WA State: Justice for Taxpayers Rally, in support of Wis. Feb 23 (URGENT UPDATE: CHANGED TO 2/26)

Twitter ^ | February 21, 2011 | Nansen /Stoat

[Stoat]

A rally in support of Wisconsin and everyone's taxpayer rights has been called by Nansen Malin per her Tweet:

 

http://twitter.com/nansen/statuses/39765109664514048

 

Attn: WA State- #WA4WI - Justice for Taxpayers Rally on Wed 2/23 at 4pm in Olympia. Spread the word. #wcot #wagop

 

Please Note: I (stoat) am not involved with organizing this; I'm only creating this thread in an effort to help spread the word and to facilitate information gathering for this rally and related topics.  For more information please follow Nansen on Twitter here:

 

http://twitter.com/nansen

 

as well as the Twitter hashtag

 

http://twitter.com/search?q=%23WA4WI#search?q=%23WA4WI

 

 

 

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[dragonblustar]

Thanks for posting this. I’ll pass it around!

[Stoat]

More on this from The Sons and Daughters of Liberty:

 

 

 This Wed. stand up against public union bullies! WA 4 WI - Justice 4 Taxpayers Rally

 

 

The Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty: A Seattle Action Network

WA 4 WI: Justice 4 Taxpayers Rally

SEIU had 2,500 union members in Olympia on Monday.
How many people will stand up for the rest of us?

 

Location
Olympia Capitol Grounds (Specific location TBA – Permit Pending)

When
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
4:00pm – 6:00pm
 
Message
Washington shares the same public sector union problem as Wisconsin.  We agree with the stand that Governor Walker is taking and want to see similar reforms take place here in Washington.  Our budget is in a comparable place – state pensions and union collective bargaining have got a stranglehold on our taxpayers.
 
Outright repeal of collective bargaining is a conversation that we should be having here in our state and there are other proposals that would shift the balance of power back where it belongs - into taxpayers’ hands.
 
Talking Points

• This rally is not an attack on the individual public employees who are our friends, neighbors, and fellow taxpayers.  It is about the unhealthy relationship between union leaders and state lawmakers that is forcing our state into bankruptcy.
• We condemn the labor policies where the State has given unbalanced power to one special interest group.
• We need to see courageous leadership regarding this issue from our elected officials now, before the situation becomes much worse and there is a meltdown similar to what is currently taking place in Wisconsin.

 
Get Involved!!!
 
Spread the Word! 

• Pass along this info via your email network. 
• Tweet about the rally (use the hashtag #WA4WI) 
• Post updates to your Facebook account.
• The Facebook invitation is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131646843570592

 
Organize Carpools – Volunteers as the carpool coordinator for your region.  Simply email can@effwa.org with your name, city, and email address and we’ll post it to the Facebook event as the carpool coordinator for the area.
 
Make signs – We need to have signs that spread our message.  Please avoid any hateful or harmful language that will misconstrue to positive steps we are trying to take.

Sign Examples:

• Taxpayers treated like 2nd class citizens
• Stop leeching, start teaching
• Even FDR opposed public unions 
• Our kids can't afford your pensions anymore
• Justice 4 Taxpayers: Reign in public unions
• Hey public unions: You can't bully your way into a pay raise!
• Stop public union bullies - Support Gov. Walker in WI
• I can barely afford my rent, but my taxes are going up to pay for your pension!

 

The Freedom Foundation’s Labor Policy Recommendations:

• Give workers a choice about union representation—no one should be forced to pay a union as a condition of employment.
• Require unions to get permission from employees before using their mandatory dues for political purposes. No one should be forced to pay for another’s political views.
• Prohibit the use of payroll deductions for union political contributions. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld this policy a few years ago.
• Get the state out of the business of automatically collecting dues for the unions. If employees desire a union’s services, they’ll be willing to pay for it.
• Require public employee unions to disclose financial information to their members. Disclosure helps deter waste and corruption. 
• Open collective bargaining sessions to the public under the state’s sunshine laws. This would give lawmakers, union members, and taxpayers more information about the process.   
• Make it easier for workers to get rid of their union by holding union re-elections every several years. 
• Prohibit the use of public resources for the union’s collective bargaining costs.

