Corey Stewart for Lieutenant Governor and Mark Obenshain for
Attorney General

(Richmond, VA) – “Corey Stewart placed first in the joint Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation/
Middle Resolution comprehensive Lieutenant Governor candidate vetting process, held on April
26-27,” said Mark Daugherty, Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation Chairman. “Senator Mark
Obenshain earned first place in the Attorney General candidate vetting competition,” Daugherty
added.

Angie Parker, Executive Director of Middle Resolution PAC, noted, “The Lieutenant Governor race
has been very competitive with a field of excellent candidates. We are pleased that Corey Stewart
demonstrated a strong grasp of the constitutional principles of limited government and individual
liberty during his questioning. Furthermore, Mr. Stewart has a well-organized and well-financed
campaign.” Parker added, “Senator Mark Obenshain delivered an outstanding performance during
his interview. This proven strength, combined with a vigorous statewide campaign, places Mark in a
good position for both the May 18th nominating convention and November 5th general election.”

Over 200 Virginia Tea Party and Middle Resolution members from 31 groups across the state
took part in the vetting session, each completing scorecards based on the candidates’ responses
during live interviews. Identical questions on constitutional principles principles, policy, and
political philosophy were asked of each candidate; candidates were not given questions beforehand.
Campaign viability was also factored into the evaluation.

Participating Tea Party groups and Middle Resolution members will share the knowledge gained
from the two-day vetting process with over 1,000 convention delegates from their respective groups.
These delegates will then support Corey Stewart and Mark Obenshain for Lieutenant Governor and
Attorney General, respectively, at the May 17-18th Republican Nominating Convention in Richmond
where a multiple ballot process will lead to the selection of a Republican nominee for Lieutenant
Governor and a single ballot process will determine the Republican nominee for Attorney General.

The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation is a coalition of 46 independent Tea Party and patriot
groups that stand for fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free market
principles.

Founded in Richmond, Virginia, Middle Resolution PAC helps elect leaders who are committed to
restoring individual rights and limited government as described in the U.S. Constitution. Middle
Resolution also holds legislators accountable once in office, following all necessary voting records.

To learn more about the vetting process and top-ranked candidates Corey Stewart and Mark
Obenshain, please visit www.virginiateapartypatriots.com and www.middleresolution.org.

For Immediate Release

Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation Contact: Mark Daugherty
Email: trail100liberty@gmail.com

Middle Resolution PAC Contact: Angie Parker
Email: angie@middleresolution.org

April 29, 2013

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Dr. Bobb will be speaking on the topic, “Reviving the Constitution in an Age of Arrogance and Apathy”.

This is a rare opportunity to hear about our Founding Fathers. Please invite your friends to this free event.

Biography of
Judge Paul M. Spinden

Judge Paul Spinden is associate professor at Liberty University School of Law where he teaches administrative law, contracts, criminal law, and civil procedure. He joined the law school faculty in January 2009 after serving 17 years as a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals.

While an appellate judge, he authored nearly 1300 opinions involving virtually every aspect of civil and criminal law, including issues of federal and state constitutional law, administrative law, family law, business and contract law, and employment and labor law. He served as the court’s chief judge from 2000-02.

Prior to his appoint to the Court of Appeals by then Missouri Governor John Ashcroft, Judge Spinden served for six years as a Missouri administrative law judge. He presided over hundreds of adjudications involving about 50 state administrative agencies, first with the Missouri Department of Transportation and then with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission. While serving as chief of the Administrative Hearing Commission, the agency received the Governor’s special commendation for eliminating a two-year backlog of cases and reducing the average time for decisions from nine months to 27 days.

For three years, he served as chief counsel of the governmental affairs division of the Office of Missouri Attorney General. While assuming a full litigation load himself, he supervised 17 attorneys in representing and advising the Governor and Missouri’s executive branch departments.

For nearly 20 years, Judge Spinden taught constitutional law and business law as an adjunct professor at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, at William Jewell College, in Liberty, Missouri, and at Webster University, in Kansas City, Missouri. Recognized for his expertise in administrative law, he authored a chapter in Administrative Law published by The Missouri Bar Association. During his tenure as a judge, the Supreme Court of Missouri called upon Judge Spinden to chair its education program for Missouri’s appellate judges and its commission on judicial resources. He also served as a member of the Missouri Supreme Court’s Judicial Records Committee and was a frequent instructor and speaker at judicial seminars and fora

E V O L U T I O N
NOT A THEORY… A WORLDVIEW

A presentation on how evolutionary theory is NOT a function of science,
but is an effort to displace God as the ultimate authority!

by
KEVIN NOVAK

Kevin Novak is a tutor at Alliance Christian Academy, where he teaches American History and Biology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University and a JD from Liberty University’s School of Law. Kevin has a passion for challenging how Christians see the world, and he purposely directs his challenges to young students since they are targeted most by claims that man is the ultimate authority.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
7:00-8:15 pm

2805 Old Forest Road, Lynchburg
(Forest Road United Methodist Church, the
meeting place for Alliance Christian Academy)

$2.00 per person $5.00 per family

alliancechristianacademy.org

Take Notice: As an organization, The Lynchburg Tea Party, Inc. wants to build coalitions with like-minded groups and individuals. There are numerous local, state and national groups as well as individuals who are doing good work and some that provide quality education or host an event that our membership would be interested in. Whenever possible, we will continue to share that information.

