PNP comment: State government continues to operate as a DICTATORSHIP ! — Editor Liz Bowen

By Jon Coupal

Readers of this column are fully aware that the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is the leading voice for California’s beleaguered homeowners and citizen taxpayers. For that reason, we have frequently confronted situations where California’s political elites attempt to silence our voice or limit the access conferred to others in communicating our message to the public at large.

Just last year, you may recall, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg intentionally shut off the camera which was airing what was specifically designated as a “public hearing” at the Capitol just as HJTA’s representative was about to testify on the horrible impacts of Proposition 30. Agree with us or not, we had an important message to share with all California voters as to why imposing the highest income tax and sales tax rates in America was a bad idea. Pulling the plug on the public access channel was such an unwarranted act of censorship that even the usually liberal media was outraged.

Well, here we go again.

Today, April 8, 2013, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation is holding a 3 hour hearing on Proposition 13. And yet the organization which is synonymous with Prop 13 and the rights of California homeowners was not invited to participate. Thus, although assorted government analysts, academicians and even those expressing outright hostility to Proposition 13 will be testifying, the voice of homeowners has, once again, been locked out.

Bear in mind, HJTA has a full time lobbyist and we haven’t been shut out – not yet anyway – of being able to present testimony on specific bills. This is something our lobbyist, David Wolfe, does several times a day during the legislative session.

The hearing scheduled for today is not on a specific bill but, rather, intended to serve as an “informational” hearing on Proposition 13. But how can you have an “informational” hearing on Proposition 13, intended to “inform” members of the Assembly and Revenue Taxation Committee, without having the organization with the most expertise on the subject matter being asked to testify?

Not only are we named for the man who wrote Proposition 13, but we have authored two subsequent initiatives – Propositions 62 and 218 – which closed loopholes in Prop 13 created by the courts and the Legislature itself. Voters approved both measures. Moreover, our attorneys are litigating Proposition 13 issues everyday and the legal journals and casebooks are replete with examples of our unique expertise. Our affiliated foundation has sponsored dozens of studies on the impact of Prop 13, its benefits as well as the efforts to weaken or repeal it.

The failure to include the preeminent Proposition 13 organization in a hearing on Proposition 13 itself is incomprehensible and calls into question whether the hearing is really intended to be helpful or just another Capitol “dog and pony” show.

Perhaps the silver lining here is that Californian’s political elites are worried that HJTA is just too effective at what we do. And, at the end of the day, they can talk about weakening Prop 13 all they want; but any changes to this vital homeowner protection will have to go to the voters.

And while they can attempt to limit our voice at the Capitol, the power bosses know that they can’t limit the access to our members and all homeowners who wish to preserve Proposition 13. So if they want a fight at the ballot box, we’ll be heard loud and clear.

Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association — California’s largest grass-roots taxpayer organization dedicated to the protection of Proposition 13 and the advancement of taxpayers’ rights.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012 

 Our guest – Arkady Faktorovich

 www.ArkadysWorld.com

“BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN Part II”

Today we’ll compare Obamacare and the Fed … did you know they were created in a similar fashion?  How about socialism vs. communism?  How about the guy who was much more powerful than Lenin?

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ARKADY FAKTOROVICH   

Born in Kiev, Ukraine.

Enrolled in Moscow State University of Technology and Design in 1965, graduated from Kiev State University of Technology and Design with MS in Engineering 1971.

After graduation, was drafted into the Soviet Army as a private, nine months later was sent to officers school for training, six months later graduated with the rank of the lieutenant. Following the discharge from the military, was working as an engineer, being involved in experimental projects.

Emigrated to the West in 1978. Lived in Austria and Italy, while my papers were being processed. After an interview with an American Embassy in Rome, received my entry visa and a work permit to come to the greatest country the world has ever known, our country, the United States of America.

I lived in Houston, Texas. When my English skills improved, was hired by Brown and Root, Inc. (later known as Halliburton, Inc.) as a field engineer at the construction of nuclear power plant in Bay City, Texas.

I moved to California and was hired by Bechtel Civil and Minerals, Inc. as a Senior Engineer, in San Francisco. I opened my own business in 1982. I married my wife in 1984 and became a US Citizen in 1985. My wife and I are blessed with three daughters and six grandchildren.

Life is good when one is free.

