Sign Petition to Place Ron Paul on Primary Ballot for Montana ASAP!

Who do you really want to be President of the United States in 2012?  Here is a picture of what nearly all of the GOP wants (not to mention the mainstream media):

The "New" GOP and their Real Goal

This is not what most Montanans want, even if they consider themselves leaning Republican.  Their tactics to keep Ron Paul out of their way are luckily backfiring nearly everywhere – but they keep trying.  The latest is to keep Ron Paul off of the Montana Republican Primary Ballot!

If you act NOW, even if you are registered with a different party, you can do something about it!

Read this post from Dan Cox and David Hart!

If you are not in Ravalli County, just print the form(s) at the links (and if you gather signatures, make sure voters registered with any party are in the same Montana County).  Get your signed petitions to your County Elections Office by March 5, 2012!  Let’s DO IT!!

Put RON PAUL on the 2012 Montana Republican Primary Ballot!

Even the Ravalli County REPUBLICANS Want Zoning??

***For Your Calendars:***

“North Valley Pachyderm Club will meet Friday, October 15, 2010 at noon at The Frontier Cafe; HWY 93 in Stevensville. Our guests speakers will be Commissioners Greg Chilcott and J R Iman talking about the need for a Growth Policy and  Representatives Bob Lake and Gary MacLaren talking about ballot issues.”

From the Desk of Dan Cox:

The Growth Policy Repeal that stopped the unconstitutional ZONING is only good until Nov. 2nd. Starting November 3, 2010, you will most likely see a push to restart the zoning process.

You are probably saying to yourself: how could the zoning push possibly be back, the Republicans are going to be back in control?  If you read the material in “Also from the Desk of Dan Cox” below, it lays out how much resistance we got from both parties when we wanted to protect our property rights by stopping the zoning process.

Still not convinced?  Ask yourself why the Republican educational arm, the North Valley Pachyderm club scheduled Stewart Brandborg, President of Bitterrooters for Planning to come talk about why we need zoning?  Stewart did cancel several times, even though Dave Hurtt assured him he would only be questioned by Dave himself.  This was in my opinion an attempt to sway all of the Republicans back towards zoning.

Since Stewart Brandborg cancelled they were unable to use good cop/bad cop to get their message across, now they have resorted to pushing the issue openely themselves.  Here (as well as above) is this week’s invitation to the Republican club, it speaks for itself.

“North Valley Pachyderm Club will meet Friday, October 15, 2010 at noon at The Frontier Cafe; HWY 93 in Stevensville. Our guests speakers will be Commissioners Greg Chilcott and J R Iman talking about the need for a Growth Policy and  Representatives Bob Lake and Gary MacLaren talking about ballot issues.”

This is a Republican club and all of their guest speakers are Republicans.  Don’t be duped again.  These guys are not the friends of liberty.  I am sure they will try to soft sell it by saying that we need a growth policy in order to get funding.  Why would we give up our property rights for funding?  The real reason they want a growth policy and zoning, is so their buddies can benefit from a law that says if you have a growth policy the government can subsidize your development and give you an exemption from the costly and time consuming subdivision review process.

If they can get countrol of the county commissioners office they can also implement zoning that would restrict their competition from developing.  Then they can buy their competitors land for pennies on the dollar and have it re-zoned for development.  This of course creates a financial windfall for the victors.  It is also the main principle in facism.  They are writing these benefits into the subdivision regulations revision as we speak.  You will hear them say something along the lines of “promoting things we like, instead of penalizing what we don’t like.” The new subsidies are no good to them without the growth policy in place by law, because it is the trigger for the financial benefits that they would like to get from your tax money.  I am personally not against people developing land, but I won’t trade our property rights for any special interests.

Don’t get me wrong, there were lots of great Americans who fought for property rights with every political affiliation you can think of including Republican.  This doesn’t change the fact that almost everyone in elected office from both parties want to steal your property rights; that is their track record.

