negative impact on our economy AND we will end up killing more Americans. Sounds like a success story for the Soros, Obama, Napolitano Progressive Communists. 

Obama Speak at Work

"One of the most frustrating aspects of this fight against terrorism is that it has created a whole security apparatus around us that causes a huge inconvenience for ALL of us,"   -BHO

We have missed the photo ops of the First Family going through the TSA Groping.  We do not ever want to see the naked scans of B. Hussein, Michelle or their Progeny.  That would probably make us go instantly blind.

This embarrassingly stupid assertion goes along with his call for redistribution of wealth - except for him and his friends and his call for a reduced carbon footprint - except for him and his friends.

His narcissistic, irrational policies - especially when implemented by Nappy - really does call for a law that requires the people who institute public policy to have to be the first to use it. 

What a crock, Barack!

Shellacked at home
then Shellacked abroad

It appears that the President has failed in his billion dollar mission to restore his tarnished image.  On November 2, the policies of Barack Hussein were repudiated by his foster countrymen with a thorough shellacking at the ballot box.  Americans made the right choice in turning out nearly seventy Democrat Congressmen along with the governors of almost all of the midwestern states plus a few more for good measure.


For comfort and reactualization of his ID, Barack Hussein returned to his boyhood homeland.  To his dismay, this journey became the location of his second shellacking in two weeks at the hands of his muslim, sino and european friends.


Sometimes a boy just doesn't know where to turn for repair to his ego.  Maybe he should try the country that calls him their son - Kenya.  It may prove once again that all of life is a circle.

Procrastination will only make the problem worse

Arizona is 900 million dollars in the hole and getting deeper. Our General Fund revenues are about a 100 million dollars a month less than our expenditures. That is about 25 million a week. What that means is the legislature needs to come in NOW and reduce the budget by at least 1.5 billion dollars.

Every day agencies are spending money we don't have. The longer we wait to do the cuts, the less money there will be to fix the problem.  We have agencies that are still bloated with administrators and managers.  We have agencies that were created in good economic times that are duplications of other layers of government or intrude into areas previously handled well by private industry .

Arizona needs to put a five year moratorium on any new regulation by state and local government that restricts business. This moratorium needs to retroactively include many state, county and local regulations that were conceived as hidden tax raising schemes on Arizona businesses and homeowners over the last decade.  All regulations not directly addressing health and safety, that restricts home businesses need to be eliminated.

It is better to see street signs trying to attract customers into a business or store than all these empty storefronts and office buildings. It is better to have someone running a business out of their house than have all these empty foreclosures and "For Sale" signs up and down every street.

City ordinances that require developers to establish an HOA on all new developments need to be rescinded and current property owners need the ability to rescind their current HOA status.  Government must get out of the way if we are to get our economy growing again.

Waiting only makes it worse.

Deja Vu

Goddard Spoils Hess Victory

Growing Our Party has just been informed that Tery Goddard has joined Matt Salmon on the Barry Hess Wall of Infamy for preventing Herr Hess being elected as Arizona Governor! 

Hess is actually gaining ground.  His percentage has grown from 1.67% to 2.16% in the last eight years. 

Check back in 2092 to see if he finally reaches viability.

Conservative Republicans

Continue Sweep

FLASH:
Arizona Senate Leadership:
Russell Pearce - President 
Scott Bundgaard - Majority Leader
Steve Pierce - Majority Whip

Arizona House Leadership:
Kirk Adams - Speaker
Andy Tobin - Majority Leader
Debbie Lesko - Majority Whip

Republicans Score HUGE Gains across America in State Legislatures

Based on unofficial, preliminary returns, legislative chambers that have switched so far are:

§ Alabama House and Senate
§ Arizona House & Senate - Veto Proof
§ Colorado House
§ Indiana House
§ Iowa House
§ Maine House and Senate
§ Michigan House
§ Minnesota House and Senate
§ Montana House
§ New Hampshire House and Senate
§ New York Senate
§ North Carolina House and Senate
§ Ohio House
§ Oregon Tied in both Senate and House
§ Pennsylvania House
§ Washington Senate
§ Wisconsin Assembly and Senate


§ Republicans gained at least 680 State Legislature seats on Tuesday, the largest gain by either party since 1966, surpassing Democratic gains in the post-Watergate election of 1974.


