Crystal Coast Tea Party

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
JUNE 28, 2011

Meeting held at Golden Corral, Morehead City, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:03 pm by President BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance led by WAYNE WILLIS
Invocation by LYN BAKER
Number of Attendees – 21

DISCUSSION OF JULY 4TH PARADE FLOAT
Decorating Committee and anyone who is interested in helping, we will meet at EULA PARKIN’s home at 1513 Ann Street, Beaufort at 6:00 pm Sunday afternoon.  Plans are to just do the prelim decorating (with finishing touches to be done early Monday morning after float is in place on parade route); and also to determine if there is anything else we will need.  The parade is Monday at 11:00, but we need to be there no later than 10:00.  An email to all our members that have email addresses will be sent out this week with all details.  Please check your in mail box.
ROMA and EDITH WADE are planning to set up a table down-town by Clawson’s Restaurant to sell T-shirts and hats.  FRED DECKER has volunteered to help them.

There is to be a rally/open mike at New Bern’s Union Park, Friday afternoon at 6:00 pm.  It would be nice if we had a good representation.  Realize traffic will be a problem, but hope we will have a few brave members to attend.

SICKNESS AND DISTRESS
KEN LANG gave us an update on his eye surgery.  A blood vessel had broken.  They drained the blood and now he has 20/20 vision.  You couldn’t tell too much about it, because he is wearing his sun glasses since his eye still looks bad and attracts a lot of attention.
A report was given on the wife of TOM HARMON.   TOM was absent and BOB gave us a report.  The skin grafts are doing pretty good and the only problem TOM is having right now, is keeping her down and not so active.

AGENDA 21
At our last meeting BOB had asked us to look up the topic “Agenda 21”.  He gave a report on some of the items he had found:
Most Americans are unaware that one of the greatest threats to their freedom may be a United Nations program known as Agenda 21; a sustainability agenda which is arguably an amalgamation of socialism and extreme environmentalism brushed with anti-American, anti-capitalist overtones; (a one-world government, and a United Nations invasion of the United States through which our individual freedoms would be stripped away.)  It urbanizes rural towns with high-density development, and gerrymanders population centers through the use of housing initiatives that enable people with weak patterns of personal financial responsibility to acquire homes in higher-income areas.  Farmers may lose subdivision rights; conservation land adjacent to population centers may be rezoned into commercial employment centers; and low-density land in small towns re-designed as growth areas and rezoned to accommodate diverse housing including high-density apartments and condominiums.  This will clearly impact Americans’ future choices in where and how they live.
Most Americans will remain unaware of the implications of Agenda 21 (aka Smart Growth) until after it is promulgated in their own backyards.  Ironically, these plans are more insidious that the Eminent Domain ruling.  Under Eminent Domain ruling, property owners usually receive compensation for their losses, whereas Agenda 21 enables municipalities to change zoning laws and engage in other regulatory actions that devalue property, restrict off-conveyances, and otherwise erode property values without payment of any compensation to the property owner.
There are four main sections of Agenda 21:
Social and Economic Dimensions – which deals with combating poverty, changing consumption patterns, promoting health, change population and sustainable settlement.
Conservation and Management of Resources for Development  – includes atmospheric protection, combating deforestation, protecting fragile environments, conservation of biological diversity and control of pollution.
Strengthening the Role of Major Groups – includes the roles of children and youth, women, NGOs, local authorities, business and workers.
Means of Implementation – includes science, technology transfer, international institutions and financial mechanisms.
On June 9, 2011, President Barack H. Obama signed Presidential Executive Order # 13575 – Establishment of the White House Rural Council, which provides federal funding for United Nations Agenda 21-style programs within the United States.
Regardless of political orientation, two indisputable facts remain.  Agenda 21 is a direct assault on private property rights and American sovereignty, and it is coming to a neighborhood near you.