Our Meeting agenda is as follows:

• We will be taking the final vote for the new 2013 Leadership Panel we voted on at our Feb. meeting. Members should have received a list of nominated candidates.  Please remember to bring your LTP Membership cards so that you can be included in the voting process. Only Members will be allowed to vote.
• Eddie Rice a 13 year old will be addressing the membership with his short speech on the First Amendment. So important for all of us to see a young person taking such an important role in defending our Constitution
• We will be showing a video called “Battle of Athens” which relates to the Second Amendment.
• Jim Lampman will be giving a power point presentation reviewing the newly written By-Laws up for a vote by Membership.

BILL SPONSOR “TALKING POINTS ” REBUTTAL

House Bill 2048 (Sherwood)
BENEFITS OF WATER QUALITY PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

∙ This is an Administration bill that would consolidate water quality permitting and planning programs at the Department of Environmental Quality.

Separations of power are essential to preserving the rights and freedoms of individuals from those who would seek to consolidate that power for their own gain. Such separations are the only barrier between a free nation and despotism. The same holds true here. Combining all permitting and planning programs at the DEQ breaks down the protections for citizens inherently found in maintaining those programs under another agency, the sole focus of which is not maximum regulation.

∙ As amended, this bill WILL NOT affect oversight of the Soil & Water Conservation Districts or staffing of the Soil and Water Conservation Board which would remain with the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Nutrient management planning, Resource management planning and administration of the agriculture cost­share program would remain with DCR and the Soil & Water Conservation Board.
Why is management of these nutrient trading programs being sent to DEQ when the nutrient management planning portion is already at DCR as set out in § 10.1­104.2.?

Read the Entire Rebuttal

Read the Bill progress and who voted for or against it. 

Contact Your Legislator and demand they KILL this bill

As of this writing in the lynchburg area:

Delegates: Kathy Byron,T Scott Garrett, Matthew Farriss, have voted in favor of this bill.

Senators:  Steve Newman and Tom Garrett have voted against it.

Updates:
Kathy Byron has indicated she will vote against the bill at the next opportunity

Thank Ben Cline who has voted correctly to kill this thing from the start.

Nominations are open to Members of the Lynchburg Tea Party

All leadership positions are open to any Member that wishes to serve.

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Education
• Membership
• Operations
• Steering Committee Chairman

We will be meeting tonight Thursday February 7, 2013 at 7 P.M. at LU Law School.

Has it been a while since you’ve visited the Lynchburg Tea Party? Join us.

FYI: LTP Bylaws Proposed Updates

Well friends, I’m very disappointed to say that our local delegate Delegate T Scott Garrett has voted for some awful legislation on the enrivo-tyranny front. I tried for several days to illustrate just how bad this legislation was and it’s effects. Perhaps I didn’t do a good enough job, or perhaps I was faulty in not enlisting your lobbying help earlier. Some dandies from this piece of legislation HB 2048. Certainly, some ‘misinformation’ from it’s sponsor didn’t help, however…

(originally a 92p bill, substituted in committee for a 49p bill and reported out unanimously – as if they had a chance to read it)

1. This bill realigns the SWCD’s under DEQ
2. Codifies rain water runoff (stormwater) as a non-point source pollutant (the very thing Cuccinelli just went to war with the EPA over)
3. Centralizes power with the DEQ
4. Takes control away from duly elected local governments
5. Crushes private property rights, namely:

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The Department, the VESCP authority, where authorized to enforce this article, or any duly authorized agent of the Department or such VESCP authority may, at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations necessary in the enforcement of the provisions of this article.

In accordance with a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement, a VESCP authority may also enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of initiating or maintaining appropriate actions that are required by the permit conditions associated with a land-disturbing activity when a permittee, after proper notice, has failed to take acceptable action within the time specified.
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In short, if you as a property owner are told to do something by one of these VESCP authorities
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“Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program authority” or “VESCP authority” means an authority approved by the Board to operate a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program. An authority may include a state entity, including the Department; a federal entity; a district, county, city, or town; or for linear projects subject to annual standards and specifications, electric, natural gas, and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, railroad companies, or authorities created pursuant to � 15.2-5102 <http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+cod+15.2-5102> .
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And you don’t like it, they can just go on your property and do it whether you like it or not, and they’re protected by law and there’s not a darn thing you can do about it!

This bill still has to go to the senate, and then go through a reconciliation conference – if it passes the senate (both of our senators voted against the senate version, which unfortunately passed).

I did my best to (literally) beg Scott not to vote for this. Perhaps I’ll have to find a way to do better next time. I’m very sorry. We desperately need to fight this.

ACTION ITEMS: 

Contact your senator ask them to vote against this when it hits the senate (both of whom voted against the senate counter part). 