§ The North Carolina Senate is now in Republican control for the first time since 1870.


§ The Minnesota Senate, which held nonpartisan elections until 1974, is under Republican control for the first time.


§ The Alabama legislature is under Republican control for the first time since Reconstruction.


The Texas and Tennessee Houses went from virtually tied to massive Republican gains. The gains in Texas were so big that the Republicans no longer need the Democrats to get state constitutional amendments out of the state legislature.


These gains go all the way down to the municipal level across the nation. That did not happen even in 1994.


This was a tsunami of Epic Proportions!  Now the work begins!

Dems Trail Badly
In Early Returns

Florida:  Early votingis over and it looks terrible for the Democrats.  Here is the updated chart:


Party        2010           2008            2006
Dem        36.5%        45.6%         43.6%
Ind          14.3%        17.1%         15.4%
Rep         49.2%        37.3%         41.0%

Yes, you’re reading that right.
GOP outperforming 2008 by 12 points.

Already, 2.2 million votes have been cast — perhaps not half of what will be cast overall, but not too far from it. And bear in mind, this is a state with 4.6 million registered Democrats and only 4 million registered Republicans (plus 2.2 million independents). Something big might be happening down there — it’s at least clear that the state GOP has been working on its early vote operation.


Not fatal, but not good news for Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee in the close governor’s race. Also not good news for Democratic Reps. Alan Grayson, Suzanne Kosmas, Ron Klein, or Allen Boyd. Nor for Joe Garcia, the Democratic nominee for the open 25th Congressional District in South Florida.

MORE GOOD EARLY NEWS

Pennsylvania: The latest absentee ballot statistics released show a strong Republican tilt in the Keystone State where 53,226 (59%) absentee ballots have been returned by registered Republicans compared with 37,631 (41%) by registered Democrats.

Worse still for Democrats, the enthusiasm gap pollsters have predicted appears to be coming true. So far, Democrats have returned 55% of the absentee ballots they requested. Republicans have returned 67%.

Nevada: In Democratic Clark County, Republicans UP 13 points from a 22-point Democratic advantage in 2008. In Reno's Washoe County, Republicans UP 18 points from a 12-point Democrat advantage in 2008.

Colorado:  Republican over Democrat early returns by 61,500 this year, where Democrats were up over Republicans in 2008 by 25,000 early ballots.  That is a swing of over 86,500 to the GOP!

Straight Talk from Sarah

Today on the Chris Wallace Fox Sunday Show, Governor Palin clearly identified the cabal of liberal politicians and the liberal media in terms we all understand:

"These are corrupt Bastards"

Oh that we had a thousand of Sarah Palins with the integrity and strength to tell it like it is! 

Our Founders had the ability to tell the truth with vigor.  If we are to return America to the strength we once enjoyed, we must face our adversaries and our challenges with such clarity of speech and action.

Figures don't Lie - -
But Liars Figure

SURPRISE!!  Four days before the General Election, we get a skewed, totally misleading Unemployment Figure from the Obama Administration Department of Labor. 

Today, they touted a 21,000 reduction in Initial Claims using a Seasonally (Politically?) Adjusted Rate.

However, the actual number of Initial Claims, according to the DOL, is actually INCREASED by 11,678. 

Does it make you or your neighbor that the Obama Administration lowered the number of people filing new claims through a mathematical formula that they develop?  Is this part of the Hopey Changey thing?

How do you feel about the fact that the real percentage of Americans who want a full time job and cannot find one is actually over 20%?

Will their Seasonally Adjusted numbers somehow be revised next week -- after the Election?  (Happened more than 20 weeks this year.)

Republicans -- The Party of Know! 

Stay tuned for the next sleight of hand by the Party of Snow!

One week to determine

The rest of your life

It may seem overly dramatic, but the headline tells it all.  What is accomplished in the next seven days will have a dramatic impact on the rest of your life! 

If you think that is over-the-top, consider the following rights you may lose on November 2:

Your right to choose your own doctor and participate in your health decisions

Your right send your child to the school of your choice

Your right to buy the vehicle that meets the needs of your family

Your rights as a parent to nurture and discipline your children

Your right to worship where Biblical principles are not censored by the government

Your right to a secret ballot in elections

Your right to speak the truth without being imprisoned for hate speech

How important are your rights? 