They may claim they are finally listening, but actions speak louder than words.  The contract for America by Newt Gingrich was broken right after you re-elected them all back to office.  This is kind of like the Charlie Brown cartoon where the character pulls the football away every time he goes to kick it.  This of course makes him fall to the ground and get hurt.  Every time he gets back up he is reassurred that it won’t happen again.  There might be a lesson to be learned here.

You might consider watching my video http://www.ivotelibertarian.com/stopzoningnow.php for a more comprehensive discussion on the subject of zoning and who was who in the fight for property rights.  Make sure you show up at the North Valley Pachyderm Club meeting Friday, October 15, 2010 at noon at The Frontier Cafe.  Let them know how you feel about them trying to steal your property rights.

Also from the Desk of Dan Cox:

The real reason I am running for office:

It has been claimed by some that I am running for office to help get Democrats elected.  This is far from the truth and immaterial, since the Republican incumbents in this valley vote so similarly you can hardly tell the difference between the two parties.   With the recent proposed zoning for Ravalli County, which was being financed  and pushed by out or state multi-national corporations, there was a huge stir among valley residents once  they became aware of how egregious and unconstitutional  the proposed zoning was. The plan was opposed by several different groups, each one claiming to have the best strategy to stop the unlawful taking of property rights with no compensation for those rights. My personal research led me to an altogether different solution, namely to repeal the growth policy. It was clear and simple to me that the law states that without a growth policy no zoning can be implemented.

The truth is that when I submitted the petition to repeal the growth policy, I was opposed by both Democrat and Republican elected officials.  It really started with Lee Foss; who was much more of a force against the repeal than even The Friends of the Bitterroot.  He did a good job touting anti-zoning rhetoric, but in fact he wouldn’t sign the growth policy repeal or gather signatures to get it on the ballot.  He instead helped start a group called CPR, which was lead by Dallas Erickson.  They wanted to only give a right to vote on zoning, not stop the anti-property rights agenda.  This was clearly a trick since if you vote on zoning everyone in the cities would also get to vote even though it was county only issue, a sure loss.  If you vote on the growth policy, only county residents who would fall under the zoning would get to vote on it, a sure win.   Interestingly, both of these gentlemen (Lee Foss and Dallas Erickson) stood in front of the Ravalli County Central Committee and pleaded with them to reverse their unanimous decision to support repeal of the growth policy. Furthermore, your property rights are God given and inalienable and set forth in the US Constitution and the Bill or Rights. They are not up to a vote. If you were able to vote another’s rights away, what would be to stop you from voting away the right to bear arms, free speech, or freedom of religion, etc.

The majority of the Ravalli County Republican Central Committee stood strong for your property rights, but the elected legislators and many others were opposed to protecting these rights.  The Democrat central committee was overwhelmingly for taking your property rights.  Most of the elected officials in both parties tried to coax everyone to stop the repeal, because it would hurt their election campaigns (not to mention most of them are for zoning).   If they won’t stand for your property rights why are they representing you, since they all refused to help gather signatures and not one of them would sign the Repeal of the Growth Policy petition?

Alan Thompson (R) county commissioner

Greg Chilcott  (R) county commissioner

Ron Stoker (R) HD 87

Bob Lake (R) HD 88

Gary Maclaren (R) HD 89

Ray Hawk (R) HD 90

Rick Laible (R) Senate 44

Jim Shockley (R) Senate 45

Kathleen Driscoll (D) County Commissioner

Jim Rokosch (D) County Commissioner

George Corn (D) County Attorney

Carlotta Grandstaff (I) County Commissioner

As far as Republicans being fiscally responsible, it is far from the truth for most of them.  Go to www.miamontana.com see how they rated these legislators fiscally and see for yourself, as of 10/07/10 for the 2009 legislative session.  Here’s the short list from best to worst spending votes.

