[An important message from We Texans]
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September 3, 2010
Dear Friend,
I have some important information and some really great news to share with you. I hope that after reading this update that you will consider giving to WeTexans. We are going full speed ahead with the agenda we all had during the primary – we “lost a battle” but we have not “lost the War” – not by a long shot. This is evidenced by calls from folks who are willing to do TV commercials with us (you will be surprised!), and calls from other campaigns and/or their supporter or staff wanting our endorsement. It is also evidenced by the fact that so many legislators are willing to visit with me about our property tax agenda. I have been surprised and pleased at the responses I have been getting. However, we all know that elected officials can’t always be trusted to do what they say they will do, so I keep beating the pavement, knowing you’ve got my back! Thank You!
I continue to travel across the state carrying our message. As you know gas and other travel incidentals are expensive these days so please, if you still consider our work worthwhile, consider giving anything you can. $5.00 helps more than you know. And my thanks to all of you who have been so generous in the past!
I was also surprised to learn that I had been named as one of the Top Influential Texans by www.politicsmagazine.com. Although I was pretty far down on the list I did make it. When I saw my name I thought that should really say WeTexans instead. I was thinking that this time last year almost no one knew me, the WeTexans slogan or anything about us and our liberty movement. So we have come quite a ways in 12 months time – from an unknown grass roots movement to being sought out by legislators, the media, and having been designated as “influential”!
Endorsing a gubernatorial candidate
In every interview since the Texas governor’s primary race, there has been that looming large question, “Who are you going to endorse for Texas governor?”
A comment on a recently published article speculated I was “going to fold like a cheap bedspread and endorse Rick Perry”. If I was a regular politician, just looking to move up in popularity, playing the game business-as-usual; it would sure be the politically correct thing to do.
But I’m not that person and this is not a game. For We Texans and for me, public policy and politics are very personal. I have looked into the faces of people who have lost their homes, businesses and children because we haven’t been good stewards of freedom in Texas. I’ve committed to stand by your side and defend life, liberty and property. And I’ve promised to do that until I draw my dying breath.
The establishment elite expected, when the primary was over and the dust settled, that we would all high-five and play Texas Team GOP. Many continue to complain that I have not given a concession speech. Political contests are called campaigns because they are military in nature. These battles are not athletic competitions and they are not games. I’ve aknowledged defeat in the primary, but I will not endorse a victor who fails to protect life, liberty and property.
The isses we fought for have not gone away nor have they been resolved. We lost one race but the fight for freedom is not one that we will concede just for political correctness. I realize, of course, that the endorsement of Debra Medina is not the important issue here, it is your vote that the establishment is looking for. I won’t sell myself out and I won’t sell you out.
Rest assured that I am looking for every opportunity to individually support like-minded candidates and elected officials who join in the cause of freedom as evidenced by their actions.
One final thought: I believe that our proclivity to hold our noses and vote for the lesser of two evils has done nothing but facilitate the growth of bigger government in our courthouses, in Austin and in Washington D.C..
Consequently, I will refuse to vote in those races where the balloted candidates have failed to demonstrate that they will uphold their oath of office and, first and foremost, protect life, liberty and property. I hope you will consider doing the same.
Now that that is out of the way, I’m delighted to share with you some REALLY GOOD NEWS!
We are a just few short weeks away from submitting a proposal for draft legislation to the Texas Legislative Council for the elimination of property tax in Texas. A second proposal will address plans for allowing local government revenue to be obtained from a broader based sales/consumption tax. Together these two bills will go a long way to restoring the essential element of freedom:private property ownership. We have several state representatives who have offered to take our plans to both the Legislative Council and the Legislative Budget Board. We’re working hard to make sure the “i’s” are dotted and the “t’s” are crossed before January.
We are also working very diligently on another piece of legislation which is designed to protect Texas and Texans in the face of unstable currency markets and U.S. dollar value. I have been shocked to see the amount of support that this is getting from elected officials here in Texas as well as in other states. Rest assured I will be sharing these ideas this weekend as I visit with state sovereignty experts from around the country at the Nullify Now conference in Ft. Worth.
I am very optimistic that we can advance these ideas if we will continue to stand together and push hard. In our war against property taxes, we must wake more people up to the realization that if your property can be taken, you aren’t free in Texas. So, we are going to be airing television commercials with some pretty heavy hitting Texas celebrities. We finished filming the first one this past weekend, and I think you’ll be very excited to see the bipartisan support.
Your boots on the ground and your donations to We Texans go directly to the support of this vital work. If you’d like to specifically sponsor television ads simply enclose a note with any contribution you make putting “commercials” in the memo line.
Who will win the war on property taxes in Texas? We can. We will. We Texans!
Ubi libertas habitat. Ubi nostra patria est
(Where liberty dwells, there is our country.)
Debra Medina,
Chairman
P.S. The greater our numbers, the more we will be heard in Austin. Spread the word!
Note: WeTexans is a non-profit organization and is precluded from endorsing any candidate. Questions about endorsements are directed to me as an individual.
