We the People of Johnson County Missouri, Monday, January 5, 2024 🎪 Next Meeting Info, ⌨️Act4MO, 🫡Caucus Update, 📝Calling Out Names!
Hi Folks!
LOTS to talk about today!!
🎪 Let’s start with what’s up for our NEXT We the People Meeting!
Several of you have asked when we will show the movie Police State, that we had planned for February, but got cancelled due to snow, wind and ice. (Bummer!)
We decided to show it in February. THEN, the fecal matter hit the windmill in Jefferson City!! SO much has transpired with that, and our involvement is greatly needed! I know many of you are aware of the actions of our Senators Rick Brattin, Denny Hoskins, Bill Eigel and Andrew Koenig in the new-to-Missouri Freedom Caucus, others of y’all, not so much. We need to get all of us up-to-speed at our next meeting!
Short synopsis is:
FC (Freedom Caucus) is trying desperately to pass IP (Initiative Petition) Reform EARLY this year because it has been shut down the past TWO years by Senate “leadership,” AND because Pro-abortion, Pro-Ranked Choice Voting, and other Pro-not-good-stuff activists are chomping at the bit and feverishly drooling to shove those items into the Missouri Constitution. Which they will, if IP Reform isn’t voted into our Constitution EARLY this year.
Our current IP format is a simple majority vote, which is so weak a mere 5-6 House districts out of 163 (!) from highly populated areas (KC, St. Louis) could vote it in. The rest of the 157 districts would be SILENCED.
FC Senators have been filibustering their keesters off and doing WHATEVER they can to PUSH IP REFORM FORWARD!!!
Senate Leadership Cindy O’Laughlin and Caleb Rowden did a smack-down on the FC Senators, adjourned Senate while Senators WERE SPEAKING ON THE FLOOR (!), removed our Senators from their Committee Chair and Vice-Chair positions, cut their budgets and took their Senate parking spaces!!!! 😂 It’s like the mean 3rd grade teacher who doesn’t like a kid and sits him/er in the “bad chair” in the corner every day! And this is our SENATE “LEADERS”!!!! BARF ME OUT!!!!!
LOTS more to the story and a lot has happened since then, so we’re going to have Byron Keelin from Freedom Principle MO discuss all the up-to-date happenings with us via zoom video.
NEXT THING WE’LL TALK ABOUT IS CAUCUS!
I need to be as clear as I possibly can on our March 2 Caucus. THERE WILL BE NO PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (PPP) IN MISSOURI THIS YEAR. NO PRIMARY VOTING. NO PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY. NADA. ZIPPO. GONE.
The ONLY WAY you’ll be able to voice your preference for the MO Presidential candidate is via Caucus, March 2, 10am (get there EARLY - 9am or so), at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
YOU HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS. Full Stop.
There are a number of contributing factors for this, and we’ll talk about them at our next meeting.
You can find videos on how a Caucus works on 2024 Caucus : Missouri GOP. I encourage you to take a look at those, as well as the other Caucus info listed on that website before our next meeting. You also can pre-register for the Caucus on that website, and I encourage you to do that as well. It will help speed up the pre-certification process on March 2.
If you, or someone you know who wants to participate in the caucus has NOT registered to vote, be aware:
YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 19, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAUCUS. IF YOU’RE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, BY THEN, SCRAM SAM!!!
WE’LL PLAN FOR THE MOVIE POLICE STATE IN MARCH!!!!!
⌨️There is a TERRIFIC new website that gives ALL KINDS OF POLITICAL INFORMATION!!!! Act4MO.org (LINK)
I was blown away when I saw and worked through it!!! It is specifically for Missourians to find information about what’s happening in Jeff City, in other MO counties, provides other websites exceptionally pertinent to Missouri for more research, etc., etc., etc!!! Go look it up right now! Click on the link above. You’ll be GLAD you did!!! Go on! I’ll be here when you get back!!
📝📃LIST!!!
When you attended the We Want Our State Back Rally at the Capitol last week, were you the least bit curious as to who it was that voted AGAINST IP Reform as presented by our Freedom Caucus Senators? I was, so I did some research, and here’s the list:
Senator District Office Phone(All numbers start w/ 573-751-)
Jason Bean R-25 321 573-751-4843
Mike Bernskoetter R-06 416 573-751-2076
Rusty Black R-12 331 1415
Justin Brown R-16 420 5713
Mike Cierpoit R-08 422 1464
**Mary Elizabeth Coleman R-22 334 1492
Sandy Crawford R-28 319 8793
Karla Eslinger R-33 320 1882
Elaine Gannon R-03 426 4008
Lincoln Hough R-30 419 1311
Tony Leutkemeyer R-34 430 2183
Cindy O’Laughlin R-18 332 7985
Caleb Rowden R-19 326 3931
Holly Thompson Rehder R-27 433A 2459
Curtis Trent R-20 323 1503
A few things to notice about this list -
ALL these people have an “R” before their District number meaning they’re ALL “Republicans”(????) We have Republican RINOs voting against our Freedom Caucus Republican Senators. Each of these folks needs a large print-easy-to-read copy of the Republican Platform sent to their offices.
Note their phone numbers. Feel free to call them and let them know Republicans have said passing IP Reform has been their No. 1 Priority for the past 2 years. WHY are they delaying it???? Especially why NOW, when it’s so essential to be able to keep pro-abortion and pro-Ranked Choice Vote activists from shoving those clearly Democrat ideas firmly into our Constitution without the needed IP Reform???
Note their office numbers. Next time you’re in Jeff City for The Gathering or the next Freedom Caucus Rally, visit these folks in their offices. Let them know you’re disappointed in how they’ve overlooked IP Reform as the No. 1 Republican Priority. No. 1 means “passed first.” Not overlooked until the last few days of sessions. No. 1 means, “Pass it NOW.” Then leave them a copy of the Republican Platform and ask them to READ it.
Note the ** - Mary Elizabeth Coleman. M.E. was the Senator chosen to take the IP Reform to vote by Cindy O’Laughlin and Caleb Rowden. Freedom Caucus (FC) members compromised by letting M.E. take it instead of one of their own AS LONG AS SHE KEPT THE HOUSE DISTRICT WORDING INTACT, IN TRADE FOR FC Senators approving gubernatorial appointments before the deadline. FC Senators kept their word: GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
M.E., O’Laughlin and Rowden however, are pushing several bills IN FRONT OF IP Reform!!! THEY ARE LIARS.
THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE A FAIR TRADE WITH THESE PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT KEEP THEIR WORD. WE MUST NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS, ISN’T THAT WHAT PRESIDENT REAGAN TOLD US?
Follow what happens next week on act4mo.org. They’ll keep you informed!
Cindy O’Laughlin and Caleb Rowden would like people to believe the Freedom Caucus Senators are “obstructionists”, filibustering to “get their way.” NOTHING is farther from the truth. The ONLY way Freedom Caucus Senators can get IP Reform passed in time to prevent more horrible laws put into our Constitution is to filibuster. Trying to make “deals” with this group is not possible, because they have NO INTENTION of keeping their word. It’s nauseating.
PLEASE SHARE!!!! People need to know the TRUTH of what’s happening in Jeff City, not the absolute lies being told by Senate “leadership”: President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, and Floor Leader Cindy O’Laughlin. Our leadership has been bought out by the pro-abortion activists as shown on the Missouri Ethics Commission website.
Get the word out. People need to know, then GO to Jeff City. We’ll be there Thursday for The Gathering. COME GO WITH US!!!