ACTION ALERT: State Budget Meeting at Capitol Tuesday June 29

Requesting Action From Nebraskans Concerned about State Spending and Taxes Tuesday, June 29 Legislative Budget Meeting 9am State Capitol, Room 1113 1445 K St., Lincoln There will be a legislative committee meeting led by Speaker Mike Flood regarding the projected state budget shortfall Tuesday, June 29. We are asking all who are concerned about the budget shortfall and taxation who [...]

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Meet the Oklahoma “Chippers” and Follow the Money

Here is the story of HB2569 on Scribd below. Follow the money and the story of these capitol offenders in 2010. Meet the "chippers' and ask yourself if you really want people who want to track you like cattle representing you in any capacity whatsoever. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin (quoted on statue of liberty)

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OK-Safe Action Alert: Override Vote Needed May 11th on HB 2569 RFID

The OK House has agreed to vote to override Governor Brad Henry's veto of HB 2569, the bill prohibiting RFID tags in the OK DL/ID cards. This vote was originally set for Wednesday, 5/5/10, but has now been moved to Tuesday, 5/11/10. There is some evidence that the Governor is applying pressure to members of the Democrat caucus not to override his veto on this bill.

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Help Give Senator Bill Avery Early Retirement

Nebraska’s primary election is May 11. If we wish government policy and debate to be based on Constitutional principles, we need to focus some of our time and resources on affecting who is getting elected. Noting that time and resources are at a premium for all of us (as an all-volunteer group) we recognize we must focus [...]

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CLC: Grassroots 101

Grassroots 101 - Policy on lists and fundraising Lists: Lists should be kept local. Please do not sell or give away. They belong to the ones who work to collect them. Lists are the gold of the movement. If you are a real grassroots organizer, you will take care of the lists collected and keep them in trusted local hands and email about events and campaigns to them, but never, never, never send them to 'a national effort for a good cause'. Once you have done that you will have forever diluted your local efforts because they quickly migrate without your permission and to efforts and causes that may not even be about what you think they are about.

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