The Issue Of the Right To Petition the Government.

Looking in the mirror... When our revolution began not all of the people were for it. Not by far. Up and down the colonies there were differing ideas about as to if we should go to war with King Charles or not. Some said we should first petition King Charles, others said that was exactly the point, that King Charles' answer to a previous petition was to march his soldiers on Boston and Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill) slaughtering the Colonials.

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The few hold-out colonies decided to join in the revolution. One of the most important things the people were fighting for was the right to petition the king. King Charles was the government! And he refused to listen or be "petitioned".

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Our best time and chance to "petition the government" is what we are doing when we stand to speak at Town Hall Meeting or at our own City Council Meeting.

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Within reason we must do all we can to preserve the way we have our comments time at the beginning of the meetings. It is important. Let's not panic just because someone and his wife were hurt so badly emotionally that he ended up raising his voice trying to tell us how they felt.

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If we change, as has been suggested, to having to write down on a slip of paper or form before the council meeting is gaveled to order what it is we want to talk about it limits us if we came with no plan to speak but someone else said something we want to add to, or say we do or do not agree with.

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Let's all try to keep this as simple as possible and keep order in the council chambers. On most occassions we can do that. If a citizen is loud and may even be seen or heard as angry, just try and think what we would do in that person's place!

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Let's just try and let the peace and tranquility of Our Creator flow over us at our meetings to try and help us over these rough times.

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YES! It's me,

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Lowell Neal a.k.a. Bob Valdez

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and

I want to be

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YOUR

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MAYOR!

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I want to be YOUR voice in city hall, because I am like you. A working class Hand, a working class blue collar stiff! I am not afraid of you, even when you are angry with your local government.

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I'm

the people's voice

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and

I embrace you and all that you are as the people of

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Toledo, Oregon

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