From: Dennis R. via email
Subject: Your performance in the debate 9/1/10

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You did a helluva job tonight in the debate. Whether you win or not, your contributions were very important to the conversation we’re having as a state. Thank you!!!

I get a lot of questions about what I think of SB1070. Once I explain that my opposition has nothing to do with the phony propaganda idea that it would affect immigration, migration, naturalization or border control, people tend to agree that it is ‘junk law’.

My opposition is to SB1070′s allowance for a National ID. That’s it. Your privacy has to be protected by government–not invaded and violated. Your rights come first even if they claim “it’s for our own good”, and act like they have some superior knowledge and/or authority to cram it down our throats.

Oddly enough, that’s the ONLY part Jan Brewer, Russell Pearce, Barak Obama and the silly judge who ruled in the lawsuit, agreed on. As the dust settles, we see clearly that now what’s left is only the National ID part–and that affects each of us, not just “illegals”.

If you’ve seen the Youtube video of the guy ordering pizza and the pizza person knows all about him, his eating habits, even his credit rating, then you’ve seen the path SB1070 takes us down.

Ernest Hancock does an excellent line-by-line analysis of the actual bill–for people who read it, there’s no question as to what the ‘real’ intent was. Hint: It had nothing to do with immigration issues. You can listen to Ernest’s appraisal right on the home page of our website.

If you’ve ever voiced an opinion on SB1070–you should have heard this, first.

If the appointed Governor really wanted to effect the changes she said it would accomplish, it would have simply required that any person seeking government assistance of any kind, prove THEIR eligibility (Citizenship), and left the rest of us alone.

They didn’t do it that way because that’s not what she and her associates wanted–they wanted: National ID and data sharing (on you) with the Feds!

Here’s where it gets complicated: It looks to be absolutely clear that ONLY the United States Supreme Court had jurisdiction in the case. The Federal judge literally had no ‘jurisdiction’ in this case between a State and the Federal Government.

So why hasn’t the appointed Governor simply declared the ruling null and void for want of jurisdiction (meaning the Court had no authority over the parties or to decide such a case at all)?

Is it possible that the Governor secretly, purposefully ceded jurisdiction to get the ruling she wanted? I don’t know.

What I do know it that I’m tired of even talking about SB1070. There are much bigger issues to resolve that will actually do some good for the People of Arizona.

We need to be preparing for the economic future of Arizona, bettering our educational system, paring the size of the State Administration down to an appropriate size, rooting out the corruption and graft that costs us all so much, halting Federal intervention and impositions, lessening the burdens of the Citizens the State is supposed to ‘serve’, and above all–protecting the rights and property of each and every individual.

It’s not really that complicated, these are the things your government is supposed to be doing now, can we please address them?

Finally time permits me to post a few notes from the trail. The drive to Payson was a welcome relief to the heat down here in Phoenix.

I was struck by the number of people who turned out. The large room was filled to standing room only by a crowd of what I’d guess to be 200+ good people, smart people. You can always tell by the responses.

Margaret Dugan (for Super. of Ed.) spoke convincingly on her history of turning at least one school around. JD Hayworth and I followed in the reverse order.

While there was only one other registered Libertarian in the crowd (I asked), it was like we had them philosophically surrounded. Very positive responses, lots of questions and some good long talk in the parking lot after the meeting.

These people are not fooled by the appointed Governor’s lack of action on anything except to raise taxes ($70 MM in property tax increases hidden in her “balanced” budget, Prop 100 sales tax increase to cover the fact she simply ‘over-hired’) and, after much hesitation, her signing off on SB 1070 even though she said at the signing that it still needed to be fixed.

The crowd clearly understands it was only an election trick meant to distract the People of Arizona from the ‘real’ problem–no jobs. They also understood that she is using (or working with) Barak Obama as her excuse for having done nothing in her 2-year tenure.

There is hope for the Republic!

I hope you’ll contribute to and support our campaign to offer an actual “conservative” thinker as an option in this year’s Governor’s race.

As always, I remain at your service–

*Note:  More photos on FaceBook at:  hess4governor

There has been a swelling call for voters to become more educated about candidates. To look beyond party lines and vote, not defensively or blindly or by the odds, but consciously.

Vote with your eyes open, vote by your conscience. So I am going to coin this the “Conscience Movement”.

The following article Cochise County reporter Jesse Mathewson is a very good representation of what this movement is about.

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August 24th is right around the corner, it’s time to make my endorsements.
By Jesse Mathewson, August 13th, 2010 3:22 pm

Over the past 13+ months I have written about the political climate in this state, and a main thread of my writing has been based around the idea that you as the voter must become more educated and not simply support someone because they are the prettiest, or have the “best” chance of beating other candidates.

It has been my personal goal to help enlighten people to the horrendous wrongs that some of our current and prior incumbents have committed. Contrary to popular opinion I am not a supporter of these individuals regardless. After all I refused to vote for McCain or Obama in the presidential elections in 2008 for a reason, and I doubt there is many who would say today that I am wrong, though there were plenty then. [more...]

Barry Hess, I believe, is the best candidate for the role after having interviewed researched, and fact searched on them all. Some of these decisions were extremely difficult however; I firmly believe that the decisions I have made reflect my ethical and moral stance as well as support for the Constitution and this nation.

Jesse Mathewson

Writer/reporter
Tuscon Examiner
Cochise County Libertarian Examiner