Important enough to take a vacation day and spend it calling undecided voters with the facts?   

Important enough to participate in encouraging conservatives how paramount it is that they place their early ballots in the mail no later than Wednesday - only two days from now?

Look at the short list above again and ask yourself how important is it to make sure you keep those - and hundreds more - rights!

What you do in the next few hours may well determine the course your children and grandchildren will have to travel in their future.

How important is that to them?

The meeting and socializing 

returns November 2

We are ten days out and it is past time to cease the "greet, meet and retreat" groups where we talk about politics. The members of the audience are already involved and know the problems of the system, the good and bad candidates, and how they are going to vote.


Our candidates need boots on the ground and voices on live phone lines to push Republicans to return their early ballots NOW. As of this writing on early Saturday morning, less than one-third of Republican early ballots have been returned. We will NOT defeat Kirkpatrick, Hulburd, Mitchell, Grijalva and Giffords for Congress, nor Johnson, Schapira, Rios, Aguirre, Alvarez and Cage for the State Senate unless those ballots are completed and returned on time!


We encourage everyone in Maricopa County to contact Dave Schweikert personally at 602-619-3330 or check his website at: www.david10.com. Better yet, take a shortcut and go to his Scottsdale office at 4110 N. Goldwater, on the second floor, south side of the building. You'll see the signs. The calls you make there will also help turn our legislature into a veto-proof majority.


Of course, David could use some cash to counter the scurrilous Democrat Committee attacks, but more importantly he needs YOU to schedule time to make personal phone calls encouraging Republicans to return their early ballots.


There are more than 50,000 Republican ballots not returned in CD5 in Maricopa County alone as of this writing. If those ballots are returned, we will have an unprecedented increase in conservative Republicans in our legislature and will ensure the retirement of Mitchell, Hulburd, etal.


So lets stop the partying and socializing until after 7pm on November 2. The real party will begin when the work is done.

Thanks for all you do, but now is the time to "double down" on this effort.

21 Anyone?

In case you are not aware, Arizona is right now playing 21 and it is no game.  The Republican/Pachyderm/Tea Party is on the verge of winning a veto proof 21 seats in the State Senate.  This would be an all-time high watermark for the GOP in this state. 

How do we get to this staggering number?  Win at least 4 of the 5 races where we are currently leading or within the margins:

LD1 - Steve Pierce (a lock)
LD3 - Ron Gould (a lock)
LD4 - Scott Bundgaard (a lock)
LD5 - Sylvia Allen (a lock)
LD6 - Lori Klein (a lock)
LD7 - Nancy Barto (a lock)
LD8 - Michelle Reagan (a lock)
LD9 - Rick Murphy (a lock)
LD10 - Linda Gray (leading)
LD11 - Adam Driggs (a lock) -- That's 10
LD12 - John Nelson (a lock)
LD17 - Wendy Rogers (w/i the margin)
LD18 - Russell Pearce (a lock)
LD19 - Rich Crandall (a lock)
LD20 - John McComish (a lock)
LD21 - Steve Yarbrough (a lock)
LD22 - Andy Biggs (a lock)
LD23 - Steve Smith (leading)
LD24 - Don Shooter (leading)
LD25 - Gail Griffin (leading) --  that's 20
LD26 - Al Melvin (a lock)
LD30 - Frank Antenori (a lock)

That is actually 22 if we win ALL the close races.  That is the good news - the better news is that 16 of them are conservatives, but ONLY if we make sure the candidates that are now considered leading end up winning their races. 

Ten days to go.  What will you do to make sure we elect 21 Republican senators - and, more importantly, elect 16 conservative senators?

Pinch me, I'm Dreaming: 

McCain supports GOP/Military

Former Republican presidential contender John McCain on the campaign trail Saturday in San Diego, offering a blistering indictment of Barbara Boxer’s record on military issues; the “most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today” – an assessment he said he’d made while having “the unpleasant experience of serving with her.”


“When you hear her say that she supports the men and women in the military, my friends, she does not,” said McCain, a former Navy pilot who was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five and half years after his plane was shot down in 1967.


“Because Barbara Boxer has never supported the mission; she has never supported victory whether it be in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or anywhere else in the world. Barbara Boxer wants to wave the white flag of surrender and endanger this nation’s national security. It’s time she went back to San Francisco with [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi.”