Jim Shockley (R) Senate 45 $ -18,591,018

Ray Hawk (R) HD 90  $137,601,208

Bob Lake (R)  HD 88  $209,836,369

Rick Laible (R) Senate 44  $215,980,027

Ron Stoker  (R) HD 87  $401,009,915

Gary Maclaren (R) HD 89  $433,083,288

We all saw what happened in the Primary Election this year over 81% of all the voters voted on the Republican ticket.  Why? Because the Democrats all know that they have a hard time getting elected, so they run Democrats as Republicans.  Then a majority of the Democrats vote on the Republican Ticket and like magic most of the Constitutional Republicans get voted out in the primary.  So you may ask why I am running.  Simply because I believe one person can make a difference by giving you a real choice.   You have only two choices in this election: vote for the one party system that has let you down time and again, or vote to restore liberty and vote Libertarian.

Daniel Cox

http://www.ivotelibertarian.com

Libertarian for Senate 44

Help us fight for your property rights.  Give a donation to the Ravalli County Libertarian Party today!!

Click this link to donate by credit/debit card:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QLGVJWF8PS8P4

or you may also mail a donation:

Ravalli County Libertarian Party

David Merrick Treasurer

815 Mint View Rd.

Corvallis, MT. 59828

406/961-5215

WAYNE KELLY for Ravalli County MT Sheriff!

Like we need another reason to vote out the current Sheriff, Chris Hoffman.  Duane Sipe has written an article for the Missoula Examiner that will be of interest:

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-missoula/sheriff-hoffman-of-ravalli-county-steps-aside-and-allows-irs-to-unlawfully-evict

If Sheriff Hoffman will allow this to happen when it is so clearly unlawful – what else is he capable of allowing – or doing?  It sure seems that when the chips are down that he will NOT uphold the Constitution, which is the FIRST duty a Sheriff is supposed to uphold.  The Citizens of Ravalli County deserve better, and Wayne Kelly would uphold the Constitution FIRST!!  Please VOTE November 2nd for the right choice!

Back Door Zoning – Vote Them OUT!!

Received at the Candidate Interviewing BBQ this Saturday,

with added clarifications:
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BACK DOOR ZONING!!

Grandstaff – Rokosch – Driscoll

are ignoring what 70% of Ravalli County Voters Passed in 2008:

“The Right to Vote on Zoning and Maps”

VOTE THEM OUT

New Subdivision Regulations will “TAKE” Property Rights from 225,000 Acres!!  W.U.I.

(that is 63% of the Bitterroot Valley!)

Check out this link if you don’t believe it

http://ravallicounty.mt.gov/planning/SRRstep3.htm

Please Join Us!!  Call 406/360-1285, Donations Appreciated

Protect Our Property Rights 2010, PO Box 1923, Hamilton, MT 59840 USA

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Also check out:

Stop Zoning Now – See Presentation

July 23, 2010 Missoulian: Group Accuses Ravalli County Officials, State Lawmaker, of Opposing Property Rights

Democrats Steal Republican Primary in Montana and More

The Ravalli County, Montana Libertarian Party has posted some informative articles, the title of which will say what happened when (except for Ravalli’s Ron Stoltz and other true conservatives) the RINO’s won nearly every time statewide in the June Primary Elections.

Besides the Democrats (due to “open” Primary in MT) voting for RINO’s so that their agenda is achieved regardless of who wins in November, this is mixed with a rather (voluntarily) uninformed public, who are unfortunately only capable of absorbing manipulated mainstream media exposure and picking from two choices: the Red Elephant “R” or the Blue Donkey “D” and nothing else. They haven’t noticed over the last 100 years, and especially in the last 40 years, that they are now the same party.

www.IVoteLibertarian.com/democratsstealelection.php

For those of you who need more education on why “R” and “D” are actually “F” or “C,” which are nearly the same thing (i.e. Statist) and obviously moving further away from the founding of our country, please read the following:

www.IVoteLibertarian.com/fascismvscommunism.php

Even better – for those of you convinced that “Republican equals Conservative” and then vote straight “R” all the way down the ticket, learn why indiscriminately voting “R” is ushering in the Statist regime even faster than by choosing “D.”

www.IVoteLibertarian.com/republicanpresidents.php

With few exceptions (Ron Paul comes to mind), it is really becoming a choice between “Retard” and “Dumb.”  And unfortunately, this describes the typical voter, not the politicians – as the politicians absolutely know what they are doing!  And that the majority of the population doesn’t even vote (due mostly to feeling powerless), this can even be a worse problem.

