Posted by Jeff Greenspan on 11/20/09

This is a very dangerous bill that will change the system of government, taxing and spending in Arizona.

Written by State Senator Thayer Verschoor, Mesa: 

SB1003 was written with enacting language to give unchecked authority for unelected appointees of the governor to raise taxes in the form of fees across a broad spectrum of our everyday lives.
 
It has never been good policy to give the governor and her appointees this absolute unchecked authority. Our Constitution is clear that taxing and appropriation authority rests solely with the legislature.  SB1003 would not even have given the legislature minimal oversight over the increases OR the use of the funds raised. 
 
I have made my position known for many weeks IN WRITING to the Senate leadership that I would not support any legislation that ceded this constitutional authority to the governor and her appointees.  For example, if the governor wants to give 1 million dollars to his /her favorite cause, all he /she would have to do is raise the price of a duplicate driver's license by "only" one dollar. The legislature could do little more than complain about it.
 
It is important to emphasize that once this authority is granted, it would be nearly impossible to return the authority to its proper place.  All the Governor would have to do is veto the legislation.
 
Senate leadership complains about the Governor having authority to appropriate twenty BILLION DOLLARS in federal funds that come to the state without any legislative over sight and they complain about the abuse of Executive orders.  Now, they have decided through SB1003 to expand the power of the Governor to raise and distribute funds without approval or oversight of the legislature.  Their actions beg the question whether they have the will to either pass the increases themselves or cut the spending to deal with this budget deficit.
 
Finally, President Burns knows that SB1003 skirts around the intent of Proposition 108 which was passed by the voters.  He knows that Prop 108 requires the legislature to get 2/3rd of the vote in both houses of the legislature to increase taxes and fees. 

Please call (602) 926-5999 or email your Senator and Representatives.  Ask them to Vote NO on SB1003 that would give fee (tax) setting authority to the governor and his/her appointed, unelected agency heads."

Posted by Jeff Greenspan on 08/06/09
Last updated 08/06/09

Attached below is a letter from Senator Kyl to a constituent here in Arizona who supports the HR1207/S604 Federal Reserve Transparancy Act.

So far all of Arizona's Congressmen and women, both Republican and Democrat have signed on as co-sponsors of HR1207.  Senator McCain, as I understand it is supporting S604.  Jon Kyl remains the only holdout.

As you can see on the Arizona C4L state page, we will be gathering petitions asking Senator Kyl to support S604.  I hope that Senator Kyl, after having supported amnesty in the last several years and after having voted for the "Assault Weapons" Ban back in the 90s, will make a decision this time that supports the interests of American citizens rather than special or corporate interests and will support transparency of the Federal Reserve system, which has contributed to the economic situation that we are all in now.

Please support Campaign for Liberty's Federal Researve Transparancy "Action Month", August 15-Sept 15.

Posted 08/06/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

ok, lets gather our petitions ready . download the petition forms ( found under flier tab) and we will hand deliver to kyl"s office here soon.

Posted 08/06/09 Shawn Dow FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ

this is going to be fun.

Posted 08/07/09 ChristopherAZ Tucson, AZ

Awesome!

Posted 08/10/09 live free or die Phoenix, AZ

Please keep me posted. I want to go too!

Posted 08/11/09 bujin00 Coolidge, AZ

I will be collecting petition also... I have called and written his office as well and I encourage you to do the same. Hand-written letters seem to get more attention at his local offices. James

Posted 08/12/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

Lets plan our visit for september 15th at noon

Posted 08/20/09 Citizen Dez Seligman, AZ

Posted 09/03/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

ok let's get the phones ringing this tuesday 8th. call Jon Kyl's office at (602) 840-1891 or (602) 957-6838 and ask him to reconsider his position on an audit of the fed.Every rep in Arizona has agreed to an audit, even John Mccain ! then we shall visit his office on the 15th with our collected petitions at noon.

Posted 09/12/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

ok time is going to be 3pm on tuesday 15th. we collected a huge stack of petitions at the tea party by the way.

Posted 09/15/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

681 signatures collected in one day at a Phoenix tea party, over 750 delivered to Senator Jon Kyl's office today ,plus all the electronic petitions , emails,faxes and phone calls, all asking our Senator to cosponsor S604 and agree to an audit of the federal reserve.

Posted by Jeff Greenspan on 06/11/09

The dangerous HB2252 (International Transportation and Port Infrastructure) seems to have sneaked by us in committees while the Budget was being battled. It is now down to the wire for Third Reading (the final vote in the Az. House) tomorrow.