Careful, what would happen if McCain actually started voting as a Republican.  That would really be a dream.

Mitchell Lies Exposed

Those who have known David Schweikert for any length of time are keenly aware of three things:

1.  David Schweikert always tells the truth - no shading, no misleading, no obfuscating.

2.  David Schweikert is one of the smartest public servants we have ever been blessed to know.

3.  David Schweikert believes that public officials work for and are accountable to the citizens he serves.

It has been difficult to watch the scurrilous, outrageously blatant lies in television commercials that have assaulted David's personal integrity and public service.  

To see the truth about one of the worst of the false charges go to:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3RkB9vbnaU

The lies being spread by Harry Mitchell would make Satan himself blush.  All of his former students call him on his lack of character, honesty and character assassination. 

Whatever you can do to assist David over the next two weeks will be welcomed by David, his family, and the honest citizens of Congressional District Five.

What's wrong with this?

Everything!

First lady Michelle Obama violated Illinois law -- when she engaged in political discussion at a polling place -- and the White House defended her violation!!


The drama began after Mrs. Obama stopped off at the Martin Luther King Center on the south side of Chicago to cast an early vote.  After finishing at the machine, Mrs. NObama let voters including electrician Dennis Campbell, 56, take some photos.


"She was telling me how important it was to vote to keep her husband's agenda going," Campbell said.


According to the pool reporter at the scene, the conversation took place IN the voting center not far from the booths.


Illinois state law -- Sec. 17-29 (a) -- states: "No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion within any polling place, within 100 feet of any polling place."


A top Ilinois State Board of Elections official tells the DRUDGE REPORT how Mrs. Obama may have simply been ignorant of the law and thus violated it unintentionally.


"You kind of have to drop the standard for the first lady, right?" the official explained late Thursday. "I mean, she's prety well liked and probably doesn't know what she's doing."


When questioned about the brazen nature of Mrs. Obama's campaigning, press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the action.  "I don't think it would be much to imagine, the First Lady might support her husband's agenda," Gibbs smiled.

Outrage Part Deux

Flagstaff resident Diane Wickberg was twice stopped by Coconino County elections workers at the polls this year for wearing a Flagstaff "tea party" T-shirt even though she was NOT electioneering for any candidate.

One wonders what the White House position is on this case -- or in case a husband, wife, child or parent of a state legislator went in to electioneer for their family member in violation of the law.  Less than 20 days to bring some sanity to our government. 

Vote early and
Vote Conservative.

 Don't Forget -

Don't EVER Forget

Today is the tenth anniversary of an egregious terrorist attack on our nation and the airwaves are silent. 

The USS Cole was attacked and 17 American members of our Navy were killed by Islamic terrorists.  

While the attacks on 9-11 killed more souls, the USS Cole was just as insidious and heartbreaking to the families of these brave warriors.  

The mastermind of this terrorist attack STILL has not been brought before the Bar of Justice.  Our system says that justice delayed is justice denied, but that only seems to apply to a selected group.

Growing Our Party urges all who read this to contact your congressman and DEMAND JUSTICE in this case.  It is time for these families to have closure. 

Pachyderm Coalition

General Election Endorsements

*The PAChyderm Coalition only endorses for state and local offices after candidate submittal of a Coalition Syllabus and recommendation by the Executive Committee.

Governor - Jan Brewer
Secretary of State - Ken Bennett
Attorney General - Tom Horne
Treasurer - Doug Ducey
Supt. Public Inst. - John Huppenthal
Mine Inspector - Joe Hart
Corp. Comm. - Brenda Burns, Gary Pierce
Maricopa County Att'y - Bill Montgomery
Justice of the Peace - Gerald Williams, Philip Woolbright, Roger Valdez
Peoria School Board - John Rosado
Casa Grande High Board - Stephen Kohut
Casa Grande Elem. Board - Mindy Kohut
CAP Board - TC Bundy, Raymond Johnson, Mark Lewis, Cynthia Moulton, John Rosado