HOWARD GARNER remarked that the announcement he had heard that Maryland’s graduates must have Environmental Studies prior to their graduation was a good example of things to come.  Also, all this mess with fisheries and fishermen livelihood is another step into Agenda 21.  He said he was glad to hear about Norman Sanderson’s bill on the annexing of farms was a great step forward.  Bob said the annex bill would also prevent imposing the $4,000.00 tap-on fee for water and sewer.  They no longer can do this.  Another “tax” on the public gets shot down and the towns will have to look somewhere else for funds.
ERIC BROYLES wanted to know if we had heard of the Frankfort School.  It was founded in Germany in the early 30s creating a proposed world wide system…if can breakdown the tenets of civilization, you can take over…the progressive movement.  Obama’s czars fit into this theory.

ERIC said everyone is talking about the Republicans fixing things.  He is afraid that now they are getting in power, they might not live up to their promise.  The TEA Party must remain active and not let our guard down.  We need to keep their feet to the fire still.  We do not want to get a third party started (i.e. Trump).  This will not only weaken our agenda for restoring the Constitution, but will split the Republican votes and allow the Democrats to win.  For example:  Michele Bachman…while she is currently coming on strong and has a lot of the TEA Parties backing her, the elite Republican party members who have been running the show dislike her and will not give her the support she will need to win.  Apparently this group would rather see a Democrat win the race rather than someone who does not fit their idea of their ‘perfect candidate’, one who is considered a part of the elite of Washington.   Remember what Jesse Ventura said….All politicians are just alike – they fight in public and are friendly behind closed doors.  Remember Ross Perot?  If he had not run on a third party ticket, Bill Clinton would not have gotten elected.  A lot of people still think his running was for that very purpose.  Therefore, a third party is not the way to go for the TEA Party.  We all need to get together behind the winning Republican (or most conservative) candidate and all of us support that one person, even if it is not the one we wanted.
HOWARD said he was fairly pleased with what the freshmen congressmen and senators, that we elected, are trying to do.  It appears that they are trying to clean up some of the mess that had been left.
CLAYTON GILLIKIN said “speaking of politicians”, he remembered when our County Commissioners seem to argue about everything – now it appears they don’t want to argue about anything, but just go along.
HOWARD wanted to know if everyone had read about Weiner’s wife’s background…that she is a confirmed Muslim, is Chief of Staff to Hilary Clinton and has all sorts of secret information available to her.  Something is wrong with that.

TREASURER’S REPORT
NANCY BOCK reported that we have $770.00 in the bank.

MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSIONS:
NANCY said she would like to have three volunteers to wear long sleeve shirts and brown or khaki pants, (so she could complete their outfits with ruffled jabots and sleeves and tri-corner hats) to walk in the July 4th Parade.  TIM BUCK is going to wear the Uncle Sam outfit.  She would like for them to pass out small flags and Constitutions along the parade route.  (Anyone reading these minutes, and would like to help us out in the parade, please call Nancy at 252-241-4690 or email nbock@clis.com.)
BOB said he would write a letter to the editor publicizing the parade this week.

ERIC BROYLES reported that he went to the School Board meeting this week and attempted to give a talk but was continuously interrupted.  He has sent a copy of his talk to the paper, where he hopes people will have an opportunity to hear his voice.  He will also be on the radio with Lockwood Phillips this week.  He attended a portion of the County Commissioners meeting this week also.  HOWARD asked if anyone had read the letter to the editor this week about our Commissioners conducting Chicago style politics.

WAYNE WILLIS said he is hearing that Obama is going to be a one term president.  Don’t bank on it.  He can give us a laundry list of reasons why he can’t be beat.  George Soros is already putting people in place.  They are raising money every way possible,  including Twitter.  A political ad has been shot using the White House as background, which is illegal.  Think anyone will be able to stop him doing what he wants. Hear he is also having a raffle ($5.00 per ticket) for a dinner with Obama.  Ridiculous, probably wants it held at the White House also.

ERIC said Obama had been ‘chosen’ to be president last time.  It didn’t matter who ran against him, he was already set up to win.  It wasn’t just the blacks and Hispanics who voted for him.  There was a lot of white guilt involved also.

Meeting adjourned at 7:13 pm.

Minutes submitted by PEGGY GARNER, Secretary.

