Friday, November 30, 2012

[Peninsula-Patriots] Fw: ALERT** Groundwater Management/Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Proposed Rules**

Received today from friends in Essex and Middlesex Counties.
 

Subject: FW: ALERT** Groundwater Management/Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Proposed Rules**

Hi All,
 
Please read the entire email below.
 
All of Virginia is not affected! Counties east of Interstate 95 are being targeted for their water resources [and OUR private water resources].
 
To clarify, here are all the counties/towns affected/soon to be affected:
 
"The following localities are currently included in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management area:
the counties of Charles City, Isle of Wight, James City, King William, New Kent, Prince George,
Southampton, Surry, Sussex, and York; the areas of Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico, counties east of
Interstate 95; and the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk,
Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg."
 
"The following additional localities are proposed for inclusion in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater
Management Area: the counties of Essex, Gloucester, King George, King and Queen, Lancaster,
Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland, and the areas of Arlington,
Caroline, Fairfax, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties east of Interstate 95.
All of the localities listed above are localities particularly affected by the regulations."
 
Here is information on the second DEQ meeting on these proposed regulations:
 
Dec 4,2012
Tuesday
2:00 PM
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ):
 
PUBLIC HEARING on Proposed Expansion of the Eastern Virginia Ground Water Management Area (Section 9 VAC 25-600 in the Virginia Administrative Code) to Expand this Management Area to Include the Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King George, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland, and the areas of Arlington, Caroline, Fairfax, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties east of Interstate 95.
and
PUBLIC HEARING on Proposed Amendments to the Ground Water Withdrawal Regulations (Section 9 VAC 25-610)
 
Period ends January 11, 2013 The Public Comment.
 
CONTACT: Melissa Porterfield: melissa.porterfield@deq.virginia.gov
or
629 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1105
Richmond, 23218
(804)698-4238 FAX: (804)698-4346
Spotsylvania County
Holbert Building
Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
9104 Courthouse Road Spotsylvania, VA 22553
 
Betty
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From: dakotasky109@aol.com [mailto:dakotasky109@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: Groundwater Management and groundwater withdrawal permit proposed rules
 
This is a lengthy message, but one I hope you'll read.  You may think you won't be affected because you do not withdraw 300,000 or more gallons of water per month.  But, think about future consequences of all this...the potential for ownership of all the groundwater by the government, the requirement that we would have to pay not only to have a well permitted and drilled, but also pay to withdraw the water.  Where would it end?
Trudy
 
Rules are being proposed by Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to amend and further regulate groundwater withdrawals and management of groundwater for those entities withdrawing 300,000 or more gallons per month in certain counties east of I-95.   Among the counties included are Middlesex, Mathews, Essex, King and Queen, Gloucester and King William.
The DEQ began receiving public comment on these proposals Oct. 22, 2012 and will be closed January 11, 2013.  Comments can be posted online (see links below) or given at public hearing.  The next public hearing will be Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 2:00 p.m. in Spotsylvania at the Holbert Building, Board of Supervisors meeting room, 9104 Courthouse Road.
 
You will note when you see the entire list of counties to be impacted by these regulations that neither of the public hearings are being held at a central location in the counties, but rather OUTSIDE the counties, which makes travel time and taking time from work to testify significant issues.  Also, publicity about the proposed rules/amendments has been extremely limited (not published to my knowledge in any newspaper among the counties listed.) 
 
I managed to get information published in the Southside Sentinel yesterday about the Dec. 4 hearing only because Tom and I quickly wrote and submitted a Letter to the Editor following our participation in the public hearing held Monday in Williamsburg, Nov. 26.  Editor Tom Hardin plans to do a full story on the proposed rules/amendments and the consequences in next week's issue. 
 
Tom and I testified at the first public hearing (of which we were aware).  Our testimony is below.  We were the only "public citizens" at the hearing.  Middlesex County's Administrator Matt Walker testified on key issues and also asked that the comment and hearing time be expanded to allow more public input.  He asked for a hearing to be held in a central location in our counties, such as Tappahannock.  
 
