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2005
Interim Alerts
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DCFS
Announces New Gun Control "Laws":
CPS agent Mayla W. Slack has,
on official state letterhead, falsely declared gun control
language from Senate Bill 36 (in the 2004 session) to be
"law" and DCFS policy. Strangely, this bill never passed the
legislature. Gun control "laws" are already in place,
however, to punish innocent gun owners and parents.
(10/29/05)
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Woman Needs Help THIS SATURDAY (July 2): Imprisoned without
Due Process
Sandra Lucas from Citizens
Commission on Human Rights requests your presence at a
peaceful protest this Saturday. Sandra is
helping a woman that has been forcibly
imprisoned in a psychiatric facility, and has been denied
due process (including a jury trial) and the right to
consult with an attorney or citizen advocates.
Take action! (6/30/05)
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Kingston
Boy Publicly Alleges State Abuse, Perjury, & Coercion:
We received the following letters, purportedly authored by
Kevin Kingston, from a local Utah radio station. Among many
disturbing allegations, the letters specifically accuse the
State of Utah and its paid agents of abuse, perjury, and
coercion. (5/9/05)
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2005
General Session Alerts
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2004 Interim Alerts
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Utah Government Takes
Another Stab at Unborn: The Utah Department of
Health, in collaboration with various officials, has
published a new "ruling" that allows taxpayer resources such
as equipment, facilities, and employees to be used for
all types of abortion on demand. Citizens will
again demand a public hearing.
(9/7/04)
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Legislature Moving to Destroy
Fair Elections TODAY!
According to Utah Count Votes,
despite warnings from many citizens and organizations, the
legislature is planning to press forward and purchase
electronic voting machines fraught with fatal security
problems. Act now or surrender your hopes for a fair and
verifiable election process.
(8/14/04)
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Bureaucrats Retreat: Plan to
"Rework" Abortion "Ruling"
Under citizen pressure, Sen.
Curt Bramble and bureaucrats at the Utah Department of
Health are "reworking" their deceptive "ruling" that
restores taxpayer funding of abortion on demand. Learn why
these officials cannot be trusted.
(8/8/04 update to 7/29/04 alert)
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Legislators Consider Mandatory
Tracking Chip for Your Car:
Salivating legislators are considering an Oregon scheme to
mandate satellite tracking chips in all automobiles.
(8/3/04)
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Officials Planned to
Gut Abortion Law Before It Passed!
During the July 19 hearing on the Utah Department of
Health's (UDOH) new abortion "ruling," a secret discussion
was revealed, lies were exposed, and several officials,
including Gov. Walker, General Shurtleff, and Sen. Bramble
were fingered as having conspired together.
(7/28/04)
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July
19 Hearing Scheduled on Effort to Renew Taxpayer-Funded Death Sentences for Unborn!
The Utah Department of
Health has scheduled a hearing on July 19 (Monday) at
4:30 PM at the Department of Health, Children with Special
Health Care Clinic, (44 N. Medical Dr., Conference Room
A-B-C in SLC). Many people in Utah hold Monday evenings
special. Abortions and political mischief do not stop for
Mondays. Don't use this as an excuse to remain silent and
ignore the effort to use your tax dollars to destroy
children.
(7/7/04)
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Internet Tax
Threatens to Bury More Utah Businesses! SB 147 S1,
passed in 2003, is a 208-page, complex bill that drastically
altered Utah's sales tax laws — targeting out-of-state
Internet and catalog sales and subjecting Utahns to a
dangerous new web of bureaucratic regulation. Take action to
ward off this tax nightmare.
(6/21/04)
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Alert! Bramble/UDOH Pronounce
Taxpayer-Funded Death Sentence for Unborn!
Sen. Curt
Bramble has collaborated with the Utah Department of Health
(UDOH) to gut Utah's new law prohibiting taxpayer funding of
abortion on demand. And UDOH is one of Planned
Parenthood's top 5 paid contractors!
(6/13/04)
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Bureaucrat Nominated to 2nd District Court!
Robert Parrish, a managing
attorney for Utah's notorious anti-family Guardian ad
Litem's office, has been nominated to fill a 2nd district
court vacancy. Act now to make sure he does not obtain the
power to abuse families on a far greater scale.
(6/6/04)
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Gov.