However, nearly everyone (whether they exercise their right to vote or not) is a taxpayer – and those smart, consuming (no, devouring) politicians look for many ways to get into your pocket and endlessly spend, so that they themselves (or their friends) don’t have to do any productive work, but live off of your back, while giving mere breadcrumbs to those they claim to be helping.  You think we would better monitor how our hard-earned money is spent, and when it is being squandered (stolen), to do something about it.

And while you are visiting, you may want to know what “L” for Libertarian actually IS!  While it sounds like the word “Liberal,” it is far from this – in fact, it can be more “conservative” than you may realize.  See where you are on this quiz.  Learn about the Constitution and Bill of Rights with 8 hours of excellent free video classes from 2004 Presidential Libertarian Candidate, Michael Badnarik – and watch his June 1, 2010 Presentation in Hamilton (about 75 minutes long).

Since RINO’s are now dominating the Republican ticket (again) – voting “L” for Libertarian locally in November is our only hope of getting our liberties, and our property, back!

How can we educate voters (or should I say, our neighbors)?  How can we inspire them to care to register to vote – and then to actually vote, and do so knowledgeably?  How can we feel like we really are making a difference?  It starts with us, and then we need to share with others, and then they feel inspired to also share with others, etcetera, etcetera.  Let’s DO THIS!!

Please visit the “Resources” page here, and VOTE in whatever way you can in November for real hope and change.  (And while you are at it, please vote yes to restore the Montana Grand Jury!)  Thank you!

Back in the Saddle – After a Winter Hiatus

Thanks all, for being patient!  Later posts will be more in-depth, but wanted to get the word out on a few things.

First, we have some Montana Candidate information coming up.  For starters, we are enthusiastic for a REAL alternative to Denny Rehberg with Mark French! Take a look!  Later, we hope to post videos with candidate interviews, so you can easily review the candidates and their positions for yourselves – something the mainstream news doesn’t really allow us to do.

Please deeply consider the Libertarian platform when voting, since it is close to the model wanted in Montana, especially by those who identify with the term, “Ron Paul Republican.”  Visit IVoteLibertarian.com to learn more about the 2010 Ravalli County Libertarian movement, and sign up for email updates for upcoming events and activism.

Next, there is a Regional/National Event coming here in about a month!  As feature in the Daily Paul:

The Liberty Convention is being held for 2 full days and nights:  May 21-22, 2010 in Missoula, Montana at the Adams Center at the U of M!  Along with workshops and rallies, their featured speakers are Chuck Baldwin, Sheriff Richard Mack, Red Beckman, Gary Marbut, and others.  For more information, see the Ravalli-Bell.com website!

That’s all for now – more to come later!  Thanks all!

Max Baucus Drunk – and a Petition to Recall

Circulating on the internet:

“If you cannot drive drunk, how in the hell can you legally vote on health care while stumbling drunk?”

http://ow.ly/PqfG

You would think at this point, he would just resign, out of utter embarrassment!  However, here is some more incentive to rid ourselves of this political parasite.

“Petition to Potentially Recall U.S. Senator Max Baucus, (D) Montana Petition”

http://www.petitiononline.com/fltp001/petition.html

Pass this link to everyone you know in Montana.  Thanks Jim and Gloria!