 
 
 
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Groundwater Testimony                26 November 2012
I am Tom Feigum, Middlesex County.
Thank you for the opportunity to give my thoughts on proposed regulation of groundwater in Middlesex County.
Having found out about this hearing at the last Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission meeting less than two weeks ago, it is interesting that basically all political representatives to that body were deeply concerned about additional intrusion into their local jurisdictions.
For example, one county has been waiting for over two years to get approval for a groundwater well for a business that wants to relocate to their Virginia County. Two years later they are still waiting. Inquiries have been futile. Jobs are needed everywhere. The company could easily choose another state.
Our Delegate to the General Assembly attending that meeting expressed concern about the extended period of time needed for all paper flow at the Commonwealth level.
In our residential development we had application for two replacement wells approved, the wells drilled, pumps and piping with restrictors installed to reduce water flow, completed, and still over one year passed before we could get approval to put the water wells on line. The only reason for the replacement wells was the mineralization of two original wells thus reducing flow below the groundwater withdrawal level originally permitted and needed.
One question I have is the timing of this hearing. If a person has a concern as a tax paying resident of Middlesex County, you have to take a full day from work, sacrifice your pay, to try and save your property right of water under your property. That property right has been approved by the General Assembly twice and voter approved in the last election by a 75% margin. And yet I fail to see anyone identified here representing me the tax-paying citizen.
I would also mention that all information in the Middlesex County Comprehensive Plan relating to groundwater is a dozen years old or more, copied verbatim from the 2001 County Plan which was probably a year or more old in 2001. It's hard for me, as a citizen, to know what is current fact and what is a wild guess.
It was obvious to President Jefferson that errors had been made during the early settlement years of the 13 colonial states or commonwealths. With acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase he felt a need to correct those errors as much as practicable. One of those errors was water rights, another was mineral rights. No such action was taken regarding those rights in the 13 original states. It just might be a little late to start correcting that error in this proposed manner.
If the Commonwealth has yet to figure out that power lines can be buried, thus eliminating power loss to residences caused by falling trees, maybe this water management proposal is a tougher decision than you are properly ready to address.
As one of the many taxpayers in this country, we don't need another scheme to take more of our money and our rights away from us. We already have Social Security, Medicare, Post Office, and many more that as taxpayers we are expected to bail out. My concern is that those of us in the proposed management area will find ourselves without water unless we pay a high premium for it. That will destroy the value of our property. Then we are going to be forced to move to large metropolitan areas where government can assure us of an allotted amount of this precious liquid.
Maybe, just maybe, you need to give a lot more thinking to this proposal to make sure it serves the needs of the taxpayer, not the perceived need of Government.
What geologist, engineer, hydrologist was hired by the state to investigate, support and represent the position opposite to yours; i.e., that statewide, government management of groundwater is necessary?
My voice here is small. But, I and many like me are the ones who foot the bill for all this. I oppose these proposed regulations.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Trudy Feigum, citizen taxpayer
Hartfield District
Middlesex County, VA
 
Public Hearing:  Expansion of Groundwater Management Area
 
I wish first to state that I believe the quantity and quality of groundwater is of the utmost importance for the future well-being of Middlesex County.  I am responsible.  I want to and try to be a good steward of the environment.
 
The purpose of these proposed regulations appears to be in one sentence:  "Groundwater levels in[the] undesignated portion of Virginia's Coastal Plain are continuing to decline."
 
According to the Middlesex County Comprehensive Plan, adopted December 1, 2009, and revised April 20, 2010, "The Coastal Plain Physiographic Province, which underlies Middlesex County, stores more groundwater than any other geologic province in Virginia."
 
Further, "There are seven water-bearing aquifers underlying the County."  "Groundwater flows very slowly.  According to the United States Geological Survey, water within aquifers below the land surface in Middlesex County has been underground for an average of 2000 years."  We know the groundwater fluctuates in times of drought and that it's rechargeable.
 
