"Change the Rules of the Game"
A New Opportunity
What Can I Do to Help?
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"Change the Rules of the Game"
What can the citizens
do when the "rules of the game" are antiquated, ineffective, and are
interpreted to allow grave injustices and the undermining of the
citizens' fundamental rights to occur? The strategy itself is
remarkably quite simple: Change the Rules of the Game.
The citizens have the
power to enact laws and to repeal laws, just as the Legislature
does. And, when laws exist that are contrary to the principles of
democracy, the citizens not only have the ability, but they have the
obligation to their government, society, themselves, and
those of us who are fighting overseas for our freedom, to set
things right.
Under current Nebraska
state law, our goal of restoring democracy and local control is not
possible, and entire municipalities (and soon possibly even
counties) will continue to be devoured until there remains only one
mega-government in Nebraska that does not represent its people.
However, Citizens for a Free Nebraska is offering a
unique, one-time opportunity to change all of that and to make
things right again for the good of the people and the state.
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A New Opportunity
Armed with a new,
viable opportunity to defend the rights of citizens throughout
Nebraska and to regain the City of Elkhorn's independence, the
Citizens for a Free Nebraska will continue the fight to restore
the principles of democracy that are the basis for all American law,
and we plan to do it by utilizing the citizens’ prerogative to act
as a second legislative body.
We
have written, sponsored, signed, filed, and are currently
circulating two statewide initiative petitions: one that would guarantee Nebraskans the right
to vote before an annexation of a city or village can occur, and the
other to give the citizens of any city or village that has been
annexed within five years the ability to vote to detach and
reestablish.
Through a statewide
effort of gathering signatures from seven percent of the registered
voters in the state, the people of Nebraska will be able to enact
the initiatives and bring the issue to the ballot by 2010.
We are giving the
citizens of Nebraska an opportunity to exercise their power to enact
laws via initiative petitions in order to assert their right to vote
and to force the issue of independence onto the ballot, where it
belongs.
All
who are interested in defending the principles of democracy,
for all Nebraskans, are invited to
stand with us.
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"Freedom is never more
than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our
children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and
handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our
sunset years telling our children and our children's children what
it was once like in the United States where men were free."
-Ronald Reagan
"The
only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong
enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong
enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control
over the government."
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What Can I Do to Help?
There are so many things
that you can do to help us protect the principles of democracy and
your right to a representative government.
What we need immediately
are volunteer circulators and financial contributions.
But, as much as anything else, we also need citizens to spread the
word throughout their communities and to find others who are willing
to pledge their enthusiastic support.
Please check back continually for updated information, and
fill out our online form if you wish to
show your support!
Please
also visit the
petitions page.
And, feel free to
contact us.
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