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LD1 - Andy Tobin
LD3 - Doris Goodale and Nancy McLain
LD4 - Judy Burges and Jack Harper
LD5 - Brenda Barton and Chester Crandell
LD6 - Carl Seel
LD7 - David Burnell Smith
LD8 - John Kavanagh and Michelle Ugenti
LD10 - Jim Weiers and Kimberly Yee
LD11 - Eric West
LD12 - Jerry Weiers and Steve Montenegro
LD15 - Caroline Condit and Paul Yoder
LD17 - Don Hawker
LD18 - Cecil Ash and Steve Court
LD19 - Kirk Adams and Justin Olson
LD20 - Jeff Dial
LD21 - Tom Forese and JD Mesnard
LD23 - John Fillmore and Frank Pratt
LD25 - David Stevens and Peggy Judd
LD26 - Terry Proud
LD30 - David Gowan and Ted Vogt

SENATE
LD3 - Ron Gould
LD4 - Scott Bundgaard
LD5 - Sylvia Allen
LD6 - Lori Klein
LD7 - Nancy Barto
LD9 - Rick Murphy
LD10 - Linda Gray
LD15 - Bob Nelson
LD18 - Russell Pearce
LD21 - Steve Yarbrough
LD23 - Steve Smith
LD24 - Don Shooter
LD25 - Gail Griffin
LD26 - Al Melvin
LD28 - Greg Krino
LD30 - Frank Antenori

PROPOSITIONS

Proposition 106 YES
Amends the Constitution to prohibit any law from compelling participation in any particular health care system. It would provide for purchase and sale of insurance in private health care systems. The proposition allows individuals to pay health care providers directly without penalty or fine.

Proposition 107 YES
Amends the Constitution to ban programs that give preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The ban would apply to the state, counties, cities and towns. It would also affect universities and school districts. This repeal of affirmative action policies allows for fair opportunities for all job candidates.

Proposition 109 YES
Establishes hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife as constitutional rights for Arizona citizens; prevents any law or rule that would restrict these rights.

Proposition 110 YES
Amends state land laws to allow for the exchange of public land. This proposition is vital to maintaining Arizona ’s military bases that have been threatened by encroaching development.

Proposition 111 Neutral
Changes the Office of Secretary of State to the Office of Lieutenant Governor, maintains current duties and funding.  Establishes that the Lieutenant Governor candidates run individually in the Primary with the Primary winners to run as a single team with the Governor candidate in the General Election.
Proposition 112 YES
Citizen initiatives have been disqualified from the ballot after checks of petition signatures uncovered fraudulent signatures. Increases the time for filing an initiative petition to no less than six months preceding the date of the election for the proposed measures to allow for accurate verification.

Proposition 113 YES
Amends the constitution to include a right to vote by secret ballot for employee representation. The right to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right. If unions attempted to institute a “card check” instead of the secret ballot, workers would face intimidation to support union organization.

Proposition 203 NO
This proposition would allow patients with specific medical conditions to obtain marijuana with a physician’s certification to treat the identified medical condition or related symptoms. The proposition also includes severe or chronic pain as a reason to prescribe, which invites the potential to abuse.

Proposition 301 YES
Would move money from the outstanding balance in the Land Conservation Fund to help balance the state budget for FY 2011. The balance is currently unused & estimated at $150+ million, and if the proposition does not pass, it would open up a hole that size in the current budget.

Proposition 302 YES
Voters also have an opportunity to repeal the Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First) and redirect the funding to health and human services to children. The tobacco revenues accrued for First Things First have done little except create a bureaucracy. The enacted FY 11 budget assumes the passage of Proposition 302 to close the budget gap by $345million in revenues. Should this measure fail at the ballot, deeper children’s program cuts are inevitable.

THE Alternative to the Southern Arizona Left Wing Press

The Arizona News Telegraph Online Newspaper has been debuted by our Southern Arizona Conservative friends and colleagues.  To see their inaugural edition, please go to:  http://www.arizonanewstelegraph.com

WELCOME TO THE PARTY!!

We the people . . .

A "must see" video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVAhr4hZDJE

For the readers among us, here is the transcript.

Dear President Obama,

“We The People” have stated resolutely we reject your vision for our country. You claim you have not heard us.

“We The People” have assembled across America resisting your efforts to subvert our constitution and undermine our liberty. You claim you have not seen us.

Since you have not acknowledged our message, let us here present it once more for if as President Wilson said, “a leader’s ear must ring with the voices of the people,” the time has come.

