Ron Paul Candidate wins in Pensacola!!!!
This is truely amazing and inspiring! Our local ECUA water board has a new member... a Ron Paul/ Campaign for Liberty candidate!
Check it out ...Elizabeth Campbell Wins!!!
What's even more unbelievable is she knocked off the chairman of the board. Just days earlier some of our group asked questions of the candidates at a gathering sponsored by our "Women for Responsible Legislation". Of course we asked about flouride and got some interesting answers...which I'm sure had to contribute to the victory.
This was done on a shoestring folks... she didn't even have signs! Our group wants to lead the way but many of us are surprised that our very first candidate was elected!!
We have two more running for the General Election in November... it's going to be interesting because we're surely going to get much more attention from all the candidates now! Eyes are opening, minds are starting to open as well... this is just the beginning!
We are moving forward... and believe me this is going to turn allot of heads in this community!
We'll see you in MN! And be sure to catch our interview with IVAW Adam Kokesh ...it's on podcast at
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That's fantastic!
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Dave
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wahoooo
great job
This is where it starts folks
You don't get elected President by making that your first run for office. You work your way up: county commissioner, mayor, congressman, etc.
We need freedom minded people at all levels of government, from dog catcher to President. So get active. Run for township supervisor, school board, drainage commissioner, water board, whatever. Get your name out there and become known in your community. When you have a few victories under your belt, run for Congress and become a Ron Paul Congressman.
yes!
Well said.
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congratulations
As a member of the Ron Paul Pensacola meetup group having spent tons of time putting up Ron Paul signs it is awesome to know that we had some amazing success in this victory.
let me tell you something...
being on a water board or water management district are very powerful positions here in florida.
we have a few major acquifers and our drinking water comes from them.....what goes on the ground goes into our water - quickly - comparitively speaking. we have a large development sector that is paving our resource.
so, do not underestimate the influence this has. she will speak to local concerns regarding taxes, development, conservation, transportation, recreation, etc. she will also have a state audience when she confers with the water management district and the govenor's office.
if there were more like her, we'd be more quickly on our way to rebuilding this nation.
top down hasn't worked. bottom up does.
kudos to her.
btw - what office do you hold?
let me tell you something...
being on a water board or water management district are very powerful positions here in florida.
we have a few major acquifers and our drinking water comes from them.....what goes on the ground goes into our water - quickly - comparitively speaking. we have a large development sector that is paving our resource.
so, do not underestimate the influence this has. she will speak to local concerns regarding taxes, development, conservation, transportation, recreation, etc. she will also have a state audience when she confers with the water management district and the govenor's office.
if there were more like her, we'd be more quickly on our way to rebuilding this nation.
top down hasn't worked. bottom up does.
kudos to her.
btw - what office do you hold?
Hey VUCK
Tell this to your neo-con masters.
Tell what to whom?
A) I'm the furthest from a neocon as you can get w/o being an anarchist.
B) What would you like them to be told? The country is being taken back because a supposed "ron paul candidate" won a local municipal election? I'm sure neocon extraordinaire Mel Martinez is shaking in his boots about his 2010 election.
C) WTF did you mention me for, I didn't even comment on this thread.
Congrats
and thanks for the update.
All politics is local, and all elected positions are intertwined at the local level.
The "brushfire of liberty" starts with a spark, even on local water boards.
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."
Abraham Lincoln
A Water District Board position?
Good for her, but hardly front page news. Actually kind of funny! We just got a RP'er elected as the president of our book club : )
You would be surprised how much power
is in that position-drought in FLorida can be serious business!
Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips
Everyone clear the path...
We're getting people in government that actually have common sense and principles...
Very good.
In 2010 she may run for congress, who knows. It is very good to win local elections, get experience and will be a strong candidate for congress.
Congrats...
great example for all of us!
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Campbell
Wow, great work, keep it up for Liberty
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Nice job!
"Evil flourishes when good men do nothing."
—Edmund Burke
Very inspiring! You go Campbell!
