Eliminating the Property Tax: One Small Step. One Giant Leap.

Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally http://wetexans.com/eliminating-the-property-tax-one-small-step-one-giant-leap-2/ =========================================================================== “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” ― Mahatma Gandhi. Friday, March 8, 2013,  Rep. George Lavender of Texarkana filed HB 3742 to eliminate the property tax in Texas! Blood, sweat, tears, more blood, more sweat, the boulder we have been pushing against for over four years has finally rolled over. We are one giant step closer to true private property ownership in our state. The … Continue reading

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David (Landowner) vs. Goliath (Pipeline): Round Two

Landowner Julia Trigg Crawford and her attorney Wendi Hammond announced that they have filed their appeal against TransCanada with the 6th Court of Appeals in Texarkana.  The brief disputes TransCanada’s attempt at taking Crawford’s property on the basis that TransCanada has yet to prove the company is a common carrier, but is instead a private foreign company utilizing its pipeline for private gain. “Our appellate brief is now in front of the Sixth Circuit Court … Continue reading

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Sounding the Alarm about Smart Meters Smart Grid with Curtis Bennett and David Chalk AxXiom For Liberty Live!

On Feb 1st, we will speak to these two experts who are presenting explosive information regarding health, safety and security issues surrounding the aggressive roll out of the smart grid and smart meters. Continue reading

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How To: Influence State Law

Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally http://wetexans.com/how-to-influence-state-law/ =============================================== Introducing the second publication in our How-To Guide series: We Texans How To Guide: Influence State Law Ladies and Gents of the great state of Texas: We are off to the races! The 83rd legislative session has begun.  Now, if you, like countless other liberty-minded Texans, were sorely disappointed in the “results” we got from our state house the last time our elected representatives gathered in Austin, then the questions is: What are you going … Continue reading

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Texas’ Second Amendment Preservation Act

Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally https://web.archive.org/web/20131116034946/http://wetexans.com:80/texas-second-ammendment-preservation-act/ ============================================================== UPDATE: There is a provision in this bill that we believe effectively invalidates all its noble rhetoric.  Sec 46.16 (c)(4) provides a defense against prosecution. Surely all federal agents will argue that what they are doing is constitutional.  We Texans’ contributor Dwayne Stovall makes the following observation: Texas State Representative John Otto (District 18) filed H.B. 553, the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” on January 17th.   “The Constitution was designed for times like these—when emotions run … Continue reading

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Equality Under the Law

In failing to give due consideration to the proper role of government, both our nation and our state are sliding down the proverbial slope towards what?  Less prosperity, lower productivity, higher unemployment, losses of freedom, insurmountable public burdens of debt just to name a few of the maladies associated with impoverished society and to which we are precipitously headed.  A prime example of this failure was highlighted in this past Sunday’s New York Times, “Lines … Continue reading

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One Year — Special Tribute to David Hall — Husband, Father, Friend to All

I thought my ocean of tears would lessen as time passes without David by my side. How wrong I am. This ocean grows without warning me. There seems to be no off switch. Everything surrounding my life still reminds my … Continue reading

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David Hall Memorial on October 11, 2012

On October 11, 2011 David Hall went home, entering Heaven, viewing those “future colors, surrounded by the host gone before him, and seeing his Savior face to face as he took that first step on the streets of gold", my missing him today the same as those first few moments a year ago. On Thursday, October 11, 2012 we as family & friends will remember his life with us and celebrate his entrance into Heaven by having a short Memorial Ceremony by his gravesite at 6 PM. The Liberty Bell & Law Memorial will be beside his gravesite all day on October 11, 2012. Please come by anytime between 6:30 AM and 6:30 PM and ‘ring the bell’ remembering David. The Hall Family will be at the gravesite between 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. The gravesite is at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 North Sylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76111.

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CATALYST 730: Capitol Training Day

Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally http://wetexans.com/catalyst730/ =================================== DATE: December 8, 2012 LOCATION: Texas Capitol – Austin TIME: 10:30a – 4:30p Together with Texans for Accountable Government, we proudly present our first annual Catalyst 730: Capitol Training Day, a full day of educational sessions, discussion and dialogue designed to teach you everything you need to know to take an active role in Texas’ legislative process. What’s in a name? cat·a·lyst [kat-l-ist] something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without … Continue reading

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[UPDATED] Smart Meters: We Texans are Pro-Choice

Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally http://wetexans.com/smart-meters-we-texans-are-pro-choice/ ========================================================== UPDATE: (08/22/2012) The Texas Public Utility Commission held a public forum  for “Project #40190:Relating to Advanced Metering Issues” yesterday (August 21, 2012) to hear both invited and public testimony on the possibility of creating a smart meter opt-out provision for Texans. I gave the following testimony during the hearing outlining our proposal for creating the opt-out: As was made clear by Rep. Bonnen’s letter to Chairman Nelson dated February 10, 2012: “[The law] did not … Continue reading

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