Denny Rehberg Is Not For Liberty

There is plenty of internet coverage of Senator Max Baucus giving his girlfriend an unjustified $14,000 raise, so we won’t bore you here.  The most incredible and yet entirely predictable thing is the nonchalance of the Democrats.  If a Republican were to do this, it is nearly guaranteed there would be a lot more stink about it on MSM.  What have we learned?  Be careful which party you choose when you decide to have scandals.  In general, the Democrats tend to get away with plenty more than the Republicans do.

As we all know, everyone has had their utter concentration on the costly, inefficient and perhaps deadly Health Care Bill (ObamaCare) as of late.  The creators of this 2,000 page document will stop at nothing to cram this down the American throat, whether Americans want it or not.  Even the Americans who think they want it haven’t read it, and if they did:  they either have something themselves to gain from it, or they would vote against it.  Even Jon Tester has created a series of emails, pretending that the proposed Health Care would actually help Montanans, using isolated personal stories that are unfortunately void of the hard facts and the larger picture.

But today – the House slid a fast one on us.  They knew it too.

While Mr. Rehberg likely identifies himself as a Conservative, Montanans who consider themselves Liberty-oriented, be it anything from Libertarians to “Ron Paul Conservatives” as well as wide-ranging political affiliation descriptions; will be quite disappointed in this news:

He voted for extending the already-liberty-robbing Patriot Act today.

Here is the PDF link for the Bill HR 3326 to read for yourself – you need Acrobat Reader on your computer to read it.

Here is the Voting Results.  It is so sad there are only 34 Patriots, and how embarrassing that 23 of those were Democrat!  Shame on the Fake Republicans!

Liberty-minded Montana voters have had it up and over and beyond with Washington’s rhetoric of their “protection” of us, when what is practiced is the exact opposite of that.  We are tired of having our freedoms stripped away and constant invasions of our privacy.  We wonder – is Mr. Rehberg also in favor of the Real ID Act?

True Conservative voters need to take this into consideration at election time, as well as foster new candidate(s) who are about restoring our liberties, according to the US and the Montana Constitution – we cannot settle for less!

On a lighter note (or a darker note, depending on your sense of humor), yet another gem of a post entitled “Please Enslave Me!” from Anti-Tax Activist Larken Rose has been released – ENJOY!

END the FED Rallies in Bozeman and Helena November 22nd!

END the FED, Nov 22, 2009 Nationwide Action – Hope some of you can GO!!

Ron Paul began with Audit the FED HB 1207 now S 604
http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/
http://www.ronpaul.com/
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/

Action network here: http://endthefedusa.ning.com/

Demonstration Rally In Helena: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 11-11:30am in Hill Park across the street from the Federal Reserve Bank, 100 Neill Avenue, Helena, Montana.
http://www.meetup.com/End-The-Fed/members/4388204/

Demonstration Ralley in Bozeman: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 11am-5pm, at the Downtown Courthouse, 411 East Main Street, Bozeman, Montana.

http://endthefedusa.ning.com/events/bozeman-montana-end-the-fed

More Information:

Rally Promo Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-cR0i2YP3A
Ron Paul NYC FED March:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bRaC-pDV1k

NEW: End The Fed! Nationwide Rallies:
http://www.meetup.com/End-The-Fed/messages/7820818/
http://www.endthefed.us/
http://www.restoretherepublic.net/

Thanks Lark and Pamela for the tip!

As a side note – a “Resources” Page has been started at The Montana Conservative!  The idea is to have contact information for Government Officials at all levels at your fingertips, as well as ways to get the best and latest news, social networks, and anything else that will help you be more informed with less effort!  It is under construction at the moment, but at least most of the Government Officials contact information is already there!  You can just go to the tab marked “Resources” at the top of the page, or click the link below:

http://montanaconservative.wordpress.com/resources/

Thanks all!

Update on the Montana Grand Jury!

Thank you, Duane Sipe, for sending this in.  Interestingly, news had been posted, which is linked here!

