First Amendment Rights

The public is invited to attend the CAN general meeting when the topic will be: "Has Roy Lyons' Lawsuit Killed Citizens' Initiatives in Clay County?"  Jane Padgett (CTLAC) and Harold Rutledge (District 5 Commissioner) are the guest speakers.  Come and join in the discussion - it should be very interesting!

With Jane Padgett's permission to post this on the MCS Blog, following is an email from CTLAC received 9/28/08:

• TERM LIMITS WORK-- Commissioners Bush and Fitzgerald will be term limited in November, 2008.  
• SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTIONS WORK -- Voters in District 5 recently ousted Incumbent Commissioner Rutledge, apparently believing that he was not meeting their needs.  It's highly unusual for incumbents to lose elections, especially in at-large elections.  Citizens in single districts have more control and accountability over their commissioner.  
• The Clay Co. Republican Women recently hosted their monthly luncheon meeting with guest speaker Gordon Jesperson.  Jesperson (of the Kopelousos-Bradley law firm) spoke on the state and county amendments, with emphasis on the county amendments.  We wonder why no member of CTLAC was invited to speak, since we are sponsoring and promoting the amendments. It is no surprise that Mr. Jesperson opposed all 3 of our proposals and told the unquestioning audience his reasons for doing so.  We, the sponsors, were not invited and were told that if we attended, we would not be allowed to question Mr. Jesperson's statements.  So much for fair and balanced.  Is this the "Clay Way" of educating the public to the truth?  
• Harold Rutledge and Jane Padgett will be guest speakers at the CAN meeting on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7PM, at Fleming Island Library Meeting Room.  The topic will be, "Has Roy Lyons' Lawsuit Killed Citizens' Initiatives in Clay County?"  Please attend and voice your concerns.  Unlike the Clay Republican Women meeting, CAN will allow you to ask questions. 

Hope to see you Thursday at the CAN meeting!  

A new website for the CTLAC is available that will allow you to make online donations through PayPal or with a credit card.

Folks, the outcome of this suit will forever effect the Peoples right to Petition their goverment so even if you are against all three amendments sponsored by the CTLAC you still have something to lose in this fight.  Lawsuits are won based upon among other things, case law, so this will be used across the nation whichever way it comes out, lets do what we can to make it come out on the side of the people

This lawsuit takes the rights of the people to vote and put it in the hands of a Judge, is that a pattern that you really want to see begin?