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
JUNE 21, 2011

Meeting held at Golden Corral, Morehead City, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:05 pm by President BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance led by ERNIE GUTHRIE
Invocation by STEVE BEST
Number of attendees – 19

Introduction of new attendee – HARVEY DARRAH who is originally from North Georgia.  Came to meeting tonight to see what we are all about.

PEGGY GARNER reported that she had received a phone call from DIANE LANG that KEN was having some serious eye problems.  She had carried him to the Jacksonville hospital, who in turn recommended Craven Regional, who in turn had recommended Raleigh.  He had torn something loose in his eye and it was bleeding inside.  She was going to carry him (Monday or Tuesday) for evaluation and possible treatment.  They would not be able to attend the meeting tonight, but she needed to get back in just a couple of days due to her dog’s need for medications.  She would let us know of Ken’s diagnosis as soon as they found out anything.
BOB reported that TOM HARMON’s wife (who had suffered extreme burns on her legs a little over a week ago and had been in the Jaycee North Carolina Burn Center in Chapel Hill for skin grafts and physical therapy) was now at home and doing quite well under the circumstances.

JULY 4th PARADE DISCUSSION – PEGGY reported that NANCY BOCK had a 21’x6’ trailer located in the Beaufort area that we could use.  Since the trailer FRED had mentioned at the last meeting was in Newport, the committee decided NANCY’s was more convenient.  EULA PARKIN said she lived just a few blocks from the parade route (1513 Ann Street Extension) and would be glad for us to park the trailer in her yard while we worked on it.  It was decided that the Float committee (and any others that would like to get involved) would meet Sunday, July 3rd at 6:00 pm to do any decorating we would find possible to accomplish prior to Monday morning.  Also we would be able to determine what additional items we would need, or would like to have.  BOB will attach to the float early Monday morning and drive it to the parade route destination.  The decorating committee will show up probably around 9 or 9:30 to complete the decorations.  All those planning to march in the parade, please arrive no later than 10:00.  If you do not know of someone in Beaufort who will allow you to park in their driveway, please meet at the Court House and we will have someone ferry the marchers to their destination.  Our float is number 5.  The location is supposed to be marked in chalk where we are supposed to get in line.  If you have a friend or friends who would like to walk with us in the parade, please let NANCY (nbock@clis.com) know (and what size shirt they wear) and she will try to have enough shirts on hand for our volunteers.  The more red shirts we can have there the better the showing.  Would love to have at lease 50 marchers or more.  ROMA and EDITH WADE are going to set up a table near Clausen’s Restaurant to sell shirts, hats, maybe a petition to sign, etc.   They would like to have at least two more people to help…must be good, friendly talkers.  Nancy had gotten an Uncle Sam outfit for someone to wear in the parade.  TIM BUCK tried it on and found it just fit, so he will be our Uncle Sam in the parade.

BOB asked ERIC BROYLES to please call Lockwood about the parade and ask to him publicize it.  He also said it would be nice if someone would write a letter to the editor of our involvement in the Beaufort parade.  If any of our members have the time, please write a letter to the paper.

NANCY said there is going to be a rally in New Bern at Union Park, July 1, from 6-9.  Wondered if anyone planned to attend and would like to set up a booth there selling our shirts and caps.  We would have to give a cut of our proceeds to New Bern, but we could still make money.  No one in attendance planned to attend due to the obvious traveling congestion.

ERIC said he went to Wilmington and met up with an “Elect Ron Paul for President” group.  He had available information for anyone interested.  He said our Republican Legislature had left Raleigh for a short vacation, but had left about 200 bills for Governor Perdue to review and approve/ignore/or veto.  This must be taken care of by June 30.  The Legislature will return around the middle of July.

