Demand
that candidates be allowed to review ALL ballots from ALL
Wards/Precincts when election day arrives. And make
it a standard practice for ALL candidates to be permitted to
review ALL ballots for ALL
Wards/Precincts
for every election so that any printing errors and/or
attempts at fraud
and/or vote rigging and/or deception may
possibly be uncovered and corrected.
Make ALL voting software available to ALL candidates for
examination if paper ballots are not used and hand-counted.
Outlaw
public officials giving themselves pay raises; raises should be
approved or disapproved by the people, the owners of government
Demand that the Reno media (that
receives much of its funding from Reno taxes) be ordered to start
telling the Truth. And to not be allowed to try to silence Reno's
govt Watchdogs. Penalty for violation to be immediate firing of the
guilty party/reporter/editor, etc
Put
each and every controversial issue to a public vote as a way to
prevent government being prostituted by politicians who have been
bought by special interests; if there is any question about an issue
being controversial, it is
Require
all elected and appointed officials to take lie detector tests every
3 months; yes, Virginia, some politicians are given to deceiving the
people they work for
Require
all elected and appointed officials to take the same random drug tests
that are imposed on government and private workers
Put
term limits on all elected offices to prevent long-term power
brokers
Require
each public body in the State of Nevada to display a large wall sign
in its meeting chamber showing: "We are public servants. Our
business is the people's business. Yell at us when we forget."
Require
all elected and appointed officials to sign a statement, under oath,
acknowledging that they understand the importance of political
dissent in a democracy ~ and that forcing a polite veneer (decorum)
on unconstitutional, tyrannical, corrupt government is a no-no
Require all public officials to give
straight, detailed answers to all questions raised by citizens about
the people's business; not answering questions is deception by
omission, a form of fraud
Require all public officials to
recognize that government of, by, and for the people can not exist
when public officials treat details of the people's business as none
of the people's business. Democracy requires a well-informed
electorate
Require all public officials to
recognize that excluding the people from the conduct of the people's
business in overt or subtle ways is un-American
Require all public servants to
recognize that delivering government which is adversarial toward the
owners of government is not acceptable ... and justifies immediate
removal from any position of public trust and respect
Require all elected officials to
recognize that they are supposed to represent (stand for) the will
of the people, i.e., majority consensus; elected officials betray
the concept of "representative" when they thumb their noses at their
constituent
Ask each political party to renounce
and publicly condemn any of its members holding public office who
exhibit conduct that is adversarial toward truth, justice, and the
American Way; parties should accept responsibility for any
un-American actions perpetrated by any of their members
Identify and implement a statewide
voting system that can be trusted ... one which does not incorporate
technology that can be compromised and prostituted for the benefit
of special interests
Make it a capital crime for any
person or persons to tamper with the voting system with intent to
subvert honest vote counts
Establish and fund
a fully-independent ombudsman, with staff, in each Nevada county to
protect the people from run-amok public officials, each ombudsman to
be a licensed attorney responsible ONLY to the people
Make
all public votes binding with no quibbling and no "advisory"
subterfuge
Outlaw
public officials making decisions by cutting a deck of cards; yes,
Virginia, buffoonery is alive and well in Nevada
Require
all elected and appointed officials to sign a statement, under oath,
acknowledging that they understand the importance of political
dissent in a democracy ~ and that forcing a polite veneer (decorum)
on unconstitutional, tyrannical, corrupt government is a no-no
Require
each public body to display a large wall sign in its meeting chamber
showing: "We are not fit public servants when we communicate in any
way that we don't give a damn about the concerns of each of our
constituents."
Require
each public body to display a large wall sign in its meeting chamber
showing this U.S. Supreme Court ruling: "[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."
Ask
every elected and appointed official in Nevada to voluntarily take a
course in how to earn and deserve public trust and respect
Outlaw
"consent agendas" which are used to hide the people's business from
the people
Ask
all elected and appointed officials to take a course in the Bill of
Rights and how to run a Constitutional meeting
The type of citizens who support DEHNE
Ask
all elected and appointed officials to take a course in the meaning
of their oath of office
Take
sincere, meaningful steps to increase public attendance at
government meetings
Ask
politicians to voluntarily not promote or vote on issues that would
benefit their major campaign donors; political influence and votes
should not be buyable
Do
whatever it takes to establish a new, honest, daily newspaper in
Washoe County; democracy can not be healthy without a well-informed
electorate
Work
for national legislation to make it a serious crime for politicians
to violate their oath of office
Work
for national legislation to elect all federal judges; judges should
be accountable to the people, not to other politicians
Work
for national legislation to treat violations of the Bill of Rights
as a form of treason
Strengthen whistleblower protection
laws to make them fail-safe
Abolish the phony, window-dressing
Nevada Commission on Ethics which is not ethical; it exists
to protect rogue officials such as the woman who once headed the
Commission while serving time under house arrest
Abolish all laws that discourage
citizens from running for public office; this to include asinine
fines for the late filing of routine paperwork
More of the types of people who support
DEHNE
Overhaul
the Reno Airport Authority of Washoe County.
Require public bodies to televise
their meetings in the name of open government
Require
each public body to acknowledge that the length of meetings is not
the name of the game; the name of the game is delivering open,
responsive, democratic government. Those officials who are unwilling
to put in the time required to deliver decent government should get
the hell out of public office
Require all public bodies to hold
their meetings in locations which are reasonably accessible to the
public; no more hide-and-seek "retreats"
Require all public bodies to permit 5
minutes per speaker during periods of public comment
Require all public bodies to
recognize the right of each citizen to employ uninterrupted free
expression during periods of Public Comment
Require
each Nevada county to establish an independent citizens' Police Review
Commission, each such Commission to be accountable to the
people, not to politicians
Sponsor
a national discussion regarding how to turn the nation's farcical,
insane, crapshoot legal system into a true justice system
Sponsor
a national discussion on wrongful arrests being employed by public
officials as a way to suppress political dissent; each wrongful
arrest should be recognized and treated as a kidnapping, a capital
crime
Sponsor
a "National College for Constitutional Government" where public
officials will learn how to conduct themselves as servants and how
to earn and deserve public trust and respect
Retain
a firm of well-respected, private investigators to identify and make
public the names of those persons who hold and exercise undue
influence over one or more public officials; such officials to
include Nevada's congressional delegation ... and judges at all
levels, especially the federal bench
Select
A Good Leader for
Reno!
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