November 10, 2009

The Office of Montana’s Secretary of State Has Accepted a Draft Ballot Initiative Seeking to Provide the Citizens of Montana the Ability to Summon Grand Juries By Petition

Stevensville, Montana, November 10, 2009 – The office of Montana’s Secretary of State (SOS) in Helena has accepted a ballot initiative, to be reviewed by the office of Legislative Services. This is the beginning stage of placing the initiative on the 2010 general election ballot.

This initiative has been labeled ‘Ballot Issue #18’ by the SOS, and is a Constitutional Initiative (CI), seeking to amend Montana’s Constitution, providing for the ability of the citizens to summon Grand Juries by petition.

Currently, the Montana Constitution only provides that a District Judge, at their discretion, may summon a Grand Jury. Article II, Section 20, Paragraph 2 states: “A grand jury shall consist of eleven persons, of whom eight must concur to find an indictment. A grand jury shall be drawn and summoned only at the discretion and order of the district judge.”

Serving as a ‘check and balance’ for the Constitutional Republic known as the United States, the Founders had preserved for the citizens, the right and ability to assure that the public servants kept their activities in line with the intent of the Constitution, and its Bill of Rights, which were ratified on December 15, 1791. The term Grand Jury is mentioned only in the 5^th amendment to the United States Constitution. It is meant to be a right retained by the people. It is a citizen function, not a government function, as the public has been lead to believe.

What do the courts have to say?

“An independent grand jury is to stand between the prosecutor and the accused, and to determine whether a charge is legitimate, or is dictated by malice or personal ill will.”

”Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906)

The Supreme Court states that the independent grand jury’s purpose is not only to investigate possible criminal conduct, but to act as a “protector of citizens against arbitrary and oppressive governmental action,” and to perform its functions; the independent grand jury “deliberates in secret and may determine alone the course of its inquiry.”

United States v. Calandra, 414 U.S. 338 (1974)

Article IV, Section 4 of The United States Constitution says: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government …” And, Montana is this form of government. As such, the Montana Constitution states in Section 1: “Popular sovereignty. All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.”

And, in Section 2: “Self-government. The people have the exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state. They may alter or abolish the constitution and form of government whenever they deem it necessary.”

The Founders’ intended for the sovereign citizens to ‘lend’ the public servants their specific duties. Among these is the preservation of constitutionally protected rights. The servants are not in a position, and do not have the ability to take away these sovereign, constitutionally secured rights and powers of the people.

Amending Montana’s Constitution as indicated will serve to restore the Founders’ intent, at the state level, regarding the position of, and political responsibilities required by, the citizenry.

Duane Sipe

Also – a link to his earlier submitted ConOp!

Upcoming Missoula Conservatives Meeting

The next Missoula Conservatives Meeting will be:

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7pm

Quality Inn at 3803 Brooks (near Reserve)

Speaker is Michael Shaw with Freedom Advocates and this is the last day of his Western Montana speaking tour!  The topic is how globalism creeps into our communities.  Download the excellent eBook on how Agenda 21 affects all of us while you are visiting the website!

Printed LETTERS will be available for our signatures to deliver to Sheriffs McMeekin and Hoffman, based on Sheriff Mack’s Supreme Court decision in the 1990′s that it is the Sheriff’s duty to protect us from the Federal onslaught of taxation, regulation, and stolen liberties – the most important being our medical freedoms (and in particular, the seeming rollout of mandatory vaccines like the H1N1)! See Pamela’s thread at ResistNet.com to download and read the content of the letters – or if you can’t make it to the meeting, print and sign one of your own for delivery (and have a few neighbors or co-workers who “get it” sign too!):

http://www.resistnet.com/group/montanaarea11missoulahamilton/forum/topics/montana-can-refuse-1

While you are there – check out the entire ResistNet.com website – if you are so inclined to join, make sure you join the State of Montana Group AND your Local Area Group – to keep you informed nationally and locally!  Thanks, and hope to see you at the meeting!