Jan 26: Will You Be There?

Your blogger won’t put her name on just anything.  But she’s excited to help  announce the General Assembly Rally on Wednesday, January 26th.

The event is being sponsored on by Moccasin Creek Minutemen and other conservative groups.  Your blogger has signed on as a co-sponsor.

The idea is to let our new legislators know that we are “watching them”, but KCC adds that we must also stand up for them.

We know they will make mistakes.  The NC General Assembly will be filled with first timers and these freshmen generally don’t have a lot of privileges. In the past, the freshmen have had to follow the goals set out for them by their leadership.

Additionally, they will be expected to vote as a bloc to support legislation that is part of the Republican leaderships’ goals.  The trick, is to lobby the speaker…  and do it politely.

We must help the leadership remember our conservative goals for the session.  KCC believes they did hear us after the 2010 elections.  After all, it brought Speaker Thom Tillis to power.

If we want to get something changed, Speaker Tillis will hold the cards in the House.  New House Majority leader Paul “Skip” Stam has proven to be a great listener, especially to the grassroots issues brought by the tea party.

The new majority  will  be taking a lot of fire from the leftist (mainstream) media, liberal blogs, and any non-conservative in general. They will need us to back them up at times.  Many of the freshman may not realize what is coming.  Liberals will be mad that they “let this happen”.  Republicans haven’t had control of the NC General Assembly since Reconstruction and liberals are going to be fighting them at every turn.

KCC plans on reminding our new state representatives and senators will them that we plan to hold them to their promises, yet also let them know that we are there to support them when the flak from the left is flying.

We will ask them to please cut spending, solve the budget crisis that the Democrats left for us, and if possible, provide a tax cut so that individuals will have more money to invest in the economy.

Dress neatly for the TV cameras, and come  out to a fun rally at the North Carolina General Assembly.  See you there.

Editor’s Note:  Not that conservatives would lobby any way other than politely, but KCC tossed that in as a reminder.

Case in point: Many years ago (late 1980s), during her tenure working at the General Assembly, a North Carolina Teachers’ group decided to rally outside the Legislature and then visit their Reps and Senators.

They learned the hard way how to do it correctly.

The teachers arrived in Raleigh dressed in gym clothes, yelled at elected officials, and generally didn’t represent classroom K-12 government school teachers well.  They stormed the officers of the members and demanded to be seen.  This blogger cringed at the sight.   The news media picked up what everyone else saw and the group went home with its tail between its legs.

Fast forward to the next year.  The teachers returned.  This time, they were dressed neatly and professionally, and they well-represented the various county school systems.  They were polite and didn’t yell at anyone or demand anything.

Legislators listened and they got what they wanted.  Score one for the teachers.

Now, lets score more for conservative causes!

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