The county's comp plan goes on to state, "The continued withdrawal of large quantities of water has resulted in a steady decline of groundwater levels." In particular, "Zone D groundwater level declines have occurred as a result of significant groundwater pumpage by the … paper mill at West Point.  The paper mill withdraws over 20 million gallons of water PER DAY from the ground.  …As a result, the directional flow of groundwater, which naturally flows from southwest to northeast, has been reversed in Zone D where it now travels towards West Point." 
 
Otherwise, it appears and is reported that Middlesex County's groundwater availability is adequate.  If this is the case, why is the Commonwealth of Virginia not requiring an alternate water source for the paper mill?  Why is it that if, as it is stated in these proposed regulations that the aquifers are all interconnected, must all citizens in Tidewater be negatively impacted, even penalized by this large user of groundwater?  Why wouldn't this be the case in other nearby counties?
 
According to the DEQ, "groundwater levels in proposed management areas are continuing to decline two to four feet per year."  Is the scientific research available to prove this, or has DEQ relied on computer models with their highly questionable estimated outcomes?
 
Middlesex County's adopted Regional Water Supply Plan states, "Middlesex County's groundwater is sufficient and rechargeable from rain. In 50 years this county will be using but 50% of its available groundwater."
 
Middlesex County's comp plan also states, "The Code of Virginia…permit(s) local jurisdictions to create groundwater protection area overlay districts in which land use regulations specifically designed to protect groundwater can be applied." 
 
I believe these proposed DEQ regulations will remove governance from our elected officials in Middlesex and place more governance in the hands of faceless government employees.
 
Stated in the purpose of the proposed regulations is, "There are no disadvantages to the public from managing the groundwater resources."  In almost the next sentence the statement is made, "All withdrawers of groundwater, unless exempted by statute, are required to obtain a permit, which places additional regulations on withdrawers of groundwater occurring within the management area."
 
In our housing development, a permit was obtained to drill two replacement wells due to mineral build-up and subsequent lack of flow.  The permit was issued in a short span of time and work commenced.  But, once the wells were completed and ready for use, it took over a year for DEQ to grant permission to withdraw water!  Lack of adequate staff to complete the permitting process is a big disadvantage to me, the public.  Now, due to further regulations on withdrawers, more time will be needed for the permitting process.  At the same time, I see the proposed economic impact of results in an estimated increase of six employees at an estimated cost of $240,000.  I am a taxpayer.  This will directly impact me!  After all is said and done, will I be assured a more timely response?
 
There will be further impact--how about the:
*Compliance cost on regulated users, application fee of $1200, and after 10 years, subsequent permits of $6,000?
*Aquifer test between $10,000 and $25,000?
*Geophysical log $1,200?  Camera survey $1,000 to$2,000?
*Monitoring wells $50,000 to $100,000?
*Unknown costs to develop alternate water sources?
*Additional employment of six people @$40,000?
*Government entities paying higher costs passed along to their end users—that would be me!
*Pre-application meetings/more information required?
 
And you say there will be no impact on the citizens of this area?  I beg to disagree!
 
I'm also concerned about "After 10 years current users may be required to
reduce their withdrawals or no permit will be issued in the future." 
 
This tells me it is more than likely that the housing development where I live, although permitted for 500,000 gallons per month, based on the number of current residents and potential residents, may find itself able to withdraw less than what is currently being used.  This begs the question: with government management will it be determined the groundwater is needed elsewhere and allowed to be diverted?   Am I saying I believe the government wants to take full ownership of the groundwater in my county and this country? Yes, I am!
 
The potential economic impact of these proposed regulations left me scratching my head.  There will be more government employees and potentially less "private" economic development.  Am I to believe this is good? 
 
It is stated, "There is insufficient data to accurately compare the magnitude of the benefits versus the costs."  Verbiage goes on that benefits by far outweigh the costs. Then comes the statement, "Groundwater is a valuable economic resource due to its many beneficial uses." 
 
Who better to determine its economic value than the government?  And who better to benefit from the sale of this water than the government?  
 
"Permit fees and compliance costs may reduce the use and value of private property in the proposed expansion areas."  Who's representing me in this "acquisition of my property rights?" 
 