Tom Garrett district22@senate.virginia.gov

Steve Newman district23@senate.virginia.gov

Email and ask your representative to vote against SB 1279 (senate counterpart) when it hits the house after crossover.

Ben Cline:  DelBCline@house.virginia.gov

Kathy Byron:  DelKByron@house.virginia.gov

Scott Garrett: DelSGarrett@house.virginia.gov

Matt Farris:  DelMFariss@house.virginia.gov

Lacy Putney: DelLPutney@house.virginia.gov

Recommended text:

It is disappointing that the so called conservatives and Republicans in the General assembly would be anywhere near supporting bills that would further erode property rights.

I’m writing to tell you to oppose any bills that would endanger my personal property rights. Specifically please vote against SB1279.

As a member of the Lynchburg Tea Party we are watching and will remember this vote come election day.

Fight for Liberty!

URGENT!

So what is more valuable to you – protecting your right to keep and bear arms or the state getting small grants from the federal government?

Well, according to House Majority Leader, Delegate Kirk Cox of Colonial Heights, and a majority of Republicans and Democrats, the money is more important!

This all centers around Delegate Bob Marshall’s pro-gun bill HB 2430, which would prohibit any state or local government employee from assisting the federal government with enforcement of any federal gun laws or Presidential Executive Orders made after 12/31/12.

Bottom line:  if Congress passes, say, a ban on 30-round magazines, the federal government would have to enforce it completely on their own, with no help from any state or local government employee or agency.  That would put a major damper on enforcement of any such law.  It’s really simple:  if the feds pass an unconstitutional gun law, they get to enforce it all on their own.

Sounds good, right?  Ah, but, the opponents, like Kirk Cox say, “What if the feds stop giving our law enforcement grant money and what if our police can’t participate in federal task forces?”

Honestly, I could care less about grants and federal task forces.  My freedom and yours is not for sale at any price.  Period.  And absolutely not for some stipend from Uncle Sam.  That stipend, by the way, is our own money being handed back to us as a “favor.”

Shamefully, Delegate Cox led the anti-gun fight to have HB 2430 sent to the House Appropriations Committee at this late date with the hopes of killing it.  You know, “Gee, we wanted to hear that bill in Appropriations, but, darn, we just ran out of time!”

The choreography began with anti-gun Delegate Toscano, a Democrat, moving to outright kill the bill.  A recorded vote on this motion was taken, giving those who wanted to kill the bill in a more stealthily manner cover by allowing their good vote to be seen.  Here are those who cast an ANTI-GUN VOTE in favor of Toscano’s motion to outright kill HB 2430:

Albo, BaCote, Brink, Bulova, Carr, Comstock, Dance, Filler-Corn, Herring, Hester, Hodges, Hope, Howell, A.T., James, Keam, Kory, Krupicka, Lewis, Lopez, McClellan, Morrissey, Plum, Scott, J.M., Sickles, Spruill, Surovell, Torian, Toscano, Tyler, Ward, Ware, O., Watts

Toscano’s motion failed.

The next dance move was by Delegate Kirk Cox, who was so very concerned about losing some droppings from the federal teat, that he made a speech extolling the wonders of sending HB 2430 to the Appropriations committee.  Delegate Putney then made the anti-gun motion to send HB 2430 off to the House Appropriations Committee (to die for lack of attention).  Forget that the bill itself would actually save the state money by not having to pay our police for their time running around with the feds.

On this motion, and not by mistake, only a voice vote was taken, making it difficult to hold the delegates accountable for bad votes.  Delegate Bob Marshall made a motion to get a recorded vote, but could not even garner the necessary 20 votes to do so!  That means we have a bunch of bad votes and we need to hold those who made them accountable come election time THIS NOVEMBER.

To save HB 2430 and to hold those with anti-gun votes accountable, we need to take the following two steps:

ACTION ITEM 1 of 2 – SEND AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE ON THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

We need to FLOOD the email boxes of the House Appropriations Committee with thousands of emails, NOW.  We need to tell them to report HB 2430 out of the committee and back to the House Floor.

To send a pre-written email to all members of the committee in one-fell-swoop, click here and in a few seconds your email will be streaming to all the committee members!

http://tinyurl.com/a5otwep

ACTION ITEM 2 OF 2 – SEND AN EMAIL TO YOUR DELEGATE DEMANDING TO KNOW HOW THEY VOTED ON HB 2430!

We can find out if your Delegate voted anti-gun to send HB 2430 to Appropriations:  you will ask him or her directly!

To send such an email to YOUR Delegate, simply click here:

http://tinyurl.com/atl5an9

** Once you get a response on how your Delegate voted, forward it to me so we can compile a list of those who voted against gun owners for use in the upcoming election. **

VCDL will assume that any Delegate who does not respond to such a direct question is admitting that he or she voted anti-gun on HB 2430.

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You can also call your Delegate to find out how he or she voted.  To find out who your Delegate is, click here and then click on the tab at the top of the screen labeled “Click for Bill Tracking,  Meetings, Who’s My Legislator?”

http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Let’s roll!!!