Our greatest treasure is freedom – the absence of restraints on our ability to think and to act. The corollary of freedom is individual responsibility. We believe in the power of the individual.

A few years ago President Bush said, “History moves toward freedom because the desire for freedom is written in every human heart.” Let us add that we will preserve it only as long as devotion to freedom is expressed in the heart of our actions.

When President Lincoln dedicated Gettysburg National Cemetery he declared, “It is for us the living to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus so nobly advanced.”

That unfinished cause for which our soldiers willingly go to battle and for which so many have given their lives is a free United States of America. It has been nearly one hundred fifty years and the work President Lincoln spoke of is not finished. In fact, that work will never be finished.

Freedom is the capacity of self-determination. It is not an entity but a condition and conditions change. Freedom can expand, yet so can it contract.

You promised change when you took office, Mr. President, but subjugation is not change we wanted or will accept.

You have expanded government, violated our Constitution, confounded laws, seized private industry, destroyed jobs, perverted our economy, curtailed free speech, corrupted our currency, weakened our national security, and endangered our sovereignty.

By compromising our nation’s cultural, legal and economic institutions, you are ensuring that our children will never achieve the same quality of life as we enjoy today. Through generational theft you are robbing the unborn of opportunity.

This is not acceptable. Not in America. We did not become a strong nation through hope but rather through self-reliance.

No one better understands the relationship between individual achievement, dignity and strength than our armed forces. Through every war our soldiers have held this nation’s destiny in their hands. They have not failed us. They cherish freedom enough that they are willing to die for it.

Our duty to them and to ourselves is to treasure freedom enough to live up to it.

We accept the challenge, Mr. President. That is why we are assembling across the land to deliver our message to you as often and in every way we can. Dismiss us at your political peril.

Our great nation is a Republic. We will not accept tyranny under any guise. Your policy to redistribute the fruits of our labor is Statism and will not be tolerated.

By our honor, Mr. President, we vow forever to resist coercive government in America. Patriots will not stand silent as you attempt to dismantle the greatest nation on earth. “We The People” will defend our liberty. We will protect our beloved country and America’s exceptionalism will prevail.

God Bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

We The People

Battle of the Bilge

One of the most pivotal battles of World War II was the German offensive called the Battle of the Bulge through the Ardenne Forest beginning Christmas Week of 1944.  Even though there was intelligence suggesting a German attack, Allied leaders did not take appropriate precautions.  Only the resistance of the 101st Airborne under the command of General McAuliffe in the town of Bastogne stopped the German advance.  Under General Patton, the American Third Army made one of the most historic movement of men and equipment in the history of warfare.  The American victory at Bastogne cemented the demise of the Third Reich.


Fast Forward to 2008.  American life as we have known it was attacked from within by the socialists, progressives, communists, liberals and the appeasing actions of the monied establishment.  This unfortunate consortium of the truly evil with money grubbing parasites has brought our nation to a state of risk not experienced since The Civil War.  The promise of hope and change to improve our country is now clearly shown to have been a scheme that will destroy our basic values unless defeated.


The policies advanced by this group can only be described as Bilge water.  Bilge water is a collection of detritus like urine and feces from seabirds and unscrupulous sailors, tar, food material, and other dirt that has accumulated on deck. Bilge water is noxious, bad, fouled, or otherwise offensive.  The Obama Care, Financial Reform, Justice Department actions, Cap and Trade, Stimulus, DREAM Act are all anathema to our Constitutional foundations and has all the components of Bilge water.


Pachyderm Coalition Reagan Platform Republican Conservatives have been in the trenches fighting the liberal RINO advances here in Arizona this decade, and without your efforts this war could already have been lost.  Now we look expectantly to the arrival of the Tea Party members to wrap up a major victory and defeat our country's enemies.


October of 2010 is our chance to act in the best interest of our country, as General Patton did in 1944.  It is time for all to do everything possible to win this Battle of the Bilge.  The future for our children and grandchildren is dependent on what we do this month.  Nothing should be more important than this fight for the survival of America and Arizona. 

For those who have been laboring behind the scenes for many years, God bless you for all you have done.  You are to be commended.  May He give you the vision and the strength to redouble your efforts in this critical time.  Together we can win this Battle of the Bilge.