The Trump victory in 2016 should send a signal
to the Georgia Legislature to put voters first. Over the past 8 years, we’ve
seen Georgia buckle under Obama’s bribes and threats and engage in the
“top-down” style of government imposed by the Obama administration. Georgia needs to prepare for a change. The following list has remained unheeded for
the past 8 years and it’s time to stop abusing Georgia voters.
Rein in government abuse of voters
Sharia law should be outlawed in Georgia. 17
other States have banned Sharia law as incompatible with US law. Islamic
training camps should be closed and weapons seized.
Voter lists should be cleaned up annually to
remove names of voters who have died.
E-Verify should be used to ensure that voters are citizens. Non-citizens should either not be given
Georgia Drivers’ Licenses or these licenses should indicate their non-citizen
status. Foreign drivers’ licenses should be honored for visitors.Precincts with high concentrations of refugees
and immigrants should have votes audited to correct voter fraud.
The fines being imposed for minor traffic
violations have become unsustainable. Fines that were $75 not long ago are now
$500. This is predatory price-gouging. The legislature needs to look at their
open-ended approach to letting municipalities do whatever they want.
Public school failure will be addressed by the
Trump administration using vouchers to create competition, especially in failed
schools. The Georgia legislature needs to begin to plan for this. This appears
to be isolated to inner-city schools.
The Refugee Program will come to a close, but
there will be criminal illegals and illegitimate refugees to identify and round
up. “Sanctuary” status will be outlawed.
Protests should require permits and should be
restricted daytime hours and be held in easy to isolate sections of city parks,
away from highways, streets and buildings. Police should supervise these
protests. Simultaneous counter-protests should not be allowed. Protesters
should not be allowed access to highways or roads to disrupt traffic or
commerce.
The Georgia Legislature continues to be packed
with “Chamber of Commerce Republicans”. They do a good job for commercial real
estate developers and contractors using federal grant money for mal-investments
like even more shopping venues at a time when demand is dropping due to less
disposable income for consumers.
They do a good job for municipalities with
legislation that enables city councils and county commissions to continue to
borrow and spend and give away tax holidays without voter approval and impose
unnecessary permits, fees and fines.
The
State allows Agenda 21 implementation through regional commissions. They do nothing to protect citizens from
federal and local government abuses.
There are several initiatives that would
benefit regular voters. These are
populist moves that would rein in laws that cut voters out of the
decision-making process and allow elected officials to ignore voter wishes.
Some of these laws need to be repealed.
Georgians need well maintained roads,
sufficient water supplies, affordable electricity, stronger property rights,
better voter fraud control, jobs, protection from unconstitutional federal laws
and regulations, protection from local government abuse and protection from
future inflation caused by wasteful government spending.
Georgia taxpayers do not need to subsidize
commercial development, public transit, new urban planning, on-street bike
lanes, trollies, more parks, multi-use trails, wildlife preserves, unelected
governance or matching tax dollars for Obama squander-grants.
Georgia taxpayers have been plagued by UN
Agenda 21 implementation pushed by the Regions and the ICLEI trained
consultants dictating costly cookie-cutter Master Plans and Land-Use Zoning
Plans. City Managers and consultants run the cities. City Council Reps operate
by “group think”. County government is insular with a few exceptions. Local
government spends twice as much as it should and nobody is preventing this
waste.
We ask that you consider the following:
End Government Abuse
Pass Georgia Sovereignty Laws to protect
Georgia citizens from unconstitutional federal laws and regulations and protect
property owners from federal seizure, interference and abuse. Pass Georgia Property Rights Laws that
protect property owners from government abuse at all levels.
Ban all Agenda 21 implementation in Georgia.
Alabama did this already. It’s time to get ready to reject federal bribery
grants aimed to make us squander tax money on low priority, unnecessary, stupid
things. It’s time to stop abusive
federal agencies at the Georgia border.
Repeal Regionalism: Repeal HB 1216 that created
regional commissions for “economic development”. Repeal HB 277 that allows Regional sales tax
votes violating “home rule”.
Stop “conservation easements”. Provide property
owners with ways to reduce excessive easements.
Require local governments to pay “fair value” for easement taking. Enact
strict private property rights.
Nullify Obamacare totally to end the
job-killing 30 hour rule and allow healthcare providers to dump costly and
unnecessary regulations and lower costs.
Remove Common Core from Georgia and assert that
federal involvement in education is unconstitutional.
Cancel Georgia’s application to the Article V
Convention of States. It’s too dangerous
to do this with the bad guys in charge.
Free Up Jobs
Discourage further job-killing illegal
immigration by removing all taxpayer supported benefit eligibility for illegals
and “refugees” in Georgia. Remove eligibility for all tax funded benefits from
refugees and illegal aliens including drivers’ licenses, public schooling,
medical care, in-state tuition and discrimination rules. Missouri did this and
illegals moved out-of-state.
Discourage excessive job-killing legal
immigration. We need to allow our high unemployment to subside. Ensure that Georgia farmers have an
efficient, successful “guest worker” plan, remove “guest worker” work permit status
from all other occupations.
Increase employment of citizens by restricting
legal and illegal immigration
Ensure Basic Needs
Ensure that reservoirs are built and water
supplies are ample for homes and farms.
Keep Energy Prices Low: Nullify EPA Carbon
Rules. The State can protect electric power consumers from the global warming
hoax by refusing to comply with unconstitutional federal regulations.
End Slush Funds
Restrict all “economic development” funds and
activities to remove subsidies for commercial development. Economic development
should be focused on returning manufacturing to Georgia.
Limit property tax increases to 3% per year to
avoid large increases like those experienced by Hall County in 2014. Ensure
that property appraisals are honest and conservative and reflect the coming lack
of first-time buyers. Protect taxpayers from speculator-driven housing bubbles.
Limit government borrowing power from 10% of
the tax registry to 100% of the government entities’ assets.
Require voter approval for all tax holidays and
Bonds that all government entities wish to sell. The legal trickery used by
Cobb to approve $400 million in Bonds for the Braves Stadium is a travesty.
Enact Reform
Restrict campaign contributions to be made by
registered voters and only for candidates who would appear on their ballot.
Reduce special interest influence in handling Bills through the legislative
process.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
Posted on NTL Conservative Blog
(ntlconsulting.blogspot.com) July 9, 2014, Reposted August 18, 2014, September
22, 2014, January 5, 2015
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