Walker & Sen. Bramble Call for Taxpayer Funding of
Euthanasia:
Gov. Olene Walker and many Utah legislators are gearing up
for an "emergency" legislative session to weaken last
session’s abortion law, outlawing taxpayer funding of
abortion-on-demand.
(5/31/04)
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GOP Election
Irregularities Confirmed: No results have been provided regarding
presidential elector and national and alternate national
delegate GOP offices, and the ballots were seen being removed
by party employees from the convention premises Saturday
night. Republicans ought to take action.
(5/10/04)
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Lt. Gov. Olene Walker Failed
to File Financial Reports for 10 Years!
According to state statute, all state office
candidates are required to file a financial reports. The
Elections Office can admittedly offer no reports listing
Walker during her tenure as Lt. Gov.
(5/4/04)
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March 17 is Candidate Filing Deadline for State Legislature!
Will you allow your
state senator or representative to go unchallenged this
November? Or will you step up and lead? You have
until March 17 (this Wednesday at close of business) to act!
(Alert 1 for 3/14/04)
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How Short is Gov.
Walker's Leash? Find Out Via SB 175 S2!
Will incumbent/hopeful
Governor Olene Walker side with Utah voters and veto SB 175
S2? Or will her federal handlers do as they have done to
your legislators? Act now to give Gov. Walker a free lesson
at obedience school
— citizen style.
(Alert 2 for 3/14/04)
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Participate in Voter
Repeal of SB 175 S2!
SB 175 S2 will destroy your property rights and Initiative
B. In response, citizens are filing a referendum petition to
repeal this bill before it goes into effect. Which
county do you live in? Who is your senator and
representative? Are you willing to help collect signatures?
(Alert for 3/7/04)
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2004 General Session Alerts
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SB 175 S2 Passes House!
Cosmetic Amendments Likely Planned to Further Deceive the
Unwary! With the legislative session ending
tonight, the confiscation cartel is
likely pushing cosmetic amendments to SB 175 S2 —
designed to further deceive unwary legislators. (Alert for 3/3/04)
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Deceptive Amendments to
SB 175 S2 (Forfeiture)! Act Now!
With the legislative session ending this
Wednesday at midnight, the confiscation cartel is desperately
attempting to push cosmetic amendments to SB 175 S2 — designed
to put you off guard long enough for them to destroy
Initiative B. (3/1/04)
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NRA Urges Defeat of SB 175 S2:
The National Rifle Association-Institute for
Legislative Action issued a letter to Utah legislators urging
the defeat of SB 175 S2. (Alert for
3/1/04)
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Arguments Against SB
175 S2: Read an excellent handout on some of the many
problems with SB 175 S2, provided by Mr. Arnold Gaunt.
Additional insights are also provided.
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NFIB Urges Defeat of SB
175 S2: The National Federation of Independent
Business - Utah Chapter, with over 3,500 members in Utah, has
urged legislators and its members to defeat SB 175 S2.
Final vote imminent!
(2/25/04)
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Alert! SB 175 in Committee TOMORROW
(Tuesday)!
SB 175 S2 has been
fast-tracked by house leadership and will be heard in the
House Judiciary Committee TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 4:30 PM in
Room 223 of the Capitol.
(2/23/04)
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SB 175 S2 (Buttars)
Passed Senate, Awaiting Action in House! The latest
version differs little from the first substitute and original
version. All versions trample on your rights by providing Utah
police financial incentives to subject you to unjust federal
confiscation statutes.
(2/23/04)
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Your Rights Soon To Be
Crushed by Utah Senate! Will You Fight Back, or Surrender?
In Orwellian fashion, SB 175, "Protection of
Private Lawfully Obtained Property", claims to increase
"innocent owner protections" by repealing the most critical
provisions of Initiative B that protect innocent property
owners. (2/11/04)
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Feb. 14
Emergency Town Meeting on Property Confiscation (Forfeiture)
Citizens have called an emergency town meeting
regarding Sen. Buttars’ vicious attack (SB 175) on your
property rights. (2/9/04)
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ALERT!
Confiscation Bill Imminent! Senator
D. Chris Buttars (Salt Lake) intends to advance legislation to
destroy Initiative B. Act now!
(2/6/04)
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Sen. James Evans Sponsors
Special Rights for Pedophiles & Spouse Abusers! SB 41, "Hate Crimes
Amendments," by Republican Sen. James Evans would establish thought crimes,
place people on unequal grounds before the law, and grant special
rights for certain groups of predators, including pedophiles
and spouse abusers.
