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Legislators, Make a Dedicated Commitment to Stand Fast!

September 10, 2023 1st Amendment, Action Alerts, Agenda 2030, Agenda 21, ALEC, Arkansas Government, Arkansas Legislators, Arkansas State Sovereignty, Civil Liberties, Congress, County government, Education, Featured, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, General Information, Judicial Matters, Lobbyist, Local government, NCSL, News, Preserve the Constitution, The Great Reset, Voting

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Legislators, One Last Plea Before the Arkansas Special Session Begins!

Legislators, vote “NO” on the newly proposed FOIA bills HB1003 & SB7 that were especially prepared for this special session Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called to begin on Monday, September 11, 2023! We, the people, will NOT forget how you vote regarding our highly esteemed FOIA. 58 lawmakers (and many who are wavering) are behind this malevolent bill, so readers, encourage them to vote NO on these bills.

The bill may be heard at 1:00 pm in the House in room 151 and at 3:00 pm in the Senate in the Old Supreme Court room; or upon adjournment from the House.

Our desperately needed FOIA Law is in jeopardy and needs to remain intact and unharmed. So, please don’t betray us. This is a very emotional issue, no doubt about it.  Please don’t deny Arkansans the right to request governmental records. Our ‘People’s Law’ does NOT need to be incrementally disassembled by our legislature. Let’s keep our state sovereignty in place!

This FOIA bill is NOT about the security of the governor… That’s a lie! Why can’t we see her flight logs? Who is she hiding that were on her flight logs, for example?

Legislators, your constituents are counting on you to keep ALL of our freedoms in place when we need information. We ask that you look at this from a voter’s perspective because opposing viewpoints need to be heard in this session as we face an unsettling future. We are pleading for an open and transparent government here in Arkansas! We do NOT want to go from a state with the strongest FOIA to the weakest FOIA overnight.

Difficult times are upon us, and we know there’s a lot of unrelenting pressure placed on you to allow parts of our beloved Sunshine Law to be destroyed. This may seem like a small change to the FOIA, but it’s not. If you vote to have parts of our pristine FOIA law gutted, the unintended consequences will result in suppressing millions of Arkansans the right to question our government and have insightful transparency. Agencies, school boards, state government, county government, and municipal government need accountability. Don’t you agree?

For many years now, we have watched while masterminds of evil forces and bureaucrats have been striving relentlessly to take a hard swing at our FOIA law that they seem to hate, and each time their destructive blows were withstood and fought off courageously. Readers, this is truly a non-partisan issue, if there ever was one.

About HB1003:

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These FOIA bills are weaponizing the government against the people!

If this no-good FOIA bill plows on through, then we will know, without a doubt, that our Arkansas State government has been captured to assist in this New World Order agenda.

We will be dealing with an unreliable and untrustworthy government that is aiding and abetting the global elite in setting up this unstable economy we are living in these days… shoving the Great Reset forward by your legislative actions in our state.

But as Attorney Joey McCutchen states:

“FOIA never was a Democrat or Republican issue,
a Conservative or Liberal issue.
FOIA is a freedom issue!” 

Here’s another interview with Joey McCutchen
with Conduit News.

So, are the Legislators for the People… or for the Governor?

Sadly, our Arkansas Attorney General and Governor, who are NOT true conservatives, have threatened Arkansans’ right-to-know by allowing this dreadful bill to be introduced during this special session. Attorney General Tim Griffin’s bill is taking a swing at the taxpayers, knowing that we need access to government — NOT another lockdown — and the records need to be made available to any individual who can demonstrate a right or need to know their contents.

Both Griffin and Sanders are eliminating anything or anybody that could deter their actions needed to move forward with their evil agenda at a fast pace by adding an ’emergency clause’ to the nasty bill.

We can see and have learned from history that an Authoritarian government will take over and walk all over us, if we let that happen.

We, the people, MUST NOT be censored or suppressed of the right to know what goes on within our government. Hard-working Arkansans want to be able to trust, especially to SEE and HEAR, that our elected officials are working on behalf of the public, not plotting behind their backs!

Don’t let it be like this cartoon shows:

So, lawmakers, if you have decided to do the wrong thing, hardened your heart, and vote yes to rip out parts of our well endowed FOIA law, what’s your motive to do so? Once you embark upon this nefarious quest, there is no going back because this is recorded in our Arkansas history. This will forever be your legacy that you have left Arkansans to cope with, including you and your own family.