I am a citizen.  I own private property.  That is what makes the United States different from any other country in this world—the right of our citizens to own private property! These regulations suggest that as valuable a resource as groundwater is to every single one of us, there could be a negative impact on private property with expanded management by the government.  There is no way I could ever support the reduction—planned or accidental—of private property rights.  I am, therefore, not in support of these proposed regulations to expand the DEQ's groundwater management area.
 
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

[Peninsula-Patriots] Is it Overr for Grover?: Pro-Islamist Losing Control


FROM OUR PATRIOT - MARILYN.   Thanks for the info.  We all need to stay on top of this insidious issue - even within our own Virginia state legislature.
Ruth

Pro-Islamist Losing Grip on Republican Party

Wed, November 28, 2012
by:
Arnold Ahlert
Grover Norquist Anti-tax promoter Grover Norquist is losing his vice-like grip on the Republican party. The head of Americans for Tax Reform, who as recently as last year counted 238 members of the House and 41 members of the Senate among those who had signed his anti-tax pledge, has seen those numbers decline to 217 in the House, one shy of the 218 needed for a majority, and 39 in the Senate.
Both totals represent an all-time low. Last Wednesday, Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) disavowed his pledge not to raise taxes, even as he acknowledged doing so could hurt his reelection chances in 2014. "I don't worry about that because I care too much about my country," he said. "I care a lot more about it than I do Grover Norquist." Americans might not like seeing their taxes go up, but Grover Norquist's fall from grace has its benefits: As he goes down, so goes his pro-Islamist agenda.
That agenda was laid bare by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) in a speech on the House floor, October 4, 2011. "My conscience has compelled me to come to the floor today to voice concerns I have with the influence Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has on the political process in Washington," said Wolf. "My issue is not with ATR's goal of keeping taxes low ... My concern is with the other individuals, groups and causes with whom Mr. Norquist is associated that have nothing to do with keeping taxes low."
Wolf mentioned Norquist's "association and representation" of terrorist financier and vocal Hamas supporter Abdurahman Alamoudi and terrorist financier Sami Al-Arian.
In 2004, Alamoudi, one of the most prominent and influential Muslim Brothers in the United States, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for supporting terror. Alamoudi, a self-described supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, had cultivated ties with the Clinton White House that eventually enabled him and his associates to select, train and certify Muslim chaplains for the U.S. military.
Fearing a loss by Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, Alamoudi befriended Norquist to ensure his access to senior levels of the U.S. government would be maintained if Republicans took charge. He gave Norquist $20,000 to establish the Islamic Free Market Institute and Alamoudi's longtime deputy, Khaled Saffuri, became the founding director.
Norquist and Saffuri eventually became an integral part of the Bush administration's Muslim outreach efforts during the 2000 campaign, with Saffuri named as Muslim Outreach Coordinator. During that campaign, Bush was also introduced to Sami Al-Arian. In 2006, Al-Arian was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to provide support to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Wolf illuminated the bigger picture of that relationship, noting that Norquist was an "outspoken supporter of Al-Arian's effort to end the use of classified evidence in terror trials."
Al-Arian ran the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF), and Norquist supported their efforts to weaken or repeal the Patriot Act as well, despite the terrorist atrocities perpetrated on 9/11.
Wolf also revealed that Norquist "was scheduled to lead a delegation to the White House on September 11, 2001, that included a convicted felon and some who would later be identified by federal law enforcement as suspected terrorist financiers." One of the members of that delegation was Omar Ahmed, co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR was named an un-indicted co-conspirator when the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of sending million of dollars in funding to Hamas and other Islamic terrorist organizations.
Another relationship Norquist cultivated was with Suhail Khan, who has ties to a variety of Islamist movements. Khan's father, the late Mahboob Khan, was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Muslim Students Association (MSA), whose anti-Semitic activities at American colleges has been documented on numerous occasions, including their latest attempt to organize a divestment campaign against Israel at the University of California, Irvine.
In 2007, Norquist promoted Suhail Khan's candidacy for election to the American Conservative Union's (ACU) board of directors. He was subsequently appointed. In 2012, at an irregular meeting of that organization, the board voted to dismiss accusations made against both Khan and Norquist by Frank Gaffney, head of the Center for Security Policy and a former defense official in the Reagan administration.
Gaffney has been hammered by the ACU and others for suggesting that the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood reached the highest levels of the U.S. government despite the reality that it was Gaffney who drew attention to Abdurahman Alamoudi and Sami Al-Arian, both of whom ended up as convicted felons for their terrorist activity. Yet it is Gaffney's credibility that has been called into question for daring to draw attention to Norquist's unseemly activity.
Wolf also pointed out that Norquist was "an outspoken advocate for moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States," and "led a public campaign to undermine Republican-led efforts to block the Obama Administration's transfer of 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheik Mohammed to New York City" in 2009.
In 2010, Norquist inserted himself into the Ground Zero Mosque controversy, which he characterized as a "Monica Lewinsky ploy," distracting from the core Republican message heading into the 2010 elections. Yet according to Wolf, Norquist "used Americans for Tax Reform to circulate a petition in support of the 'Ground Zero Mosque'" completely undermining his own contention that the issue was a distraction.
For years, Grover Norquist's reputation as a staunch anti-tax advocate has overshadowed his dubious associations with Islamists, and anyone who has dared to criticize him for those associations has drawn rebuke from both sides of the aisle.
Thus, it is more than a little ironic that his ability to influence Republicans with respect to taxes is waning, even as Islamists, most notably Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, who are attempting to establish a dictatorship in Egypt, are becoming ever more powerful.
Sen. Chambliss isn't the only Republican distancing himself from Norquist. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-OH) has referred to him as "some random person." Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) noted that "fewer and fewer people are signing this, quote, pledge." Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK.) called the pledge a "tortured vision of tax purity." House newcomer Rep. Ted Yoho, (R-FL), who declined to sign the pledge, was sarcastic. "I'll pledge allegiance to the flag. I'll pledge to be faithful to my wife," he quipped.
Yet it was Rep. Peter King (R-NY) who best summed up the growing rebellion. "A pledge is good at the time you sign it," he said. "In 1941, I would have voted to declare war on Japan. But each Congress is a new Congress. And I don't think you can have a rule that you're never going to raise taxes or that you're never going to lower taxes. I don't want to rule anything out."
Republicans can resist raising taxes without signing a pledge should they choose to do so for the good of the nation. Yet without the pledge Grover Norquist has long
 