(1/20/04)
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2003 Interim Alerts
The battles go on after the session.
Read the latest:
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Help Abused Families on
Christmas Day: If you are a victim, don't be alone on
Christmas. At 10 AM on Christmas Day, abused
families and citizens will knock on the doors of
unresponsive elected officials and reprimand them for refusing
to take action to protect innocent Utah families. They will
also flier their immediate neighborhoods to inform their
neighbors that they have been derelict in their duty.
(12/21/03)
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Left & Center Join the Battle
Against DCFS: The attack on the Thaxton family (see previous
alert) has brought leftist forces into the battle for family rights
and basic freedoms. Learn how you can help.
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DCFS (Cattleman Division)
Targets Meat-Abstaining Families:
Families who abstain from eating meat are officially under
attack by DCFS and the State of Utah. Act now to determine
which of your officials are serious about protecting innocent
families.
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DCFS Says
AG's Office Doesn't Care About Children's Best Interest!
Anonymous, sympathetic informants have delivered
several e-mails purportedly originating within DCFS regarding
the Bierly family tragedy. They point the finger of blame at
the Utah Attorney General's Office.
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Alert 10/4/03: Time's Up! Lt. Gov. Walker & Senate Ignore DCFS
Abuses! Utah senate holds secret, closed-door meeting
on DCFS abuses; then refuses to act. Lt. Gov. Walker remains
silent. Demand immediate, public hearings for families that
have been destroyed.
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Alert 9/23/03! Astounding
Evidence! How Utah Officials Destroy Innocent Families!
Gov. Leavitt,
AG Shurtleff, DCFS, the Guardian ad Litem's Office, Utah judges, many legislators, and others
must be accountable for the confiscation of the Bierly children
and the destruction of their family!
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Davis County Water
Alert 9/22/03: Hold Officials Accountable for Deception:
Voters in Davis County were deceived regarding the type of
industrial fluoride costs being introduced into their water
supply. They were also deceived regarding the true costs. Many
citizens want to force a re-vote. Learn what you can do.
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Alert (9/8/03)! Senate Committee Votes to Confirm
Confiscation Zealot! Despite ample
citizen warning and outrage, a Utah Senate committee voted to
confirm radical confiscation zealot, Derek Pullan, to be a
fourth district court judge.
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Alert (8/28/03)! Utah Legislature Declares War on Your Family:
Your legislators and DCFS
are working together to destroy your parental rights. Reign
them in and help the Jensen family.
Update for
2/4/06: Minor changes have since been made in the
2005 session to the statute covering parental rights
termination (see the new
78-3a-401), but parents can still lose their children for
frivolous reasons, such as not complying with a "reunification
plan" that were based upon bogus criteria and "failure of
parental adjustment". Most importantly, Utah parents
still do not have the right to a trial by a jury of their
peers.
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Alert
8/25/03: Utah Officers Intimidated to Attend
Ashcroft's Rally Today: A Utah police officer reports that he and others
are being coerced and intimidated into attending U.S. AG John Ashcroft's rally in SLC!
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Tax Alert (8/2/03): Largest
Taxpayer Advocate Slams Utah GOP & Utah Taxpayers
Association! Americans for Tax
Reform warns that
Utah leaders are not delivering on the promise to lower
taxes.
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Confiscation Alert
(7/29/03): Stop Judicial Appointment of Radical Property
Rights Enemy!
Gov. Leavitt appointed a notorious
confiscation zealot to be a judge over
us. Stop Derek Pullan's confirmation by the
Utah Senate!
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AG Tells AU: County Attorneys have
Capitulated! AG Shurtleff
contacted AU, claiming the Weber, Davis, and Salt Lake county attorneys will
surrender the confiscated proceeds to the State
Treasurer.
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Alert
(6/27/03): Citizens
File “Notice of Claim” to AG Shurtleff; Prepared to
Sue Defiant Counties over Initiative B! They demanded that
he take immediate action against their district attorneys to
end their defiance of Initiative B, the forfeiture reform initiative.
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Tax Alert 7/1/03: $20
Million Tax on Cable/Satellite:
Look at your next cable or satellite bill
and savor the precious moment of a $20 million tax increase!
Thank those responsible!
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Fraud Alert 6/8/03:
Beware of officials who attempt to sell you electronic voting!
Don't let vote scam artists take advantage of you.
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2003 General Session Alerts
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