Implement a national, fail-safe, trustworthy
voting system that does not employ machines with secret codes that
can be rigged to throw elections.
(Use hand-marked, paper ballots that
are eyeball tabulated at precinct level before being transported to
any other location.)
It
will be my goal to help Democrats get elected. I will offer my
services in hopes of providing them with the benefits of my
knowledge of the things that Nevada needs.
There are 10 very rich men in Nevada who made their massive fortunes
thanks to Nevada. An argument can be made that they are at least
partially responsible for the disrepair of the state's budget and
should contribute heavily to repairing it.
Nevada mining should be taxed at least at the rate that citizens are
taxed for the things they buy. The mines are taking advantage of the
graciousness of Nevada and are removing precious commodities from
our state that can never be replaced.
Humane health care should be provided to all Nevadans... via a
strong health care program. Professionals in the health care
industry should freeze their fees for at least two years.
I will do all in my power to make sure that school teachers get the
respect and help they need and deserve. Many of society's problems
display in the nation's classrooms and teachers are unfairly called
upon to cope with these problems as best they can.
REHABILITATE
RENO'S
LOUSY
MEDIA: This is one of Reno's "A" Number 1 correctable problems.
Nevada can no longer condone the Reno area media that consists mostly of
shills that Big Money can buy and
control. Sam has challenged the media time and again to tell the Truth.
BUT THEY REFUSE.
The
store-bought Reno area media is too jealous and afraid of Sam
the Watchdog to report his prolific and
erudite words.
And they are too cowardly to even try to debate his ubiquitous
Public Testimony.
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PS
Sam should be the Go-To Media Darling when it comes to ALL
things Reno Politics and Government. Instead the media are
pathetically perfidious with their fear.
As your
Councilman, Sam will do everything in his power to make sure the
potentates who sign the checks and pull the strings are not able to buy the Reno media anymore.
Create and fund a Designated Driver Corps. Driving under the
influence of alcohol is one of the worst and most common crimes in
America. It must be stopped. Support
for this Corps is in NO WAY meant to condone over-indulging in
alcohol or drugs.
Sam vows to do his best to cut the exorbitant
Reno Council pay by at least 25%. THESE ARE HARD TIMES. AMERICANS ARE MAD AT BUREAUCRATS ... AND
JUSTIFIABLY SO! Sam agrees to not become one of the "Usual
Suspects"... trying to exploit the government trough. He promises
to serve a single two-year term. And then turn business over to new
blood.
Take action necessary to see to it that members of Reno Council have
health benefits that are
NO
better than those of average citizens. Hired help should not give
themselves benefits that are better than those received by their
employers.
Sam's Sweet Dog Approves These Messages
Make
it a capital crime to tamper with the outcome of any election.
Decide all controversial, non-emergency issues
by public referendums.
Recognize
and honor the sovereignty of the people in no-nonsense terms.
(Re-write the oath of office for public servants accordingly ~ and
prosecute violators of the oath.)
(If there's any question about an issue being controversial, it is.)
Cause
all public servants to understand that they are obligated to
facilitate the democratic process and that it is just plain wrong to
condescend the sovereign people in any way at any time.
Invite
suggestions from the general public regarding ways to create and
implement a true justice system. Display ALL suggestions on a number
of websites. Hold national public referendums to adopt changes in
keeping with the will of the sovereign people.
Create and maintain a National Ombudsman Office to solicit and
evaluate complaints against public employees at all levels. Such
office to be fully independent and have branches in all states.
Chief Ombudsman to be elected every two years by national public
vote. Ombudsman personnel to refrain from fraternizing with other
government employees whom they must monitor and take to court, as
required.
Exert
maximum effort to establish a hydrogen/alternative energy economy at
the earliest possible time. (Reduce air pollution, climate change,
America's dependence on oil, and America's role in oil politics.)
Determine and
implement a simple, sane, replacement taxation system. Elect the
chief executive of the new system to make him or her directly
accountable to the sovereign people. (The United States is NOT a
free country as long as every American is under the heavy thumb of
the IRS!)
Do
whatever it takes to eliminate the culture of corruption which
permeates American government at all levels. Nationalize any
corporation that engages in treasonous activities as proved in a
court of law incorporating trial by jury.
Recognize government as the people's
business in meaningful, no-nonsense ways.
Emphasize openness so that the
sovereign people are kept fully-informed regarding public issues in
order for them to accurately judge the integrity and competence of
public servants. (Public servants who
attempt to cover-up stupid or corrupt happenings within their ranks
to be tried for felony fraud and, if found guilty, incarcerated for
a minimum of ten years.)
Require elected officials to answer questions
regarding the people's business in a responsible and timely manner.
(Non- cooperative officials to lose their positions of public
trust.)
Sam will try to restore badly needed funding to the northern Nevada government
television oversight operation that was created several years ago to
televise government meetings live so citizens could see what their
government was doing for (to) them. The elimination of SNCAT
television has thus left Reno and Washoe with the taxpayer-funded "power" to
"oversee" themselves. A cursory view of their television channels
plainly portrays that they are a self-promoting
propaganda machine. This is wrong!
Require all public employees to conduct themselves with humility in
keeping with the concept of servant. (Members of the
sovereign people should bleeping well be treated by their servants
as owners of government, not as customers.)
Amend the Constitution to require direct
election of the President and the Vice-President.
