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Next Friday Luncheon
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January 14 - Noon
Featured Speaker
Assemblyman Dan Logue
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President's Message
What a great way to start the new year. A new Conservative Congress, fresh faces with great ideas, and an opportunity to move the country back to a Constitutional government.
For far too long you and I have allowed those we elect to act in ways that are not in our country's best interest. Yes, it's our fault! We been have lazy and uninvolved. We sit at home and whine and moan about how bad the government is, at all levels, and how they treat those who have elected them...and we do nothing. Well, Patriots, that time is over!
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We began waking up on February 27, 2009 when we held our first Tea Parties across the USA. On November 2, 2010, we were wide awake and showed the world that we will not be the silent majority again. The sleeping giant as awoken and will no longer allow those in power to usurp the power of the people. It is our government, not theirs! That is the founding principle of those great people that wrote our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
This is just the first battle in what will be a very long war. You and I must stay vigilant. We must watch our representatives and tell them when they have strayed from the Conservative path, and we must also compliment them when they fight for our principles. They will be under tremendous pressure from the establishment. It has already started. This is a battle that we must and will win!
Your Nevada County Tea Party Patriots will be keeping you better informed as to what is going on at all levels of government. We will be asking you to make phone calls, send letters and emails to your representatives regarding specific issues. You will be getting names and numbers to use to contact representatives at all levels so you can communicate your thoughts to those that represent you. We encourage you to get more involved in the NCTPP After all, it's your organization.
The NCTPP has a new Communications Director, David Swift, who recently joined your Board of Directors. He will be asking for your input on how you would like to improve your organization, how to communicate better, and how you would like to become more involved. Please help him by responding with your input.
From your entire Board of Directors, we wish you a wonderful new year filled with great health, lots of success, and an abundance of joy.
Stan Meckler, President
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| January Lunch Meeting to Feature Dan Logue
Come join us: Friday, January 14, at Noon
We are very fortunate to have Assemblyman Dan Logue as our guest speaker. Dan will bring us up-to-date on the issues being discussed in Sacramento and the budget problems. He will also answer your questions. The meeting, which is open to everyone, will be held at the Nevada County Association of Realtors at 336 Crown Point Circle off Whispering Pines in Grass Valley. Lunch begins at noon and is done by 1 pm. The cost of the lunch is just $5. Seating is limited, so plan on arriving early. And tell a friend!
February's meeting will feature Sheriff Keith Royal, another terrific speaker. Mark your calendars now. You won't want to miss this one either.
Our 2011 lunch meetings will be held on the second Thursday of each month. Future speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.
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 Updates from Congressman McClintock Congressman Tom McClintock Appointed Chairman House Water and Power Subcommittee.
Click here to read the article.
Vote Explanations - Congressional Votes in the House Friday, December 17, 2010: HR 6523 National Defense Authorization Act. YES. This is the annual Defense authorization bill. Like most of these it's a mix of good and bad. The bad is a limited authority to transfer Guantanamo detainees to the United States and $11.6 billion for Afghan Defense forces, which I believe will not be adequately accounted for. The good: it provides additional armor for troops in Afghanistan, continues vital work on missile defense and holds the line on overall spending increases. H.R. 2142 - Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act of 2009. NO. This bill creates another layer of bureaucracy to make government more efficient and effective - at the cost of $75 million. Here's a novel suggestion: maybe we ought to insist on efficiency or hire efficient and effective people to start with. HR 5510 - Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2010. NO. This bill would use federal funds to pay for legal counsel for individuals attempting to delay or forestall foreclosure actions. This in turn will make it much harder for qualified borrowers to obtain loans because of the increased risk of lending. S 3874 - Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act. NO. This reduces lead standards for plumbing fixtures far, far below the proven safe level of 8 percent (down to 0.25 percent) - in other words, 32 times more stringent than necessary. The cost of compliance is at least $140 million - which will be passed on to consumers through higher prices at the hardware store |
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A weekly opinion column from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
A Word to the Wise for New Lawmakers
By Jon Coupal and Jon Fleischman
This is an open letter to all newly elected member of the Legislature.