Thank you,

Arkady Faktorovich

 NEWS

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.arkadysworld.com/newsandevents.html

Straight from Arkady Fatorovich’s website

From “Dutra’s The Paper” at Los Banos, California. February 18th 2011:

Life Behind the Iron Curtain… and America Through The Eyes of an Immigrant

By Arkady Faktorovich

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: I must tell our readers of my first meeting with this man you are about to become acquainted. During last fall’s Memorial Hospital Gala my wife and were sitting at the same table with Mr. and Mrs. Faktorovich, We got to know about each other’s history that evening. I believe you will enjoy his story, and his love for our country. It is a valuable reminder to those of us who may sometimes take for granted what we possess as natural rights. For myself his message is refreshing because I, too was an immigrant to our nation when I first came with my parents as a young child in the 1950′s. Please read his story and I am sure you will be reminded too what our country has been to the masses who have made the USA their home. Thank you, my friend for sharing your words.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Les and Sandra Palocsay of the Los Banos Tea Party Patriots organization. I am grateful to the Los Banos Rotary Club and its members for giving me a forum to tell the story of my life in the former Soviet Union and a life in America through the eyes of an immigrant. Great thanks to Tony Dutra for publishing it in his paper. Also, thanks to you, the reader, for your interest.

It began in Ukraine, where I was born and raised. I owe everything that I learned in my early years to my grandfather and my father, the wisest men I ever knew. They are responsible for instilling in me the ability to reason and have independent thought.

My grandfather was an illiterate shoemaker who was able to do complex computations in his head without pencil and paper. My father was an architect, a highly decorated combat veteran of the Soviet Army during World War II. He was in charge of vast construction projects in the Ukraine during peace time.

My grandparents, my parents and I lived in a tiny two room communal apartment (it was smaller than my garage here in Los Banos.) Before the communists took over, my Grandfather was able to occupy the entire floor (approx.. 5,000 square feet) in the same building, and a large shop in the basement, and was able to support a big family working by himself.

What I would like to say to you is something that we all mention in our daily conversations. We hear it from our politicians, broadcasters and writers and almost always take it for granted. What I am talking about is freedom.

Just imagine being born in prison. Since you only experience prison walls, guards and inmates, your perception of such surroundings seems normal to you. There are no questions, no thoughts of life beyond the barred windows. You have friends among your peers. You go to school where you are constantly reminded how wonderful life is inside the prison walls, how free you are and what a bright and wonderful future lies ahead for the prison system and its population.

READ the full article:

      http://www.arkadysworld.com/newsandevents.html

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles…)

(NaturalNews) The state of Michigan is only days away from engaging in what can only be called true “animal genocide” — the mass murder of ranch animals based on the color of their hair. It’s all part of a shocking new “Invasive Species Order” (ISO) put in place by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources(DNR). This Invasive Species Order suddenly and shockingly defines virtually all open-range pigs raised by small family farms to be illegal “invasive species,” and possession of just one of these animals is now a felony crime in Michigan, punishable by up to four years in prison.

The state has said it will “destroy” these pigs beginning in April, potentially by raiding local farms with government-issued rifles, then shooting the pig herds while arresting the members of the family and charging them with the “crime” of raising pigs with the wrong hair color. This may truly be a state-sponsored serial animal killing spree.

Reality check: You may think this story is some kind of early April Fools prank, but it isn’t. This is factually true and verifiable through the documents, videos and websites linked below. The state of Michigan seriously intends to unleash a mass murder spree of pigs of the wrong color beginning April 1.

Yet these are the very pigs that farmers and ranchers in Michigan have been raising for decades. The state doesn’t seem to care about this, and there are indications that this ISO may have been nudged into position by the conventional pork industry as a tactic to wipe out its competition of local, specialty ranching conducted by small families and dedicated farmers who don’t work for the big pork corporations. (The Michigan Pork Grower’s Association.)

Hear the shocking interview and watch the family farm video…

I have recorded an exclusive interview with Mark Baker from Baker’s Green Acres — one of many ranching operations threatened with total destruction by state bureaucrats and this new Invasive Species Order. Listen to that interview here:
http://buzz.naturalnews.com/000025-Michigan-pigs-invasive_species.htm…

The Baker family has also recorded a video explaining their farming operation and how the state of Michigan is threatening to destroy their entire farming operation. Watch that stunning video (and spread the word about it) at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843yH_0RMIA

Mark Baker, by the way, is a veteran of the United States Air Force. As a veteran of the U.S. armed forces, he served to protect the rights of others, yet he now finds his own rights and freedoms under assault by the state of Michigan. He told NaturalNews he is determined to protect his livelihood at all costs and to take a stand against tyranny in Michigan.

Got the wrong hair color? The state of Michigan will kill you

The state of Michigan has issued a document describing nine “traits” of what they call “feral pigs” which they claim should be destroyed on April 1.

