Thanks Linda for writing the mail to O'Neal, sad to say but I doubt that it will do any good. I have seen over a number of years that we have a group of people in this city that want to control everything and their agenda is all that is important, and the only one that is going to be given any recognition too.
Jerry -----Original Message----- From: missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com [mailto:missourilibertycoalition@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Linda Herd Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 12:29 PM To: missouri liberty coalition Subject: [MoLiCo] Fw: City Council ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Linda Herd <linda.h...@sbcglobal.net> > To: "Jim O'Neal"" <jon...@oandstrucking.com> > Sent: Sun, May 6, 2012 12:27:27 PM > Subject: City Council > > Dear Mayor, > > I am appalled. Asking for even more signatures so that the people for > whom the > government works can have any say at all in our own government is >wrong and I am > > going to call this a "SIN". This is wrong, wrong, wrong. I am so sorry >to see how our government works for itself instead of us. Any time any >type of government tries to have more control over its governed there >has to be some reason why such needs to happen. How can this even be >considered? Is it the goverernment of the people, by the people and >for the people even a real thought > > or fact? > > This is wrong. This is wrong. This causes me not to not have trust in > the elected representatives. We all know that money is the most > powerful influence > over getting elected. Then when all the local governmental groups get > together > in controlling elections such as has happened recently, we can see > that the common man who supports the government is really powerless. > In this City I see > the media always behind anything the governance here wants its > governed to accept. It is obvious from this very idea that our City > government is trying to > > gain more control over our local government. I would not have the > nerve to even > > voice such a concept, much less go public with it. This makes me sad. > Please think about this and talk this over with the council. I know > that you have worked hard for this city. You have been congenial and > you seem to me to be concerned with your office. How can a city > government do this to its people. I > do understand why, but I do not understand the concept that causes a > governmental agency taking more power and control which causes the > governed to > have even less influence over their own governence. > > > Please fill me in on the reason for such thinking. Why does this > council want more power? What reason does this group have for seeking > out more power? Where > has the public here in Springfield done such wrong deeds that it needs > more contol over it, the public? I truly want you and only you to help me with this. > > Please send me with an email to tell me how this idea took place. I do > not understand this at all. > > I have read several emails about this already. People are not happy >and are very > > incensed. Of course it will come out in the media with positive > acclamations of > > how much better this will work. I cannot see any positive effects from >making it > > more difficult to get an initiative petition here in my City of 55 > years. I am > stunned and unable to express myself the way I would like to do. What >one reason, just one, has caused this idea to come into fruition? We >the people need > > to know why it is necessary to cause it to be more difficult for the > people to > help run their own government. We need to have some faith and > knowledge of the > cause of this. > > Thanking you in advance, > > Linda Herd > -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever.
