Cape County Tea Party Meeting - 04/16

CAPE COUNTY TEA PARTY MEETING

On April 16th, 2013 at 6:30pm, the Cape County Tea Party (CCTP) will hold its open monthly meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The meeting is also called the Third Tuesday Tea Time (TTTT) and is held on the Third Tuesday of each month to continue the work to complete our Mission as stated below.

Self-Governance / Civic Authority:

There are lobbyists for unions; lobbyists for banks; lobbyists for lawyers; lobbyists for river smelt; lobbyists for death row murderers; lobbyists for sports stadiums. There are lobbyists for hospitals; lobbyists for labor; lobbyists for Wall Street; lobbyists for genetically modified corn.

Who's lobbying for you and me? The taxpayer / The voter.

Cape County Tea Party members are receiving training on how to expand Self-Governance and use our Civic Authority. What are Self-Governance and Civic Authority? That's the tease. Come to our Third Tuesday Tea Time meeting and get more information about the program and how we will be using it to advance liberty. We hope you will join us in this exciting program to advance the causes of Fiscal Responsibility, Founding Principles and Constitutionally Limited Government.

Guiding Our Representatives:

At our January 2013 "Working" meeting, we spent some time reviewing pending legislation pre-filed by CCTP's State Representatives and determined whether CCTP members felt the legislation should be passed or shelved. We worked to guide our representatives. Those who took part felt it was worthwhile and the effort was a great success. This month's meeting will again be a "Working" meeting with two activities:

Homework:

At our March 2013 meeting, homework was assigned (takeaway activism) to encourage practice in getting informed and educated on the pending bills in the MO House and Senate. TTTT attendees were asked to:

1. Visit the MO House or MO Senate Web Site lists of Pending Bills:

http://www.house.mo.gov/billlist.aspx

http://www.senate.mo.gov/13info/BTS_Web/BillList.aspx?SessionType=R

2. Locate a Bill that interests you.

3. Read the information on the bill and any other supporting information that you can find.

4. Prepare a short paragraph to present why support or do not support the bill.

5. Bring the information with you to the next TTTT, and we'll talk about what you have found.

We look forward to discussing the results of the March takeaway activism, and we've heard from a few folks that have completed the effort and are looking forward to reporting their results.

Legislative Review:

After reviewing our homework, we will again split up into groups, review legislation that is imminent on the legislative calendar (especially those filed by our local representatives as well as other high profile legislation), and quickly try to come up with thoughts and suggestions for our representatives' actions / votes in the House and Senate.

Does the bill increase government or reduce government? Does it increase liberty or reduce freedom? Does it advance the free market or stifle it?

Each group's decisions will be reviewed and accumulated, so we can report their decisions and notes back to our representatives... ...thus guiding their votes.

8th Congressional District Special Election

Tom Brown, write-in candidate, has indicated he will attend the event. We will ask the attendees if they'd like to give him a few minutes to speak and have any questions for him.

About CCTP/TTTT

The goals of each meeting are to:

- Promote Self-Governance, Freedom, Free Markets, Responsibility, and Civic Authority

- Disseminate current and topical information that affects CCTP members and the community at large (typically a speaker)

- Engage the attendees in a form of activism to work toward the completion of our mission

- Increase the membership of the CCTP

Everyone is invited regardless of party or ideology! We hope you will attend! Expect homework!

For more information, see the TTTT link on our website:

Contact

- Web Site: www.CapeCountyTeaParty.org

- E-mail: CapeCountyTeaParty@yahoo.com

Interview/General Contacts:

- Brian Bollmann 314.882.3327 bbollmann1964@gmail.com

- Jan Farrar janfarrar@reagan.com

- Jeannie Hinck 573.334.6340 capecountyteaparty@yahoo.com

Our mission is to attract, educate, organize and mobilize fellow citizens to secure Public Policy consistent with Fiscal Responsibility, Founding Principles and Constitutionally Limited Government under God.