Read the document describing those nine traits at:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/MDNR_DECLARATORY_RULING_2011-12…

Those traits include having the wrong color on the tip of the hair or even being born with striped hair. The traits are written so that virtually all pigs raised by family ranchers across the state of Michigan will be targeted for destruction by the state of Michigan starting April 1. Farmers who defend their livestock may be arrested as felons and charged with multiple felony crimes by the state.

Michigan to destroy pigs based on the color of their hair – racial profiling for animal murder

Here’s some of the language from the Michigan document describing which animals are to be destroyed. Remember: For a pig to qualify as “feral” according to state tyrants, it only has to exhibit ONE of these traits, not all of them:

1) Bristle-tip coloration: exhibit bristle tips that are lighter in color (e.g., white, cream, or buff) than the rest of the hair shaft.

2) Dark point coloration: exhibits “points” (i.e., distal portions of the snout, ears, legs, and tail) that are dark brown to black in coloration, and lack light-colored tips on the bristles.

3) Coat coloration: exhibit a number of coat coloration patterns: solid black, solid red / brown, black and white spotted, black and red / brown spotted.

4) Underfur: exhibit the presence of underfur that is lighter in color (e.g., smoke gray to brown) than the overlying dark brown to black bristles/guard hairs.

5) Juvenile coat pattern: exhibit striped coat patterns — a light grayish-tan to brown base coat, with a dark brown to black spinal stripe and three to four brown irregular longitudinal stripes with dark margins along the length of the body.

6) Skeletal appearance: Structures include skull morphology, dorsal profile, and external body measurements including tail length, head-body length, hind foot length, ear length, snout length, and shoulder height.

7) Tail structure: Straight tails.

8) Ear structure: Erect ear structure.

9) “Other characteristics not currently known to the MDNR that are identified by the scientific community.”

Did you catch that last one? So now the so-called “scientific community” can simply invent whatever trait they want and the state of Michigan will legalize the mass murder of all ranch animals displaying that trait.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035372_Michigan_pigs_farm_freedom.html#ixzz1qM4Ht5M8

From Freedom 21 website:

 The Freedom Movement | Organization Members | The Freedom21 Logo | Freedom21 Responsibilities

Freedom21 is the manifestation of the belief that American society operates best when it is founded upon these principles:

1. People have inherent, natural, unalienable rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness – the foundations of sovereignty.

2. Governments exist expressly to protect these rights.

3. Governments derive power from the consent of the governed, to protect these rights.

4. Public policies which constrain people’s rights must be enacted only by representatives elected by the people.

5. Constitutionally limited government is the best form of government.

6. That government is best which governs least.

7. No foreign government shall supersede the authority of the government of the United States of America.

These principles were identified, debated, and adopted by the people who attended the first annual National Freedom21 Conference, July 9-12, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri. Freedom21’s mission is to advance these principles in public policy at every level of government.

Freedom21 began in 1999 when its predecessor, the Environmental Conservation Organization, asked the leaders of about a dozen other organizations to assemble in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a new strategy to counter the explosion of new laws and regulations that ignored private property rights and individual freedom. The meeting was hosted by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. The group quickly agreed that the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, working to implement the recommendations set forth in Agenda 21, was a major source of the freedom-eroding policies being implemented by the government.

The group recognized, and agreed, that the efforts of our various organizations were mostly defensive, working to defeat the proposals and policies advanced by the PCSD, and its proponents. What was needed, the group decided, was to develop a strong offense, to develop a positive strategy to advance the principles of freedom, in addition to defeating the proposals produced by the PCSD.

The first step was the first annual Freedom21 National Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri in 2000. More than a hundred leaders of grassroots organizations from around the country attended the conference. Speakers outlined the new strategy. Attendees divided into committees to develop the principles that would guide the group and to develop priorities and suggest tactics. After considerable discussion and revision, the “Principles of Freedom” were unanimously adopted.

Organization Members

Organizations that are members of Freedom21 are organizations that have a proven track record of effective, determined work that advances the principles of freedom. These organizations work in a variety of different issue areas. Some concentrate on education issues. Some work primarily on property rights issues. Some focus on the negative aspects of sustainable development policies. Freedom is being attacked on every front, and grassroots organizations that work to defend, and advance the principles of freedom are rising to meet the challenge. These are the organizations that are, or should be members of Freedom21.

Working together, these organizations draw strength and support from each other. As one organization confronts a serious challenge, it can call on other Freedom21 organizations to join in a coordinated campaign to overcome it. This is the power of the freedom movement. Freedom21 is a voluntary, cooperative effort in which no hierarchy issues decisions. Instead, any member organization can ask for, and receive support from other Freedom21 members on any issue. The more individuals and organizations that participate in Freedom21, the more powerful the freedom movement becomes.

