CCV GOALS AND PRIORITIES



CCV GOALS AND PRIORITY ISSUES

At our initial meeting early in 2010, the Concerned Coastal Voters developed the following major goals for our organization to pursue:

1. To publicly present conservative views in a professional, factual manner and to counter misinformation where appropriate.

2. To research topics of interest at the national and state levels, and share the information among members of our group.
3. To identify and pursue the most effective venues for disseminating factual information related to our priority issues.

4. To expand membership of our group to like-minded persons regardless of their political affiliation.


Some of the Issues We Care Most About:


1. Free Enterprise Economy (e.g., fiscal responsibility, tax policies that promote growth of businesses, jobs, and general prosperity, elimination of unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation)


2. Limited, responsible, and responsive government.


3. Strong national defense, including border security.


4. Adherence by politicians and the courts to the Constitution and the rights of the individual. (e.g., civil rights, freedom of expression, right to bear arms)


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Monday, September 5, 2011

NO ALTERNATIVE

Now that I write letters to the ICO, my “otherness” apparently kindles a desire among some of my liberal friends to convert me to the rightness of their position. This is nothing new, but their arguments have become a bit more subtle, and to quote the Bard, “too clever by half.” Recently at a wonderful dinner, a person of the Left looked at me with evangelical fervor and said something like, “We’re too divided as a country. We should just get along and not be writing divisive things.” 
Not seeing any other “letter writers” at the table, I responded to the concerned Liberal that our government was designed to allow differing views. The framers of our Constitution specifically sought to ensure that all sides would be heard. The response was, essentially, “But we can’t get anything done. We can’t get our problems solved.” 
“But that’s what elections are for,” I said, “that’s how we settle things in this country.” To my great dismay I heard, “But elections aren’t working. We need to do something else.”
“Okay,” I said with my usual control (i.e., no spittle was spewing from my mouth), “what would you recommend - - a dictatorship, Communism, Socialism?” I got no response, but the “elections aren’t working” phrase stuck with me. I’ve recently read several dreamy paeans from the Left  extolling the “efficiency” of the Chinese. Even President Obama stated (jokingly, I hope) that if we followed China’s system, he could quickly solve our problems. Are some on the Left advocating silencing dissent to “get things done?”
Certainly elections don’t always work for your positions or your Party, but what’s the alternative? The answer is there’s nothing outside our democratic system that is worth considering. And if people don’t know that at this point in history, then God help us all.
Jim Littlejohn
Concerned Coastal Voters
Gualala, CA