Ron Paul is the great uniter, the income tax fighter...the military-supported, defender of the border...the political apathy solution and the champion of the Constitution! Doctor Paul is on-call!
That's weird..I thought I
That's weird..I thought I saw her name as state GOP committee woman..a different person of same name?
Anyway, this year is the beginning of the big change!
Thanks for posting this.
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thats wonderful news
woohoo! thanks Elizabeth Campbell for all your hard work, the campaign for liberty is working,
Sweet!
I had heard there was tons of Ron Paul signage in Pensacola.
My sis lives in Foley.
She won for the water board?
What is that? A government bureau in charge of a socialized-water system?
I would rather have a local
I would rather have a local water board run by elected officials that I know than some huge multinational corporation based out of BFE on the other side of the world supplying my water any day.
I disagree
The historical record for water management by politicians and bureaucrats has been awful--fluoride is added to virtually all socialized-water systems in the US.
Furthermore, that is a false dichotomy you have offered. What about water sold by local companies?
Local is good
But what is to stop local companies being snapped up by huge multinationals? Capitialism, as practiced today, is not about competition - it is about eliminating your competition, and consolidation is the natural end of that.
There is nothing to stop that
In the partially free-market we have, companies are permitted to buy other companies without too much difficulty.
But I'm not sure why you look so favorably upon local statism in the field of water. The historical record is atrocious. Plus a lot of these water-bureaucracies have monopolies.
Where I live, I can of course buy bottled water, but for the water that comes through my taps, I have no choice at all--I'm stuck with what the politicians have forced upon me...
So to sum up, I think that the government- regulated capitalism that you're decrying is still better than a bunch of politicians providing the good/service.
Because it is not statism
It is people in a community joining together to help themselves. There is a difference, and if that is what people at the local level choose, there is nothing wrong with that.
A huge multinational corporation supplying my electricity or water from corporate HQ that may not even be in my country, with no reason to be responsive to my needs, is more like statism that what I have just described.
Don't get caught up in labels. Collectively organized community services is NOT statism.
Water, gas & electricity are natural monopolies. What is to stop a corporation from buying up the systems that everyone needs and uses, and jacking prices sky high? Their mission is not to serve, it is to maximize their own profits. Sometimes that may be in agreement with the mission to serve, other times not. If that meant cutting off water to half the customers and raising prices because their models show that it would increase revenue, they would. Their mission is first and foremost to make money, not to serve the community.
Statism + monopoly
Their water system is run by the state--therefore is it not stat-ism by definition?
Secondly, why do water, gas, and electricity services have to be natural monopolies?
Where I live, there is not electricity and gas monopolies--there are companies competing for both.
There is however a monopoly on water that comes through the taps of my house, however it is not a natural monopoly--it is a state monopoly.
Bravo, Michael.
I have absolutely NO problem with electric, water, and sewer being community based....IF...there is no compulsion involved. This can take the form of either city-based water utilities, utility co-ops, or neighborhood-based water systems (community well, for example).
If I build a home and I am automatically assessed a $20,000 hook-up fee to tap into the city water and sewer, I think that is wrong. If I can *choose* to pay that $20,000 hook up fee, or alternately choose to drill a well and install a septic tank, then we're all good. But don't force me to participate in the water club. Chances are, I will want to participate anyway, voluntarily; and I will probably have no problem paying the city water utility $20,000 to hook into the water main, rather than drill my own well.
That is the only thing I have a problem with when it comes to local water and sewer utilities. Make it voluntary, and I'm a happy camper.
Yes, voluntary services run locally are fine
Unfortunately, that is definitely not the norm with local governments...
centralized service
Any and every elected position is important. Nice work on getting elected!
Well I hope she pushes hard to
get any fluoride or other government additives removed ASAP from her town's water.
additives
Sanitation and water districts tend to have debt loads that never get completely paid off, because those running the boards know they can continue to service the debt from their captive users.
Reduce the debt load. Free the people economically. Remove the additives.