 
 
 






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Re: [Peninsula-Patriots] Inspiring message

Yes, Horowitz's  is a good message in many ways. And, we all enjoy the feel-good messages.  But although this has some merit, may I point out some glaring discrepancies. And, to me they are important, because if we have the wrong premise, we are more than apt to come up with a wrong conclusion.

 Horowitz's  praise of  Mitt Romney overlooks the fact that Mitt was the honored guest last spring at the Bilderberger meeting, which tells us that he was their choice as the candidate for the Republican party. And, their choice would be a globalist - a one-worlder. True, MItt did not believe his message - nor did he believe the stronger version by Horowitz.

 Horowitz's praise of Ronald Reagan overlooks the fact that Reagan invited Gorbechev to this country and feted him as an honored guest. Gorbechev came to power on the graves of millions who were mercilessly slaughtered putting Charles Manson not even in the piker's  category. (And, no, the wall didn't come down because Reagan told them to do that.  It had been planned well in advance of Reagan's speech. )

 As far as saying that we are not at war with Iran, they are at war with us, belies history.  It was the United States that was responsible for the fall of the Shah of Iran who was pro-western and who was leading the country toward the principles on which our country was founded. This led to the demise of the freedom movement in Iran and the whole middle east. We have undermined the whole area ever since - includuding Afghanistan - by  consistently undermining the "good guys" and helping "bad guys."   

 It is the one-worlder Council on Foreign Relations and their minions and cohorts, that have controlled our foreign policy for decades - under Republican and Democratic presidents alike. And, as long as that is the case, regardless of what a  Republican candidate might say, the cause of freedom will not prevail.

