February 2024 Report
The second week of January was the start of our 40-day legislative session. This year we have placed a strong emphasis on fighting FOR good legislation to be passed. We “prepped” for our Session by making as many in-district visits to both sides of the aisle to develop better relationships before the General Session. The Session has become a time for serious “combat” in too many cases and it is time to allow our public servants to know that we are there to advocate FOR positions that will make the lives of all citizens to fulfill and enjoy the visions of our Founders. Here are a few “highlights”.
- We held our Advocacy 101 training in the old Senate Chambers of the Capitol. Carminthia Moore did a fabulous job of presenting the basics and taking the mystery out of the legislative process.
- We are about to roll out our monthly leadership ZOOM sessions that will highlight special topics and speakers. The first will be a session on Advocacy 101 as a refresher or to benefit those who have recently joined us for the first time.
- A major project in progress is an educational pamphlet on an Article V Convention. We have taken the work that Joanna Martin and Janine Hansen have so diligently compiled. We have taken the points from the “action required” blasts and put them into a format that tells the truth of Con-Con and offers the conclusion that the best action to take is to begin to rescind their previously submitted application for Article V Convention.
- Under the Gold Dome we have had some success in our work to close the loophole with libraries to make sure that the ALA has been used to promote explicit books to even small children. This has passed out of committee and now must get through Rules.
- Elections: various efforts to tighten and define vague codes that have served as opportunities for a lack of election integrity.
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