(Eliminate the Electoral College.)
Amend
the Constitution to elect all federal judges including members of
the United States Supreme Court. (All public officials must be made
accountable to the sovereign people.)
Prohibit public officials promoting or voting on issues that would
benefit their major campaign contributors. (Any single or
collective amount over $5000.)
Identify those interests that have bought politicians in past and
take harsh measures to prevent this in future.
Make it a crime to attempt bribing any
elected official.
Define any "campaign contribution" over
$5000 ~ or any gift or gifts worth more than $5000 gross annually
from a single, primary source ~ as a willful attempt to buy
political influence, thereby circumventing and undermining the
principle of government of, by, and for the people.)
Require candidates for public office to pass an IQ test. (Passing
grade to be determined.)
Require candidates for
public office to have a more-than-casual knowledge of the
Constitution ~ and the Spirit of the Constitution ~ with emphasis on
the Bill of Rights. (A preparation/study program to be placed on the
Internet.)
Redefine "treason" to include any attempt by
any public official to ignore or restrict the principle of
uninhibited, robust, and wide-open free speech during meetings of
public bodies. (Free speech is our
first defense against arrogant, stupid, and corrupt public servants.
Government of, by, and for the people can NOT exist without
totally-unrestricted free speech.)
Require every public body to post a sign, in English, at least four
feet by eight feet, in its meeting chamber saying: "[As Americans we
have] a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on
public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that
it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly
sharp attacks on government and public officials." ~ U.S. Supreme
Court, Times v. Sullivan (1964)
Require every public body to post a sign, in English, at least four
feet by eight feet, in its meeting chamber saying: "Decorum does not
trump freedom of speech. Decorum is not mentioned even once in the
Constitution of the United States ~ although the supreme law of the
land guarantees freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is our first
defense against stupid and corrupt public officials."
Require elected officials to take credible
polygraph examinations every six months.
(Non-cooperative officials to forfeit
their positions of public trust.)
Reduce the term of office for each member of the US Senate to four
years.
Reduce to 8 years the total time any citizen may serve in
Council.
Determine compensation of all federal officials, including benefits
and retirement plans, by national public referendums.
Determine commitment to any war or police
action ~ except when the nation is
attacked or clearly faces imminent attack
~ by national public referendums. (War is too
serious to leave to politicians who may be
intellectually-challenged, sanity-challenged, or owned by powerful
special interests such as the military-industrial complex).
Require all citizens to have practical fluency
in the English language. Limit voting
to persons having such fluency. (Voting ballots and related
information to be printed in English only.)
Protect the rights of citizens and legal
aliens by not granting any financial benefits to illegal aliens and
their children ~ whether or not the latter are born in the United
States. The outlandish "Anchor Baby" scheme (whereby the babies of
foreigners who are born in America are somehow automatically made
Americans) must be canceled immediately.
(The United States can not be
all things to all persons. Persons entering the country illegally
are criminals.)
Establish and maintain a National College for Constitutional Law
Enforcement. Phase in a requirement that all command-level law
enforcement professionals across the country attend periodic
training sessions.
Treat as kidnapping any arrest of any citizen
whose non-crime is speaking out against any violation of the U.S.
Constitution by any public servant. (It
is an obligation of citizenship to support and defend the supreme
law of the land.)
Require each state legislature to pass no law
without credible consideration of whether that law complies with the
U.S. Constitution.
(Any law that is repugnant to the
Constitution is null and void.)
Enact
and enforce whistle-blower laws that fully and justly protect such
persons from retribution of any kind. (Public officials who would
punish whistle-blowers would lose their positions of public trust.)
Regarding
workers' compensation insurance: Dehne vows to revamp this insurance
program nationwide so that workers injured on the job will not be
treated as second-class citizens.
End
homelessness.
Establish and implement national health care for all Americans.
Severely limit violence on broadcast and cable television. (Credible
studies demonstrate serious, unacceptable, negative effects on our
society caused by TV violence.)
Encourage healthy parenting and healthy, interpersonal
relationships. (Training courses to be presented on television and
on the Internet.)
Encourage corporations and other businesses to practice enlightened
capitalism. (Supportive websites to be put online.)
Treat
trafficking in illegal, hard drugs as a capital crime for persons
holding positions of public trust.
Conduct an in-depth investigation into government
corruption in Nevada ~ and other states as requested.
By national referendum, re-establish legal
dueling. This will reduce the numbers of corrupt politicians,
corrupt bureaucrats, corrupt lawyers, corrupt judges, corrupt
publishers, and corrupt broadcast persons, etc.
(Dueling was once a fixture in our culture. A
seated vice-president was once involved in a duel. Abraham Lincoln
was once challenged to a duel -- but he apologized to the challenger
and it was called off. Yes, this might mean having to replace many
or all elected representatives.)
Create and maintain a "United States Honor
Roll" on the Internet to recognize all Americans ~ citizens and
legal aliens ~ who make good things happen in their communities.
(As paid workers and as volunteers.)
Sam vows to do all in his power to eliminate those "3 minute
clocks" that permeate government meetings and make a mockery of Freedom of
Speech.
There
will be those who will see some of the above goals as insane.
However, the real insanity is what we're doing ~ or not doing ~ at
the present time.
Let
us define "Cloud Nine" and ask, "Why not?"
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