The Freedom21 Logo

Freedom21 works to promote, publicize, and advance the work of all its member organizations through its publications, websites, press releases, news articles, videos, and other educational materials. Individuals and organizations that use the Freedom21 logo help to build recognition of Freedom21 as the growing freedom movement that it has become. The Freedom21 logo is a positive symbol of the principles of freedom with which no American can disagree.

Freedom21 Responsibilities

America is facing another period in its history when freedom is threatened anew. The enemy is the same: collectivism, but it is dressed in a new uniform. This time, it’s not Hitler-styled socialism, or Soviet-styled communism, it is international collectivism wearing a “sustainable development” uniform. And it has beguiled a great many Americans who fail to see its dangers.

It is our responsibility as individuals, as organizations – as Freedom21 – to not only expose the dangers, but to offer positive, pro-active policy proposals to city councils, to county commissions, to state legislatures, and to Congress to uphold and advance the principles of freedom. This is our task. This is our challenge. This is our mission. Our success, or failure, will shape the future for generations to come. What we, each of us, do from this day forward will determine our success or failure. We need to become and stay informed about the issues we care about. This is achieved by staying involved with the organizations that are working to advance the principles of freedom within those issues. We need to develop a missionary zeal to help our friends and neighbors learn about those issues through our conversations, our correspondence, community meetings, church, and every other opportunity. We need to respond to our organization’s call for activism, whether it is attendance at a city council meeting or contacting a Congressman. We need to do whatever we can as individuals.

We need to support our organizations – Freedom21 organizations. The people who lead these organizations often work with little or no salary for their organizational work, and actually help finance their work from their own paycheck earned from other jobs. They need financial support and they need our encouragement.

Freedom21 is a new idea in the market place of grassroots activism. It consists of organizations working in an array of issue areas populated with individuals from all walks of life. The common denominator for individuals and organizations alike is belief in the principles of freedom on which Freedom21 is constructed. Let’s determine together to build this movement into a tidal wave of influence that will wash away the last remnant of collectivism that contaminates public policy. This is a long term goal that must be achieved incrementally. Every victory, no matter how small, by every individual and every organization, is an incremental step toward this goal. Together, we can multiply these victories. Together, we can celebrate, and publicize these victories. And in the doing of it, we can attract new members to our organizations, and double and redouble our effectiveness.

The structure has been built and the strategy is before us. Now, we go to work anew!

Some are calling U.S. Senator John McCain a traitor for co-authoring this new bill on the detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act.

Congress can’t seem to get it act together on the economy and or reign in fraud in the banking industry.

But they seem to have no problem putting laws in place to harass Americans and strip them of basic rights.

One of the best friends of crooked bankers in the Senate also happens to be a leading cheerleader for shredding what’s left of the Constitution.

Coincidence?

Video of Judge Neapolatoo on Fox News interviews Congressman Justin Amash

http://www.realecontv.com/page/5910.html

Ken McCarthy
Real Econ TV

Detainee bill by John McCain, who supports the bill because of Terrorist threats from outside the USA.

But it also gives military and the President the authority to decide who is a “terrorist threat” within the USA.

STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR DETAINEE PROVISIONS

November 29, 2011

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today issued the following statement on the overwhelming bipartisan vote defeating an amendment to strip the compromise detainee provisions from the FY 2012 Defense Authorization bill:

“By an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 61-37, the Senate today defeated an amendment to strip the compromise detainee provisions from the FY 2012 Defense Authorization bill. Today’s vote reflects the broad bipartisan support for the detainee provisions in the Senate, which will help defend our nation against the threat posed by al-Qaeda while upholding our values and honoring our Constitution.

The language in the Defense Authorization bill regarding detainees preserves our nation’s ability to gain valuable intelligence from members of al-Qaeda and gives the President the ability to prevent terrorists from returning to the battlefield. I look forward to the Senate completing its vital work of providing for our nation’s defense and our men and women in uniform by passing the Defense Authorization bill by the end of this week.”

Please contact YOUR representatives.  Here are the phone numbers for those representatives of Siskiyou County — as well as McCain

MCCain: 202-224-2235  fax: 202-228-2862  He sits on the Armed services  and Homeland Security  committee. email: mccain.senate.gov

Diane Feinstein  202-224-3841  fax: 202-228-3954 email: feinstein.senate.gov

Barbara Boxer 202-224-3553  fax: 202-224-0454  email: boxer.senate.gov

House:  Wally Herger  202-225-3076  fax;: 202-225-3076  email: herger.house.gov