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Contributed by: Jan Jackson on 6/26/2008

If We The People in Texas can stop the massive threat to property rights and national sovereignty called the "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) superhighway in their state (see article below), just think what such an outcry by We The People could do here in Colorado about something just as massive (and destructive to We The People) as the big government project introduced and passed by our legislature in 1992 called the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) aka "homeowners associations" ("HOAs"). An Act (statutes/laws) that has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homeowners freedoms and liberties in the state of Colorado.

Public outcry and civic involvement. Those are the keys to controlling big government. We the intelligent, rational, informed and politically active -- people must say to our government -- loud and clear -- "NO MORE!!" And then we must act on what we say in a peaceful but very determined way.

Before we act, however, we must previously have been very watchful for any overt or covert encroachments into our lives by a government going out of the control of We The People. If we see our possessions and/or rights gradually and/or stealthily being taken away from us, we must fight -- and keep on fighting -- the good fight against such big government actions and projects (like homeowners associations) not only in Colorado but in every state in these United States.

Apathy among We The People results in a growing and all-consuming Big Government which will eventually take all of our rights and freedoms away from us -- and much more quickly than anyone might ever imagine.

So the time to act is now, before it becomes too late. Yes, acting to stop big government will take time away from other things in our lives that we'd rather be doing. And besides that, we really shouldn't have to. But, human nature being what it is, there will always be those among us who want to control us all (for example, power-and-money-seeking state legislators, HOA boards of directors, and HOA lawyers).

Big Government here in Colorado, and throughout these United States, must be stopped before it devours us all -- ecologically, financially, and politically.

Jan

From : RonPaulmedia <ronpaulmedia@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV>
To : FREEDOM-WATCH-UPDATE-TX14@LS1.HOUSE.GOV
Subject : Congressman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Date : Mon, Jun 23, 2008 09:53 AM
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst062308.htm

Ron Paul's
Texas Straight Talk
www.;house.gov/paul
A Weekly Column

A Major Victory for Texas

I am pleased to report that last week we received notice that the Texas Department of Transportation will recommend the I-69 Project be developed using existing highway facilities instead of the proposed massive new Trans Texas Corridor/NAFTA Superhighway. According to the Texas Transportation Commissioner, consideration is no longer being given to new corridors and other proposals for a new highway footprint for this project. A major looming threat to property rights and national sovereignty is removed with this encouraging announcement.

Public outcry was cited as the main reason for this decision. I was very impressed to learn that the TxDOT received nearly 28,000 public comments on this matter, and that some 12,000 Texans attended the 47 public hearings held earlier this year. They could not ignore this tsunami of strong public opinion against the proposed plans. I was especially proud of how informed my constituents became on the subject, and how eloquently and respectfully they spoke and conducted themselves, considering how upsetting the plans were for our communities in Texas .

This is a major victory for the people of Texas , and a reminder of what we can accomplish with civic involvement. The informed and active citizen truly is a force to be reckoned with, as we have seen with the defeat of this proposal. We must keep fighting the good fight, and remain ever diligent against the encroachments of big government. We must do this if we wish to maintain our traditional standard of living in this country. As tempting as it may be to simply live our lives with no regard to government, apathy will inevitably be punished by ever more government intrusion. That is what this fight was all about. We can win if we stick together.

However, now is not the time to rest on our laurels. The bittersweet aspect of this victory is that we had to fight at all. We took time away from family and friends, doing other things, to attend these meetings, inform others, write letters, post signs and submit our complaints, and we should not have had to. Government should let us be, if we are peaceful citizens, harming no one. In a perfect world, government could be trusted to act in the best interests of the people without overwhelming pressure of this kind. This is not a perfect world. Constant pressure is needed to keep government in check, and we succeeded this time. But this will not be the last time citizen efforts and involvement will be required. We still face many unreasonable encroachments of big government today, from confiscatory, economy-strangling taxation to creeping disregard of the right of habeas corpus and other Constitutional rights, to thousands of nuisance bureaucratic regulations interfering with our every day lives. We have drifted far from what the founding fathers envisioned for this nation. Last week was just one victory towards getting back on the right path. We must continue to hold politicians? feet to the Constitutional fire. If I had to guess, they will probably try to implement the NAFTA Superhighway again sometime in the future.

It is a never-ending battle, but it must be fought, and can be won. I am proud to stand with my constituents in this fight, and in the other fights we have ahead of us.

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