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OUR STANCE

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE BARTOW COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY CONVENTION
March
24, 2007
2007 Resolutions for Bartow County
We, as members of
the Bartow County Republican Party, send forth these resolutions
to the 11th Congressional District, State and National Republican
Committees.
We believe the
Republican Party should espouse strong moral principles and
conservative political ideologies. We believe it is important the
Republican party, at all levels, hold fast to the platform of
conservative principles that we have identified as our core
beliefs. Those that share these convictions and resolutions are
afforded the opportunity to participate as a member, candidate or
elected official of the Republican party. We further believe,
those elected as Republicans are expected to govern according to
these principles.
We acknowledge our
nation was founded by men and women who believed God as the
absolute authority. We accept that the foundation to build this
nation was a Biblical one. We call upon our elected officials at
every level of government to govern by the principles and original
intentions of our Constitution as envisioned by the Founding
Father.
In our
acknowledgement of the above resolutions, we oppose the removal of
Christian monuments, the banning of references to God in our
educations system and in the public arena.
We believe every
individual should be afforded equal right and equal opportunity as
stated in the Constitution. We believe it is the responsibility
of each individual to ensure their own success and not the
responsibility of the government.
We believe voters
should be informed of the political beliefs of every candidate
running for office. We therefore encourage our representatives in
the General Assembly to adopt legislation to make all elected
offices in the State of Georgia partisan, including all special
and judicial races, to ensure elections are honest and the voters
are informed.
War on Terror
We commend President
Bush for his strong leadership as Commander-in-Chief and support
his actions in the war on terror. We recognize and support our
fellow countrymen and women who voluntarily serve in our armed
services to keep the war on terror off American soil. We also
commend our military for their selfless dedication and personal
sacrifice for our Nation.
We recognize the
United States as a sovereign Nation with a government that derives
its power from the voting people. We oppose any organization that
seeks to undermine the authority of the United States and attempts
to influence our domestic and foreign policy. We therefore call
upon Congress to cease funding the United Nations and for the
United States to withdraw its membership.
Immigration
We are clearly in the
midst of an illegal epidemic which undermines out sovereignty and
structure as a nation and our war against terror. We demand our
state and federal elected officials to work to secure our
borders. We demand they enable local law enforcement officers to
be able to arrest, detain and deport those here illegally. We
further expect state and federal officials to seek ways to
severely penalize businesses that knowingly employ illegal
immigrants. We demand a secure ID system to aid in identification
of illegal immigrants. We demand change to law to make it a
criminal felony to overstay a visa beyond a 30 day grace period to
allow holders time for proper renewal or extension.
The
current Medicare, social security and education system are in a
state of financial crisis. We expect our state and federal elected
officials to seek ways to remove all benefits, funded by tax
revenue, to illegal immigrants.
As a response to the
illegal immigration crisis, we seek to have our state and
nationally elected officials define English as the official
language to the state and country. We further ask to discontinue
the further placement of non-English signage and language from
Federal, state and local signs and telephones systems.. With the
exclusion for travelers at airports, and other transportation
hubs.
Social Security &
Health Care
We realize that
capitalism and competition create a better quality service and
more options. In this respect we urge Congress to privatize
Social Security. We also oppose the creation of a Socialized
health care system.
Eminent
Domain
We believe that the
Republican Party should be the party that recognizes private
property is private. Property should be taken only as
specified by the 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. We
recognize the land owners entitlement to equitable compensation
and that Eminent Domain should be used as a last resort only and
not for revenue enhancement or public-private partnership.
Sanctity of Life
We believe the basic
rights of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”, are given
by God and our Constitution. We believe these basic rights are
for all individuals, including those whose life exists inside the
womb. We therefore call upon our elected officials to recognize
the sanctity of human life and pass legislation that will protect
the right of innocent unborn, feeble and infirm. Such law must
recognize that life begins at conception. Further a ban on cloning
of human beings by any means or any form.
Marriage
We believe marriage
must only be recognized as the legal union between one man and one
woman. We call upon both, the Georgia General Assembly and
Congress, to adopt amendments to the relevant Constitutions, to
define marriages as one man and one woman.
Education
We believe that it is
the parents who are best qualified to choose what is best for
their children-not the government. We therefore oppose government
programs that undermine the rights and responsibilities of the
parents.
We realize
government schools are not always up to National standards. We
support the creation of school vouchers for parents to make the
best choice for their child; and create positive competition
improving school standards.
We recognize the
need for quality education for the preservation of our nation.
Control of local government schools should be left to the elected
officials on the local school boards. We seek for the abolishment
of the Federal Department of Education and that the authority of
local education be returned to the local level.
Judicial
We recognize that the
United Stated Constitution and the Constitution of the State of
Georgia distributes the power and responsibility of government
among three separate and distinct branches. We recognize that the
judiciary has in many cases overstepped their constitutional
boundaries and have worked to establish laws. We call for the
implementation of rules and procedures whereby citizens may seek
the impeachment of any judge who violates their constitutional
boundaries in their office.
We recognize the
importance of the Grand jury in maintaining ethical standards and
fair hearings within our court system. The Constitution gives
guidance for the Grand Jury, but not clearly defined guidelines
and procedures. We therefore ask our elected officials to
prepare, implement and publish a compilation of rules and
procedures for the Grand Jury to maintain fairness within the
judicial branch.
Taxes
We believe the government should only collect taxes necessary for
the governments Constitutional responsibility. We call upon our
elected officials to restructure our national and state tax system
to a system of either flat tax or sales tax only, resulting in
abolishing the IRS.
Local Government
Bartow county has
experienced significant growth in the past decade and continues to
grow. Bartow county is the largest county in the nation extending
the full responsibility and power of the local government to a
single individual. We therefore support the creation of a
multi-member commission board to have representative government.
We further request legislation that would require counties with
populations over 100,000 to have to establish multi-member
commission boards. Eliminating too much power to a single
individual.
We realize with a
sole commissioner we have limited checks and balances within our
local government. We therefore expect our locally elected
officials, and if need be, the state of Georgia, to have an
independent audit done of all the local government offices to
create higher ethical standards.
Energy
We acknowledge the
critical importance of the manufacturing business to our economy
and to the jobs it creates. We further recognize that
manufacturing is the backbone of a free market capitalist
society. We therefore support the repeal of state sales and use
tax on energy that is used in the manufacturing process so as to
express our support and appreciation to the manufacturing
business.
We recognize that
with our growing population, our demand on energy supplies
increases. We therefore support drilling in ANWR, building
nuclear power plants in addition to new refineries.
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