This bill helps create a way for a North American Union-styled Canamex Corridor through America, with an ultra-deep water port near Guaymas and "port" and warehouse facilities at the Az. border to bring in slave-labor and subsidized goods from all over the world for all America.

If you would like to voice your opposition to this bill, please visit http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp to find your Arizona state legislators' contact information.

Below are some talking points by Bryan Turner:

1. The bill would has been amended to sound more innocuous, but actually gives the Department of Transportation and the State more power to integrate the governments of Arizona and Mexico through the Arizona/Mexico commission, empowering this commission with more authority and ability to accomplish merger.

2. It gives the Arizona international development authority the ability to enter what is basically treaty with other nations, with an emphasis on Mexico in the legislation

3. Creates a new bureaucracy with the directive to create new "tolls, fees, rents and other charges imposed by the authority". "Other charges" gives this unelected body not only the specified powers but unlimited ability to raise taxes in whatever form they want.

4. The bill authorizes the port authority to create new public debt through bonds

5. And finally, the whole idea of an Arizona port authority is part of the integration of the nations through a state by state initiative as described by Robert Pastor at a North American Governance meeting at ASU in Feb of 2007.

Posted 06/12/09 Son Of Liberty Erie, PA

more loss of sovereignty, more usurpation of powers, more destruction of federalism, more ignoring of 10th amend and constitution

Posted 06/14/09 adrock Tucson, AZ

Forgive my ignorance on the workings of the Arizona Legislative Process. Where exactly is this bill right now? What is the remaining process for this bill? What can be done to stop this bill? Who do we need to contact?

Posted 06/15/09 justice4all sherman oaks, CA

Jeff: I sent a fax to Congressman Jeff Flake staff Margaret Kiessig asking a fair and legitiminate question: Why are you appropriating our taxpayers' money to a federal government agency involvd in bribery and influencing peddling? (Documentation was provided) All elected officials have a fudiciary obligation to ensure the public complete confidence our hard earned money is well spent. You are free to contact Hon. Flake office about our spending our hard earned money. justice4all

Posted by Jeff Greenspan on 01/26/09

Now that the party convention cycles are over, it's time to get down to business.

What is the business we are getting down to?  Re-lighting the fire of 1776 and retaking this nation door by door, block by block, precinct by precinct.

No top-down heirarchical organization is needed to get this job done.  The people who know your neighboorhood, your neighbors better than anyone is you!  If you don't know them, here's your chance.

If you have not already joined the Campaign for Liberty as a Precinct Leader, please do so today.  The Precinct Leader program will provide you with tools and training to use as you meet your neighbors, identify those who believe consistently with us, and bring them over to our side.

Winning a nation will not happen on our keyboards, or in newspapers or on TV.  We have close to 80 years of socialist indoctrination to overcome.  That will be done by human to human interaction.  A handshake.  A civil discussion.  Building personal relationships based on trust.  It will not occur overnight.  Some people will need to hear your message two, three or four times.

But step one is to join the precinct leader program.  Then identify all other Ron Paul supporters and get them to join.

Please join today.  http://www.campaignforliberty.com

May the Spirit of '76 burn brightly.  Light the fire!

Posted 08/20/09 Jeff Greenspan Phoenix, AZ

The Precinct Leader program is now called the Local Coordinator program. Please check it out on our website here.

Posted 08/29/09 Betsy Ross Mandeville, LA

I guess you've all got me puzzled on this one, along with Dr. Paul and the point to this all, except as a means of distraction from the true issue. The unlawful transfer of governmental powers to the Fed in 1913 under Wilson, without both the consent of the governed, nor any regulation over their practices whatsoever. Since Congress "created" the Federal Reserve to begin with, there would be no need for a formal bill to audit it at all. Simply a voice or roll call vote and motion on the floor of both the House and Senate. I'm sure Dr. Paul knows this, as all members of Congress have lawyers if they are unsure of procedures. And this one is a no-brainer. And any bill simply takes one sponsor so truly am mystified by all of this. And who's going to audit the Fed? Arthur Anderson, or another of the global corporate socialist members of the CFR? This entire movement seems to me that most of these sites are nothing more than "liberty as commerce" and Dr. Paul does appear to be more a "liberal" with some of his positions on trade especially (since the founders were, after all, protectionists and used tariffs and excise taxes to fund the federal government as its main source of funding). The Boston Tea Party was as much about taxation, as it was about global competition interfering with domestic industry, both economic and job related. So at this point, haven't figured out just what the goal of this entire "movement" on the Audit the Fed Bill is all about in any way whatsoever.