It has to be the water since MoLiCo members drink my own personal brew at meetings and it is know to have smaller government oxygenation principles where as government types are drinking government approved municipal water LOL
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Jerry Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is unbelievble is that the people of this city is giving thought to > passing a sales tax to bailout the pension plan without taking a close look > at what the plan is and how it can be changed to keep us from having to do a > bailout. I guess all bureaucrats, city, county, state, and federal, have > drank the same water and come down with the same disease called "bailout". > > -----Original Message----- > From: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com > [mailto:missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com<missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com>]On > Behalf Of James > Hornaday Jr. > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:55 AM > To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: City Council etc need to understand this > > > > People: > > As a matter of adding to some quick internal discussion, I would suggest > the city administration has started a serious campaign. It is absolutely > intended to scare voters that core services will go totally to pot if they > don't vote "Yes" on February 3rd. This is merely the first shot of serial > salvos of impending doom that will come from the city, regardless of what we > do. "Scare" is their key word. > > I would further suggest we USE this city tactic to their disadvantage in > our responses. We need to show how mean and wasteful the administration is, > and point out that their biggest hangup to passing any tax increase is the > fact that they want plenty of new unencumbered tax revenue to pay off their > pension debt WITHOUT the city changing their wasteful spending habits. We > need to remind people it will be a short period between a NO vote on > February 3rd and the April election where a new council can be elected. > > Jim Hornaday > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Matthew Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: missourilibertycoalition <missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 8:59:19 AM > Subject: Re: City Council etc need to understand this > > > Actually, you might do best to not make a big deal of the hiring > freeze unless the city is being very visible about it. They obviously > want to use it to scare people into voting in a tax increase. That > will only work if a lot of people hear about it and get scared. If > the city doesn't do a good job of getting people scared, we don't want > to help them out. Of course, if they do a good job then we're better > off making sure people recognize it as a scare tactic. I just think > you don't want to be too quick on the exposee. > Matt > > On Dec 4, 7:50 pm, "Tom Martz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps one of you would like to write a piece on the first salvo being > > fired on passing the tax increase and submit it to CFP or send it to me > and > > I'll forward it to Mert. > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Charity Davis > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > That almost sounds like blackmail or getting cornered.... nice > > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:41 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> I received the Community Free Press yesterday and saw that the threats > to > > >> our safety has already started. > > > > >> A complete freeze of any hiring of police and firemen has been put > into > > >> place unless the tax increase passes in February. > > > > >> -------- Original Message -------- > > >> Subject: City Council etc need to understand this > > >> From: "Charity Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Date: Thu, December 04, 2008 6:37 am > > >> To: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com > > > > >>http://www.mobudget.org/MO%20Structural%20Deficit%20Report%20final%20 > ... > > > > >> The people cannot afford increased taxes. I really think that they > will > > >> be paying less then expected, and if they are taxed higher, then the > revenue > > >> will disappear because people will cut back more and more. From the > state > > >> down to the city level there needs to be cutting not more spending, or > we > > >> could bring on the collapse of our state and local governments. > > > > >> If people want more, they are going to need to give of their time and > > >> talents. There is going to need to be more creativity in getting > things > > >> done with less money being spent. I know that it is probably going to > be > > >> something that no one really listens to, but at least I said it > anyway. > > > > >> -- > > >> While you Were Sleeping > > >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1R3KhkMHg > > > > > -- > > > While you Were Sleeping > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1R3KhkMHg > > > > --http://votetom4council.webs.com/ > > > > http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com/ > > > > www.moliberty.org > > > > "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and > > he'll be warm the rest of his life". > > > > Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean > politics > > won't take an interest in you! > > -Pericles (430 B.C.) > > > > "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." > > ~ Chris Rock~ > > > > "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" > > ~Will Turner~ > > ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ > > > > Save your property rightswww.mo-cpr.org > > > > http://www.radiofreeliberty.com > > > > -- http://votetom4council.webs.com/ http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com/ www.moliberty.org "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life". Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." ~ Chris Rock~ "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ Save your property rights www.mo-cpr.org http://www.radiofreeliberty.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