 


I hope to see you ALL there! Please pass this on to everyone you know. And if you can, please consider taking a half day off of work, or bring your kids, or do whatever you have to do to get there so that the world will know that We The People will stand for intimidation and bullying no more!


In Liberty,

Liberty Belle

[Stoat]

Thanks for posting this. I’ll pass it around!

You're quite welcome, and thank you for spreading the word  :-)

Thanks for posting this. I’ll pass it around!

[Stoat]

CRITICAL UPDATE - SCHEDULE CHANGE

 

Tweets from Nansen Malin:

 

Twitter - Nansen Malin Spread the word WA State ...

Spread the word: WA State Rally 2 support Walker is postponed(due to snow) to Sat 2/26 at 11am Capitol steps in Olympia (Pls RT) ##wcot

 

 

Twitter - Nansen Malin Its Al Gores fault! Due 2 ...

 

Its Al Gores fault! Due 2 snow in WA State.. #WA4WI Justice for Taxpayer Rally is postponed to Sat 2/26 at 11am. Be there!! #wcot

 

 

From The Seattle Sons & Daughters Of Liberty:

 

 UPDATE WA 4 WI Rally moved to Saturday, Feb. 26, 1100am! (Due to storm)

 

The Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty: A Seattle Action Network/a>

WA 4 WI: Justice 4 Taxpayers Rally - MOVED TO SATURDAY!

SEIU had 2,500 union members in Olympia on Monday.
How many people will stand up for the rest of us?

 

We are getting more from Wisconsin than we bargained for this week, with up to 6 inches of snow on the horizon for tomorrow.  In the face of a Winter Storm Advisory, we have decided to move the WA 4 WI – Justice for Taxpayers rally from Wednesday, February 23 to Saturday, February 26 at 11:00am.  The forecast for Saturday is purely sunny, with a 0% chance of precipitation.  The location and message are the same, just the date and time have changed.
 
MoveOn.org is also trying to sponsor a counter-protest at the Capitol on Saturday.  We need people to show up and show their support for Gov. Walker, balanced budgets, and ending union monopolies.  Please join us!!!
 
Please help us spread the word about this important update!  Pass this notice along to all of your networks.
 
UPDATE: Rally moved to Saturday at 11:00AM!
 
WA 4 WI – Justice for Taxpayers Rally
 
Olympia Capitol – North Steps
Saturday, February 26, 2011
11:00 AM


Location
Olympia Capitol Grounds (Specific location TBA – Permit Pending)

When
Saturday, February 26, 2011
11:00am
 
Message
Washington shares the same public sector union problem as Wisconsin.  We agree with the stand that Governor Walker is taking and want to see similar reforms take place here in Washington.  Our budget is in a comparable place – state pensions and union collective bargaining have got a stranglehold on our taxpayers.
 
Outright repeal of collective bargaining is a conversation that we should be having here in our state and there are other proposals that would shift the balance of power back where it belongs - into taxpayers’ hands.
 
Talking Points

• This rally is not an attack on the individual public employees who are our friends, neighbors, and fellow taxpayers.  It is about the unhealthy relationship between union leaders and state lawmakers that is forcing our state into bankruptcy.
• We condemn the labor policies where the State has given unbalanced power to one special interest group.
• We need to see courageous leadership regarding this issue from our elected officials now, before the situation becomes much worse and there is a meltdown similar to what is currently taking place in Wisconsin.

 
Get Involved!!!
 
Spread the Word! 

• Pass along this info via your email network. 
• Tweet about the rally (use the hashtag #WA4WI) 
• Post updates to your Facebook account.
• The Facebook invitation is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131646843570592

 
Organize Carpools – Volunteers as the carpool coordinator for your region.  Simply email can@effwa.org with your name, city, and email address and we’ll post it to the Facebook event as the carpool coordinator for the area.
 
Make signs – We need to have signs that spread our message.  Please avoid any hateful or harmful language that will misconstrue to positive steps we are trying to take.

Sign Examples:

• Taxpayers treated like 2nd class citizens
• Stop leeching, start teaching
• Even FDR opposed public unions 
• Our kids can't afford your pensions anymore
• Justice 4 Taxpayers: Reign in public unions
• Hey public unions: You can't bully your way into a pay raise!
• Stop public union bullies - Support Gov. Walker in WI
• I can barely afford my rent, but my taxes are going up to pay for your pension!