 For what it's worth,    Sue Long

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
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Subject: [Peninsula-Patriots] Inspiring message

You may enjoy this inspiring message courtesy of Catherine Crabill. 
 
 Waving USA FLag
DeWitt Edwards 

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Ronald Reagan 
 





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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

[Peninsula-Patriots] Fwd: Drinks for everyone!

Some Tuesday afternoon humor; surprise punch line.
Ted  ;>))






> > A union captain walks into a bar next door to the factory and is
> > about to order a drink to celebrate Obama's victory when he sees a
> > guy close by wearing a Romney for President button and two beers in
> > front of him. He doesn't have to be an Einstein to know that this
> > guy is a Republican. So, he shouts over to the bartender so loudly
> > that everyone can hear, "Drinks for everyone in here, bartender, but
> > not for the Republican."
> >
> > Soon after the drinks have been handed out, the Republican gives him
> > a big smile, waves at him, then says, "Thank you!" in an equally
> > loud voice.. This infuriates the union captain.
> >
> > The union captain once again loudly orders drinks for everyone
> > except the Republican. As before, this does not seem to bother the
> > Republican. He continues to smile, and again yells, "Thank you!"
> >
> > The union captain once again loudly orders drinks for everyone
> > except the Republican. As before, this does not seem to
> > bother the Republican. He continues to smile, and again yells,
> > "Thank you!"
> >
> > The union captain asks the bartender, "What the hell is the matter
> > with that Republican? I've ordered three rounds of drinks for
> > everyone in the bar but him, and all the silly ass does is smile and
> > thanks me. Is he nuts?"
> >
> > "Nope," replies the bartender.. "He owns the place."
> >
> >






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Monday, November 26, 2012

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

[Peninsula-Patriots] Fw: ***The Candy Newman Email Saga is Alive & Well in the Fight Against Agenda 21***

I pass this along to let you know what our friends Betty and Trudy are doing for freedom in the Essex and Middlesex Tea Parties respectively. They are both real troopers and deserve our appreciation.
 
 


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Betty Lucas <efi@bettyandbill.com>
To:Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:30 PM
Subject: FW: ***The Candy Newman Email Saga is Alive & Well in the Fight Against Agenda 21***

Hi All,
 
Thought you could use an "upper" right now!
 
We think what we do doesn't matter and doesn't get results. Wrong!!
 
When Trudy [Middlesex County TP] was given the damning Candy Newman emails,
she took the issue to the Middlesex Rep. Committee and the 1st District Rep. Chairman
[who used the term Agenda 21 in his letter to the MPPDC].
 
I was then able to run with all these facts to our BOS and the MPPDC Commissioners.
I pounded away, meeting after meeting, about what she said, until Candy and her MPPDC Business Wing were no more!
 
We were no longer "kooks", and Agenda 21 became a REAL issue, thanks to Candy's attack on citizens…
 
Nationally, last year, Agenda 21 became part of the Republican National Platform, and
currently, a bill has a sponsor who will bring it to the Virginia General Assembly this session!
 
As Donna Holt said, the Candy Newman emails were a "gift" from God…
Ironically, Donna's booklet, Connecting the Dots, was what prompted Candy Newman to write her infamous emails!
 
See below how Candy's emails are STILL having an impact today…
 
Betty
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From: dakotasky109@aol.com [mailto:dakotasky109@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 12:06 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Current Meeting Agenda Reply
 
Hi Betty,
 
On another subject--the TP Federation conference this weekend was terrific.  Lots of good speakers and good info.  I'll be putting my notes together and sending them out to my list.  What I wanted to tell you is that in his presentation about Agenda 21, Tom DeWeese used the email Candy Newman wrote about us being "kooks" to tell us how we have been perceived in the past.  He says Agenda 21 activists have gained a lot of traction over the last several months because we've taken "Agenda 21" out of our conversations and are talking about how activities are/will be affecting us locally (to help our elected and non-elected representatives understand how their actions are affecting them and us).
 
Tom and I talked with Tom after his presentation to let him know what had happened to Candy.  He said he'd gotten a kick out of her "apology" email that went out, saying she was apparently a "real piece of work". 
 
