Tea Party - Geneva style

Our Taxpayer's Tea Party is set for April 15, 2009 from 4 to 6 pm at the Kane County Government Plaza. The building is located at 719 S. Batavia Ave. in Geneva. We are circulating petitions for people to sign. They urge our Senators and Representatives to promote legislation which encourages economic responsibility at the personal, local, state and federal levels.

We have confirmed that State Senator Chris Lauzen will speak at the Geneva Rally at approximately 4:10. Get there early so you can hear all he has to say.

Keep checking back on the blog. We are finalizing plans for our Batavia Tea Party, which will take place on May 15, 2009 from 1 to 2 pm. The location for the Batavia Rally is 27 North River Street at the offices of Rep. Bill Foster.

It essential to let your Representatives know when you disagree with their actions. It is equally important to let them know when they are doing what is right. Check out the links to Senator Lauzen's and Representative Schmitz's websites. Take a moment to let them know how you feel!

CCWL organizational meeting

Our next meeting will take place on March 26, 2009 at 9:00. We will be firming up the details for our first rally, which will be on April 15, 2009.

The Geneva Taxpayer's Tea Party will be held at the Kane County Government Plaza which is located on Batavia Ave. in Geneva. The hours will be from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Obama Feels the Heat on Abortion and Stem Cell Research

The nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services has certainly gotten American Catholics attention. Sebelius is a Catholic that supports the culture of death surrounding abortion and stem cell research. From a Fox News report by Shannon Bream:

"Catholic leaders warn that congregants cannot effectively walk a tight rope between the beliefs of the church and also support presidential policies that contradict them.
'It would be like claiming to be a vegetarian and ordering a ham sandwich,' the Rev. Gerald Murray of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in New York City said. 'They're incompatible, you can't do it.'"

Check out the full story here:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/19/catholics-disappointed-obama/

Unemployment On The Rise

The Governor of Illinois is looking to raise your taxes. It is important to realize that high taxes as well as family planning, and stem cell research are policies that directly effect the Catholic Community. Higher taxes cause unemployment. They eat away at the household budget. High taxes force families out of the Catholic school system and into public education where parents have far less say in what their children will be taught...where God has been expelled. They deeply effect couples who have chosen to follow Catholic teaching by abstaining from contraception. These taxes leave families with NO choice.

Unemployment is on the rise in Kane County. Randall Road is filled with empty stores and struggling strip malls. Those businesses are gone and there is nothing to replace them. In the name of economic justice we are closing down our own economy.

If you are against unchecked government spending, please let your state representatives know.

http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2009/03/13/83869799/index.xml

Acorn Will Have A Role In Census

This is a very important issue as we all know. Voting districts will be determined by the results of the census. You can voice your opposition to Acorn's participation by following links to Dick Durbin, Roland Burris and Bill Foster. Acorn's partisan history coupled by it's activism make it a poor choice for what is supposed to be a neutral, non-partisan tradition. Check out the link to read more about this:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/17/lawmakers-concerned-role-acorn-census/

Governor Quinn Highlights Need For Economic Justice

There it is folks:

"There will be some that will have a higher tax burden. it will be based on the principle that I think all of us in a democracy believe in: ability to pay,"

To see the whole story, follow this link to WLS:

http://www.wlsam.com/news.asp?c=ILLINOISHEADS&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhosted%2Eap%2Eorg%2Fdynamic%2Fstories%2FI%2FIL%5FQUINN%5FTAXES%5FILOL%2D%3FSITE%3DWLSAM%26SECTION%3DHOME%26TEMPLATE%3DDEFAULT



Feel free to let Springfield know how you feel about this kind of tax policy.

Meet the candidates - March 29

The League of Women Voters is holding a non-partisan meet and greet at the Geneva Public Library at 1:00. I am likely going to attend this. Let me know if you'd like to go as well.


http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2009/03/13/39336261/index.xml

Possible Illinois Tax hike?

We need to keep our eyes on this. Be sure to let Governor Quinn know how you feel about a new graduated income tax for Illinois!

http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/income.tax.hike.2.958201.html

Meeting Reminder

There will be a CCWL Tea Party organizational meeting on March 19, 2009. Please contact me if you would like additional information. Details for the Tea Party are starting to come together. Make sure to keep spreading the word!

"Well, HE started it!!!!"

by the Cranky Housewife

I just want to make a quick note about an Obama quote that I read in the Washington Times…here’s a link to the actual article:
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/joe-curl/2009/Mar/08/obama-makes-oval-office-call-reporters/

and here’s the specific quote:

"I did think it might be useful to point out that it wasn’t under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn’t on my watch. And it wasn’t on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement -– the prescription drug plan -- without a source of funding. And so I think it’s important just to note when you start hearing folks throw these words around that we’ve actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word 'socialist' around can’t say the same."

I appreciate that the President feels beholden to the economic travesties that occurred during the previous administration. Isn’t it a shame that he wasn’t compelled to follow President Bush’s example regarding stem cell research? I suppose “follow the leader” only holds when the leader is going in a direction that you like. Check out this link for more information on that.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/09/obama-lift-restrictions-stem-cell-research-funding/

I’m not sure which Econ 101 course President Obama took, but the statement that we are “operating in a way that is entirely consistent with free-market principles” is giving me one of those tiny headaches right in the middle of my forehead. Blaming the Republicans, this is a nice try. Does it remind you of 2 children standing before their parents and crying, “Well, he hit me first.” “Well, she stuck out her tongue.” “Oh yeah, he took my toy.”
As far as I’m concerned, they should all be sent to their rooms. They should not come back out until they’ve read FA Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom

Kane County Tea Party

Please save the date for our Tax Payer's Tea Party. The tentative date has been set for April 15, 2009. Details will be forthcoming and will be posted here.