 

The Freedom Foundation’s Labor Policy Recommendations:

• Give workers a choice about union representation—no one should be forced to pay a union as a condition of employment.
• Require unions to get permission from employees before using their mandatory dues for political purposes. No one should be forced to pay for another’s political views.
• Prohibit the use of payroll deductions for union political contributions. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld this policy a few years ago.
• Get the state out of the business of automatically collecting dues for the unions. If employees desire a union’s services, they’ll be willing to pay for it.
• Require public employee unions to disclose financial information to their members. Disclosure helps deter waste and corruption. 
• Open collective bargaining sessions to the public under the state’s sunshine laws. This would give lawmakers, union members, and taxpayers more information about the process.   
• Make it easier for workers to get rid of their union by holding union re-elections every several years. 
• Prohibit the use of public resources for the union’s collective bargaining costs.

 


I hope to see you ALL there! Please pass this on to everyone you know. And if you can, please consider taking a half day off of work, or bring your kids, or do whatever you have to do to get there so that the world will know that We The People will stand for intimidation and bullying no more!


In Liberty,

Liberty Belle

[Stoat]

Twitter - Nansen Malin Yes @itsonlywords MoveOn.o ...

 

Yes @itsonlywords MoveOn.org is having their rally at noon! We need bodies to outnumber them at 11am #wcot Sat 2/26 Olympia WA

[dragonblustar]

Thanks for the update. I’ll spread the word!

[Stoat]

The organizers of this rally have changed the date to the 26th. would there be any chance of having the title of this thread changed to reflect that, so that people will be alerted to this change without having to open the thread and scroll down? Would it be possible to add the following text to the title?

(URGENT UPDATE: CHANGED TO 2/26)

If not, perhaps you might be so kind as to add something similar?

Thank you very much for your time and consideration :-)

[Stoat]

You’re quite welcome, and thank you so much for your help :-)

[Stoat]

WOW! That was fast! Thank you so very much....your help is sincerely appreciated :-)

 

Here are some cookies for you as a very small gesture of appreciation :-)

 

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I Stand With Walker Rally The Freedom Foundation

 

 

February 23, 2011

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I Stand With Walker Rally

WA 4 WI – Justice for Taxpayers Rally
Olympia Capitol - North Steps
Saturday, February 26, 2011
11:00 AM

Will you join us?  RSVP Here!

Message
Washington shares the same public sector union problem as Wisconsin.  We agree with the stand that Gov. Scott Walker is taking and want to see similar reforms take place here in Washington.  Our budget is in a comparable place–state pensions and union collective bargaining have got a stranglehold on our taxpayers.

Ending union monopolies is a conversation that we should be having here in our state and there are other proposals that would shift the balance of power back where it belongs–in taxpayers’ hands.

Talking Points
•  This rally is not an attack on the individual public employees who are our friends, neighbors, and fellow taxpayers.  It is about the unhealthy relationship between union leaders and state lawmakers that is forcing our state into bankruptcy.

•  We condemn the labor policies where the State has given unbalanced power to one special interest group.

•  We need to see courageous leadership regarding this issue from our elected officials now, before the situation becomes much worse and there is a meltdown similar to what is currently taking place in Wisconsin.

Get Involved

Spread the Word! –
A. Pass along this info via your email network. 

B. Tweet about the rally (use the hashtag #WA4WI)

C. Post updates to your Facebook account

Organize Carpools – Volunteers as the carpool coordinator for your region.  Simply email can@myfreedomfoundation.com with your name, city, and email address and we’ll post it to the Facebook event as the carpool coordinator for the area.

Make signs – We need to have signs that spread our message.  Please avoid any hateful or harmful language that will misconstrue the positive steps we are trying to take.

Examples:

•  Taxpayers treated like 2nd class citizens
•  Stop leeching, start teaching
•  Even FDR opposed public unions
•  Our kids can’t afford your pensions anymore
•  Justice 4 Taxpayers: Rein in public unions
•  Hey public unions: You can’t bully your way into a pay raise!
•  Stop public union bullies - Support Gov. Walker in WI
•  I can barely afford my rent, but my taxes are going up to pay for your pension!

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[llevrok]

Pretty good turn out. Small, compared to the paid unions who showed up for a counter protest, however. Speeches too long and uninspiring.

It's a start.