Phone Banking for Doug Hoffman

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Table of Contents
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1. Intros (A brief "bio" of each coordinator to help us get to know each other.)
   
2. Tea Party (Dallas, and in other parts of the nation)
   
3. Grass Roots Citizens of Dallas
   
4. 912 Project
   
5. Fully Informed Jury Assoiciation
   
6. Other Affiliated Groups

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1) Intros
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Mark

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Larry

I live in the Buckner Terrace area, just down the street from Edna Rowe School. This is in precinct 3302. I have been concerned about the growth of Big Government spending for several decades and I'm "pleased" to see that Americans are finally beginning to see the problem. (Actually I wish you could go back to ignoring it, but that option no longer exists.)

I just hope it is not too late.



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Carlos

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Tony

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Eric

My family and I live in the Enclave behind Timberlawn, and have lived in east Dallas for the last 10 years. I will be assisting to coordinate this zip code as well as working with other zip codes in the 30th Congressional District (see my NRA affiliation below). My history with the Tea Party movement dates back to the first event here in Dallas (Feb 09)as well coordinating in Washington for the 9/12 March on DC. I am looking forward to working with everyone here! You can email me directly at dallasfitness@yahoo.com

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2) Tea Parties
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Non-partisan (not affiliated with a particular political party), non-sectarian (not affiliated with a particular religion) grass roots organization with the goal of connecting concerned citizens with other concerned citizens so they can talk about the issues and about possible solutions. And encourage each other to get off their butts once in a while to do something for the cause of individual liberty.

Guiding Principles

1. limited government
   
2. personal responsibility
   
3. fiscal responsibility
   
4. rule of law
   
5. national sovereignty

We are organized by zip code and by precinct with each zip code. So we are your neighbors.

We have regular meetings at restaurants and libraries and parks around the neighborhood. Because it is hard to find a single time that is good for more than a few of us, these meetings are frequent - several times each week. Sometimes only three or four people can make any one of them. But over time you get to know many of your neighbors and you get to know that you are not alone in your worries about our future.

The upper levels of the Tea Party provide information to the lower levels but they do not dictate any actions. That is for each of us, as individuals, to decide. It does not get much more grass roots than this.



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3) Grass Roots Citizens of Dallas
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4) 912 Project
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Hello. I am an assistant organizer for a local 912 project that encourages participation, socialization and education. We promote much the same principles as the tea party and are non partisian. From book clubs to the March on Washington DC, it is a wonderful way to become even more involved. LisaC

http://www.meetup.com/Dallas912Project/

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5) Fully Informed Jury Association
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Most of us think that the ballot box is the only place where we (the average citizen that would rather eat **** than get into politics) can tell the government where to go. But we also have the power to do this from the jury box.

Once a jury has heard all the evidence, it is their responsibility to dispense justice. And that DOES NOT mean blindly following the letter of the law if your conscience and your understanding of the circumstances leads you in a different direction.

Jusries have the power (along with the responsibility to actually use it, and to use it wisely, when necessary) to nullify any law if in their best judgement this is what it takes to dispense justice.

We have all heard the horror stories of innocent people wrongly convicted. Fewer of us have heard the horror stories of members of those juries finding out, after it is too late, that they could have done what they desperately wanted to do (acquit) but wrongly believed they could not.

Educate yourself about this vital tool for controling over zealous government.

www.fija.org

Then come to a meating (of FIJA, Tea Party, 912, etc) and talk to others about the jury box.



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6) (Other Associated Groups)
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NRA - ILA Volunteer Coordinator for TX30 - Eric Clendenin - I coordinate volunteers in this congressional district. If the 2nd Amendment is your thing, let me know. - eric@ericclendenin.com