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One of the many things that make Nevada County a wonderful place in which to live is its diversity in the arts, the many volunteer groups and our politics, to name just a few.
The Union helps us to focus on those things and more.
First, I would like to address, in part, the Tea Bag-gers' most recent commentaries. I attended the first one at the Capitol, but was unable to attend the local one due to a recent surgery.
I consider the reactive “sour grapes” to be both uninformed and inappropriate given the frivolous, special interest groups.
It's called a lack of representation. The irony is not that a Tea Party demonstration (“party-goers”) dared to protest at the same time that many services were either cut back or closed by the state. That's what the Tea Baggers' movement is all about!
Having a say in the way our taxes are allocated and used, not to mention taken back by the state, because they can't prioritize, let alone balance, their checkbooks.
Those that are most vulnerable who have little or nothing to contribute to the tax base, let alone an ability to organize in a protest, deserve a hand up. Those who abuse “the system” should be kicked off.
A very consistent effort to help the mentally ill should be in place with a hands-off lock.
We see our “representation” erode day by day. Who has the strength to stop it? We do.
Thanks to Jeff Ackerman, we have the template for supporting a part-time Legislature — a tool that will give us a “this candidate is less offensive than the other one” choice.
A part-time Legislature would have to accomplish more of “The People's Business,” as opposed to frivolous/lobbied bills.
Nevada convenes every other year, running February through June. Another unique idea would be to require staying within a budget, while addressing those issues that are essential to the people.
We might even go much further and suggest that zero funds go to the state until cities and counties have addressed their Top 10 priorities, making the entire process much less costly and more responsive to us “The People.” It could be called the “Trickle Up Theory.”
I have to wonder what would have happened if the small group had not dumped the tea in the bay ...
Julie Reaney lives in Grass Valley.
The Union helps us to focus on those things and more.
First, I would like to address, in part, the Tea Bag-gers' most recent commentaries. I attended the first one at the Capitol, but was unable to attend the local one due to a recent surgery.
I consider the reactive “sour grapes” to be both uninformed and inappropriate given the frivolous, special interest groups.
It's called a lack of representation. The irony is not that a Tea Party demonstration (“party-goers”) dared to protest at the same time that many services were either cut back or closed by the state. That's what the Tea Baggers' movement is all about!
Having a say in the way our taxes are allocated and used, not to mention taken back by the state, because they can't prioritize, let alone balance, their checkbooks.
Those that are most vulnerable who have little or nothing to contribute to the tax base, let alone an ability to organize in a protest, deserve a hand up. Those who abuse “the system” should be kicked off.
A very consistent effort to help the mentally ill should be in place with a hands-off lock.
We see our “representation” erode day by day. Who has the strength to stop it? We do.
Thanks to Jeff Ackerman, we have the template for supporting a part-time Legislature — a tool that will give us a “this candidate is less offensive than the other one” choice.
A part-time Legislature would have to accomplish more of “The People's Business,” as opposed to frivolous/lobbied bills.
Nevada convenes every other year, running February through June. Another unique idea would be to require staying within a budget, while addressing those issues that are essential to the people.
We might even go much further and suggest that zero funds go to the state until cities and counties have addressed their Top 10 priorities, making the entire process much less costly and more responsive to us “The People.” It could be called the “Trickle Up Theory.”
I have to wonder what would have happened if the small group had not dumped the tea in the bay ...
Julie Reaney lives in Grass Valley.