Anyway, more to come!!!
 
Trudy







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[Peninsula-Patriots] Fwd: Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

Forwarded from Carol Stopps from the  Virginia Tea Party Federation legislative team to our PenPat Sue Long -- and now to you.

One would hope that Wittman has more sense than to vote for this - but then he  has been all for the NDAA so let's not take the chance and contact him about this.  Sue Long
 
 
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Better hope this gets killed in the House.......
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

[Peninsula-Patriots] A message from Mark Levin to the Tea Party

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/16/Mark-Levin-Tea-Party-Only-Thing-That-Stands-Between-Liberty-And-Tyranny
 
 Waving USA FLag
DeWitt Edwards 

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Ronald Reagan 
 





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[Peninsula-Patriots] Fwd: State nulification of ObamaCare


In case you didn't receive this email directly, I'm forwarding this important message from one of our PenPats - Sue Long......  It is important to consider our options and the powers given to us through the Constitution.  Our knowledge is power.  Please read.
Ruth

Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 3:24 pm
Subject: State nulification of ObamaCare

Dear Fellow Patriot,
Some people seem to think that to vote every few years is all they need to do to advance the cause of the Constitution and liberty. Not so. The price of liberty is constant vigilance. And, even as important as the last election was, America, as the Founders envisioned, has been broken for quite some time. The downfall of America hasn't happened overnight.
Pick any clause of the Constitution, and note how it has been violated. Read through the Bill of Rights and see how few of those essential liberties are truly in place today. Consider any federal
law or government action or executive order and try to find where the Constitution specifically authorizes it.
Such as - business and environmental regulations. Corporate bailouts. The education of our children. Putting our military in harm's way without a declaration of war. It's never-ending. And, all the while, our currency is continually being debased in the hope that our economic house of cards won't collapse.
Consider ObamaCare. Search as you might, there is no place in our Constitution that says that the federal government can dictate our health care - or require us to buy health insurance. But there is a cure. State annulment as authorized by the tenth amendment. State Annulment isn't new. It's as old as the Constitution. But its time has come to be widely enforced.
In spite of the intensive TV coverage on election night, did you hear one word about the ten states, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts and Alabama, where voters had a chance to push back against federal overreach and approve ballot initiatives, which would nullify unconstitutional federal acts. and where six of those passed
In Colorado, Washington, and Massachusetts they related to the use of Marijuana. Regardless of your stand on that issue, it is a victory for states rights. And, although this has subsequently been reported on, where is mention of the others?
In Montana it was a referendum "prohibiting the state or federal government from mandating the purchase of health insurance." It also prohibits the imposition of "penalties for decisions related to the purchase of health insurance coverage." The measure passed 65%-34%
In Alabama a legislatively referred amendment frees Alabama citizens from any requirement to participate in Obamacare, or any other compulsory health care program. . It passed 59%-41%
And the Wyoming Constitution now guarantees citizens of the state the right to make their own healthcare decisions with minimal governmental interference. It passed by 76%-24%
For more information
As of this writing it is uncertain as to what Governor McDonnell will do. After signing the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act into law in 2010, which would help to protect us against ObamaCare, he is now threatening to commit Virginia to the ObamaCare Federal Mandate by signing on for Federal Exchanges.
If he has not done that yet, contact him at Robert.F.McDonnell@governor.virginia.gov and demand that he respect the wishes of Virginia's citizens and not sign on for it. As our Governor it is his duty to stand up to the over-reaching power of the federal government.
A small business owner in our community writes that he is " trying to hire because we thought VA had our back. If they move "forward" with allowing ObamaCare in VA we would be closing shop and probably declaring bankruptcy."
And if you need any more incentive, please consider the attachment  which reveals provisions about ObamcaCare that are less well known - those concerning how we raise our children and our mental health.
We could be totally free of ObamaCare. The Tenth Amendment - State Annulment - is the solution.
Sincerely,
Sue Long
for
The Committee for Constitutional Government
P O Box 972
Gloucester, VA 23061
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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