Now that you have discovered the location of the restrooms and selected your new car, here's friendly advice from a taxpayer advocate and a political blogger who, between them, have more than 50 years of watching elected officials take California down the road to perdition.
First, don't touch the lobbyists. If you do, don't brag about it before an open mike. Failure to heed this warning cost an Orange County lawmaker his job.
Second, don't accept corporate or union paid trips to Hawaii, or other exotic locals, to attend "seminars" or "conferences." Your constituents know exactly what these are.
Third, and most important, don't vote to place new taxes on the ballot.
The spending lobby, with its nose deeply imbedded in the public trough, will press you to raise taxes. The buzz in the Capitol is that the new governor will call a special election in late spring to increase the VLF, known to your constituents more accurately as the car tax.
Other taxes will also be on the table. It will be, by necessity, a large table because the governor-elect has already said that "everything" is on it. Expect a big push to make the massive $12 billion tax increase of 2009 -- the largest increase in the history of all 50 states - permanent.
This tax is already costing the typical family in your district about $1,100 annually. You'll want to ask yourself if your constituents, many of whom are unemployed, can really afford to continue to pay this tax penalty.
If you are a Republican, colleagues will warn you about the risk of voting for tax increases. Of the six Republican lawmakers who voted for the last tax hike, one was chased from office by hostile constituents, and three others were rejected for higher office by voters.
New Democrats, too, should be wary. Districts will be reapportioned this year and if you vote for new taxes while representing what was a safe district in 2010, you may find it much tougher going in 2012.
So the pitch by those who want more from taxpayers will be: Just agree to place the new taxes on the ballot and let the people decide.
Don't fall for it.
If you vote to place new taxes on the ballot, you will be treated by taxpayers as if you voted for a tax increase. Don't expect excuses like, "All I did is agree to submit new taxes to the voters, I did not raise taxes," to wash.
Ask yourself, could a lawmaker agree to place a measure to legalize slavery on the ballot and reasonably claim that they do not support it, they just want the people to decide? Get real!
Moreover, if a statewide tax is placed on the ballot with the complicity of Republicans, taxpayer and Tea Party organizations will be forced to expend precious resources that would otherwise be directed toward changing the makeup of the Legislature for the better, or for reasonable, pro-taxpayer initiatives.
Your constituents are overtaxed, overregulated and they desperately need your help. You will be offered all sorts of favors in return for placing a tax measure on the ballot -- including some of the things we warned you against at the beginning of this letter. Don't even go there.
Do the right thing even if it makes you less popular on planet Sacramento. Dedicate yourself to limiting spending and forcing the bureaucracy to live within the taxpayers' means, which are already overstretched. Become a responsible steward of the taxpayers' trust and you'll receive, in return, the respect and admiration of ordinary Californians.
Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Jon Fleischman is publisher of the FlashReport.
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Recommended Links
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New NCTPP Website Taking Shape
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Web Sites:
Our Web Site
National TPP
Email Archives
Blogs:
George Rebane
Glen Amos
Russ Steele
Barry Pruett
CABPRO Report
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Our new website at www.nctpp.org is a work in progress and is coming along nicely, thanks to Board member Eddie Garcia. We now have PayPal so we can accept your credit cards for donations and merchandise. We now have over 2,600 members in Nevada County and would like to doubole that number in 2011. With your support we can reach that goal and more.
Can you get a friend or neighbor to join the NCTPP? All they have to do is go to our website to join. It doesn't cost a thing except a couple of minutes to fill out a form. There is no other obligation. They will then be getting our newsletter and all the other information that we send to you. We do not share our list with any persons or organizations, including the National Tea Party Patriots. We do suggest you go to our National site, www.teapartypatriots.org to get information of a national interest.
From time to time we do send you info from the NorCal Tea Party Patriots, but we do not share our email list with each other.
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