HOWARD GARNER reported that he had attended the County Commissioner’s meeting Monday night.  The meeting was supposed to be totally about the Fire Department/EMT budget; however, several of the C4 group signed up to speak on the Schools.  The commissioners allowed them to speak.  They now want the commissioners to take the budget increase funds from the rainy day fund; which he thinks they should realize this temporary solution will only amount to a tax increase further down the line.  He feels that the TEA Party must always remain alert.  We have to “STOP THE SPENDING”.  He reported that he had received Norman Sanderson’s email newsletter and his legislative budget figures do not agree with those printed in the local paper.  The State determines how many teachers are needed in the various county schools and funds that amount.  If the schools hire more than that determined to be needed by the state, then the county is responsible for that amount.  Howard said he wondered how many the county had hired over and above that determined by the state and how many could we get by without.

Our new attendee, HARVEY DARRAH said he had taught in Washington, DC and; take it from one who had been there “throwing money to the schools, doesn’t increase the level of education”.  He was told to dumb down the class he was teaching because too few students enrolled; and the low number of students reduced the amount of funds they received from the federal government.  The students didn’t like his class because he made them read and study.

ERIC said he would be speaking at the next Board of Education meeting about quality of education.  He said White Oak School and Croatan High School are two of the best schools (not including private) in the county and state.  If I understood him right he said our county was number 36 out of 100 counties.  With all the money being spent on our county schools, shouldn’t we have more of our schools being recognized as “outstanding”.  HOWARD said he would like to know how many college students have to have remedial education upon entering college.  NANCY said a problem she had with the school budget was “once the budget is approved, the school board can spend the money anyway they want to and do not have to answer their spending to anyone”.    BOB thinks the County Commissioners will pass the budget with a tax increase to make it revenue neutral.

EULA PARKIN asked if anyone remembered her telling of her maid and the Moslem man she was supposed to marry at the last meeting she was attended?  Most in attendance remembered.  She wanted to know if any of us watch the J’had Watch on computer.  History will be made this summer, July 2nd to be exact, when SIOA (Stop Islaminazation of America) and SIOE (Stop Islaminazation of Europe) hold a joint demonstration and global anti-j’had conference in Strasbourg, France.  They will come from all over the world to strategize on short, mid, and long term action plans to defeat Islamic Supremeacism and preserve western values.

HARVEY said if you read the Koran, you will find taxing and killing, but not LOVE, so don’t listen to anyone who tries to tell you Muslims are not violent.

FRED DECKER said he understood the union dues bill was vetoed by Gov. Perdue and there are not enough votes to override.

BOB reported that he and TIM BUCK had attended an Onslow Republican meeting and discovered there is no TEA Party group in Onslow anymore.  Jan Bean told them she was interested in anything we had available about the TEA party and any help we could provide.  Several others were also interested.  They had been trying to get the base fired up but since they cannot endorse any candidate, their hands are pretty much tied.  BOB said the best thing they could do is get organized and then vet and support candidates, not endorse.  (Maybe a play on words, but it works.)   HOWARD said they need to really vet the candidates, since Onslow has republican commissioners, but they also have a higher tax rate than we in Carteret County do.  HARVEY said we need to support the conservative candidate regardless of party, because he doesn’t (right now) know of any GOP that should be reelected.  BOB said the incumbent has the advantage.  ERIC GUTHRIE said we need to keep working for the conservative candidates and eventually we will get all those RHINO’s out.

BOB asked that we all GOOGLE “Agenda 21 for Dummies” and Local Agenda 21 and review before our next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 7:23 pm.
Minutes submitted by PEGGY GARNER, Secretary.

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
JUNE 14, 2011

Meeting held at Golden Corral, Morehead City, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:03 pm by President BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance led by BOB CAVANAUGH
Invocation by RUTH PARKER
Number of attendees – 21

BOB announced that the meeting tonight would be short since he, KEN LANG, and TIM BUCK have to leave early to attend a GOP meeting.

