I'm having this really big issue with our Townboard here in Nye County,Nevada. In direct violation of the U.S. Constitution, removing the words "Representative Democracy" from the Town Charter and replacing them with "Constitutional Republic". The vote went 4 to 1 with Carolene Endersby being the only Townboard member to stand for Democracy, diplomacy and the compromise that falls between both sides of the aisle. My husband Robert Hanson spoke, Deby Depreta spoke, I spoke, on behalf of the Democracy that our community chose and our Townboard is supposed to represent. Carolene Endersby was the voice of reason. I will be writing the ACLU in the morning and this is my call to action. I would dare to ask those of you who believe that we are both a Republic and based on Representative Democracy, to write to the ACLU also. My heart is broken ...
Listening to a legal immigrant try to school me and anyone else that would listen, on the Federalist Papers, while leaving out Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Of the opinion that he is the only person in the room that had to recite the proper pledge and oathes, to become a citizen of the United States. I was born here and I had to recite those same oaths, while attending elementary school or not be promoted to the next grade. Followed by the rantings of a young man whom I used to know so well, quoting Ayn Rand, not even knowing that he was quoting Atlas Shrugged.
As my tears fall to the floor, knowing my words fell upon deaf ears. Knowing that even though the people who committed this travesty hate me and anyone who believes we are all entitled to Freedom, still not understanding why. Tonight I mourn the passing of what was once the America that I believed in. Tomorrow I pick up the weapons that are familiar to me and return to fight the good fight. When I wake, I will pick up my pen, my keyboard, my phone, my paper and my voice. I will fight for Freedom and Democracy.