KEN reported that he was continuing to look for a meeting place in the western end of the county for establishing another TEA Party group.  All the restaurants say they will be glad to accommodate the group during the off season, but were unable to do so during the summer.    He checked back with the Cape Carteret Community Center and was again told that the large meeting room was $30.00 per hour, but they had a smaller room that holds about 20 people that we can get for $10.00 per hour.  A neighbor of Ken’s that works with the Little Bank has volunteered to pay for 6 months of meetings (l hour twice a month).  If we get a good turnout he may commit to further.  However, before then we may be able to meet at a local restaurant, probably Debbie’s ‘Rucker John’.  KEN asked that if you have any ideas for spreading the word about organizing a Western TEA party, please email him.  Suggestions made were the Swansboro Tidal News, News Times ‘Community Happenings’ (our meetings here at the Golden Corral are posted there), and maybe a radio Public Service Announcement.  HOWARD GARNER is concerned that if we reduce our meetings to twice a month, it will affect our attendance.  He thought we should continue meeting every week here and maybe the Western Group meet on a different night, so some of us can attend those meetings also.  KEN said he would look into another night.

KEN said he had received some data from Lee Haywood from Greensboro, who attended our May 31st meeting.  He reported that Lee’s group had printed up handouts detailing school data and had sent him copies.  Their school superintendent makes a quarter of a million dollars a year, but can’t even teach a class.  He has hired his buddies and  has created a bureaucracy with average salaries of $176,000.00.  Teachers went up 12% and Administration 24%.  KEN would like for us to make up similar handouts and pass them out (either at the July 4th parade or maybe at the local grocery stores).

KEN reported that the C4 had presented a petition to the County Commissioners at the last Commissioners’ meeting.  Ken said he had read the petition and he would have signed that petition also.  It was totally in line with our beliefs of level funding, but that was not what they actually asked for.  They want an increase, not level.  BOB said we need to be more organized and on the ball before next year’s budget.  Need a volunteer of our group to get in there and dig and find out what is going on, before it is too late.
BOB asked PEGGY GARNER if she had found out anymore about the July 4th parade.  PEGGY reported that the parade would be on Monday the 4th.  Parade starts at 11:00am.  We need to get there early either to find a parking place on a side street or meet at the court house and all pile into as few cars as possible to the parade lineup, which starts at Gordon Street (other side of the post office).  I understand that the antique cars go first and we are #5 in the parade lineup.  We are allowed to pass out the Declaration pamphlets, candy, etc., if we wish.  ROMA WADE said he could get us a spot along the parade route where we can set up a table and sell our shirts, hats, etc.  PEGGY had asked if the parade had a theme this year and was told yes, “Days of Old”, which covers a lot of territory.   PEGGY had an Oriental Trading Catalog that has candy wrapped in patriotic papers.  She said she and HOWARD would be glad to pay for part of the candies.  NANCY BOCK, Treasurer, said she thought we should go ahead and order what we thought we might need.  We can always pick up more locally.  (like wrapped mints).  PEGGY said she needs to know how long our float (trailer) will be so she can let Mrs. Barnes know how much room to leave for our space.  They number and mark the float lineup with chalk.  LOU KUKULEWSKI said he had a 16 foot trailer but it doesn’t have any sides and is low.  FRED DECKER said Pat Joyce has a trailer that he lets the GOP use and he thought he could get that one for us to use.  He would see about getting sides (like they use for the GOP) made up and put on the trailer for displaying signs and flags.  Discussed where to put the trailer so it will be available to work on.  HOWARD offered the use of our back yard.  There may be some prefab needed but mostly the work putting the float together would be done on Sunday the 3rd.

BOB asked if anyone had watched the GOP debate and who they thought won.  Most agreed on Michelle Bachman.  Did think the questions that were asked were down right dumb and stupid.  Several thought Herman Caine did a good job answering, but was not asked enough questions.  Actually most thought that the next administration should be comprised of all those who participated  in the debate.  They all appear to be conservative and care about our county.  We might be able to get our country back on track with them in control.

Discussed the vote on the budget and Gov. Perdue’s veto.  All agreed that we hope the five Democrats that voted with the Republicans, will hang in there and help override the veto.

Meeting adjourned
Minutes submitted by PEGGY GARNER, Secretary

There was no CCTPP Meeting on June 7th. The CCTPP members attended the Carteret County Board of Education meeting on June 7th in lieu of the regularly scheduled CCTPP meeting.