Here are some unintended consequences that could happen to lawmakers who corrupt our open government:

  1. Your reputation as a legislator will be ruined, so do the right thing… please, whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent.
  2. Party discipline should occur if our supposed conservative legislators cross this line and vote for our open government to be trashed!

In closing, will the elected men and women that have been granted the power to serve in our General Assembly vote to get things back in control? Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change.

Things can change in the legislature if godly perseverance is used, but this will take courage, integrity, and conviction. For our heroic lawmakers that are standing up for the right thing, we encourage you not to give up. Rest assured we, the people are praying for YOU and are behind you all the way!

Yes, life is full of things that make us weary. That was true when this verse below was written 2,000 years ago, and it’s true today. Scripture says in Galatians 6:9 —

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

KJV says: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Readers, one more thing, please: We are asking for your presence at the Capitol TOMORROW! If you ever needed to come to the Capitol, it’s now! The bill may be heard at 1:00 pm in the House in room 151 and at 3:00 pm in the Senate in the Old Supreme Court room; or upon adjournment from the House.

HURRY! This is an “Urgent Action Item”: It’s imperative to contact the House committee members first where HB1003 will be heard at 1:00 pm and then reach out to the Senate committee members next where SB7 will be heard at 3:00 pm and ask them to vote NO on those bills to preserve our FOIA… and then also contact our state legislators today and encourage them to vote NO on those bills because the special session starts Monday, September 11, 2023!

Please email, text, and/or call them immediately!

Make sure these insidious bills are stopped in committee so they don’t even GET a chance to be on the House or Senate floor!

(1) Please contact the members of Arkansas HOUSE State Agencies & Govt’l Affairs Committee ASAP, and let them know you want them to VOTE NO on HB1003 in the interest of transparency in government and to keep our FOIA as is:

Rep. Dwight Tosh, Chair dwight.tosh@arkansashouse.org  870-926-0423

Rep. Mark D. McElroy, Vice Chair mdmcelroy1@yahoo.com   870-222-8217

Rep. Rick Beck  rick.beck@arkansashouse.org  501-912-1441

Rep. Mary Bentley  mary.bentley@arkansashouse.org   501-889-3556

Rep. Mark H. Berry  mark.berry@arkansashouse.org   479-462-2863

Rep. John P. Carr  john.carr@arkansashouse.org   479-619-5104

Rep. Nicole Clowney  nicole.clowney@arkansashouse.org   479-445-5337

Rep. Cindy Crawford   cindy.crawford@arkansashouse.org   479-782-4693

Rep. Jimmy Gazaway   jimmy.gazaway@arkansashouse.org   870-215-1243

Rep. Justin Gonzales   justinrory@yahoo.com  870-245-6365

Rep. Lane Jean  l_jean@sbcglobal.net  870-904-1856

Rep. Stephen Meeks  Stephen.Meeks@arkansashouse.org  501-314-9250

Rep. Josh Miller  josh.miller@arkansashouse.org  501-365-3599

Rep. Jon Milligan  jonmilligan@ymail.com  870-219-1261

Rep. Jeremiah Moore  jeremiah.moore@arkansashouse.org   870-674-4373

Rep. Marcus E. Richmond  richmond4staterep@gmail.com  479-299-4416

Rep. Jamie Scott  jamie.scott@arkansashouse.org  501-398-2961

Rep. Kendon Underwood  kendon.underwood@arkansashouse.org 479-644-8461

Rep. Jeff Wardlaw  jeff@jeffwardlaw.com   870-226-9501

Rep. Richard Womack  richard@richardwomack.com   870-403-6287

You can copy/paste this list of emails below to email all of the committee members at one time, if you like:

dwight.tosh@arkansashouse.org

mdmcelroy1@yahoo.com

rick.beck@arkansashouse.org

mary.bentley@arkansashouse.org

mark.berry@arkansashouse.org

john.carr@arkansashouse.org

nicole.clowney@arkansashouse.org

cindy.crawford@arkansashouse.org

jimmy.gazaway@arkansashouse.org

justinrory@yahoo.com

l_jean@sbcglobal.net

Stephen.Meeks@arkansashouse.org

josh.miller@arkansashouse.org

jonmilligan@ymail.com

jeremiah.moore@arkansashouse.org

richmond4staterep@gmail.com

jamie.scott@arkansashouse.org

kendon.underwood@arkansashouse.org

jeff@jeffwardlaw.com

richard@richardwomack.com

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(2) Also, please contact the members of Arkansas SENATE State Agencies & Govt’l Affairs Committee ASAP, and let them know you want them to VOTE NO on SB7 in the interest of transparency in government and to keep our FOIA as is:

Sen. Blake Johnson Chair Blake.Johnson@senate.ar.gov 870-323-1766
Sen. Clarke Tucker Vice-Chair clarke.tucker@senate.ar.gov 501-246-4933
Sen. Steve Crowell steve.crowell@senate.ar.gov 870-557-3440
Sen. Jim Dotson  jim.dotson@senate.ar.gov 479-222-1234
Sen. Stephanie Flowers Stephanie.Flowers@senate.ar.gov 501-682-7664
Sen. Bart Hester- bart.hester@senate.ar.gov 479-531-4176
Sen. Bryan King bryan.king@senate.ar.gov 501-682-5452
Sen. John Payton  john.payton@senate.ar.gov 501-362-5815

You can copy/paste this list of emails below to email all of the Senate committee members at one time, if you like:

Blake.Johnson@senate.ar.gov

clarke.tucker@senate.ar.gov

steve.crowell@senate.ar.gov

jim.dotson@senate.ar.gov

Stephanie.Flowers@senate.ar.gov

bart.hester@senate.ar.gov

bryan.king@senate.ar.gov

john.payton@senate.ar.gov

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(3) Either one or both of these bills could go to the full House or full Senate if they pass through committee, so please ask all of the legislators to vote “no” on the FOIA bills HB1003 and SB7. Also, ask them how they are planning to vote.

Shown below is the list of co-sponsors on the bills, and you can also see the main sponsors of the bills are Senator Scott Flippo from Bull Shoals and Rep. David Ray from Maumelle.

CoSponsors:

M. Shepherd,  Achor,  Andrews, Barker,  Beaty Jr.,  Beck,  Bentley,  M. Berry,  Breaux,  Brooks,  K. Brown, Burkes,  Eubanks,  Evans,  C. Fite,  Fortner,  Gazaway,  Gramlich,  Haak,  D. Hodges,  G. Hodges,  Holcomb,  Hollowell,  L. Johnson,  Lundstrum,  Maddox,  McCollum,  B. McKenzie,  Painter, Pilkington,  R. Scott Richardson,  Richmond,  Rose,  Rye,  Tosh,  Underwood, Unger,  Wardlaw,  Watson,  J. Boyd, Crowell,  B. Davis,  Dees,  J. Dismang, J. English,  Gilmore,  K. Hammer,  Hester,  Hill,  Irvin,  B. Johnson,  M. McKee, J. Petty,  Rice,  Stone,  D. Wallace

Please call those legislators that have sponsored the bill and ask them to pull their sponsorship and keep our beloved FOIA law in place, as it is!

Here is a PDF of ALL Arkansas legislators with their names, email addresses, phone numbers, districts, and party affiliation.

We’ve also included ONLY their email addresses below, should you like to email them all at one time. (See if you can save these in your email sender so you won’t need to copy/paste all of them every time. Or save them on your computer so you’ll have them when you need them.)

brandon.anchor@arkansashouse.org

fredallen99@comcast.net

wade.andrews@arkansashouse.org

howard.beaty@arkansashouse.org

rick.beck@arkansashouse.org

mary.bentley@arkansashouse.org

mark.berry@arkansashouse.org

stan.berry@arkansashouse.org

justin.boyd@senate.ar.gov

harlan.breaux@arkansashouse.org

keith.brooks@arkansashouse.org

karilyn.brown@arkansashouse.org

matt.brown@arkansashouse.org

joshua.bryant@senate.ar.gov

rebecca.burkes@arkansashouse.org

ronald.caldwell@senate.ar.gov

joey.carr@arkansashouse.org

john.carr@arkansashouse.org

frances.cavenaugh@arkansashouse.org

lchesterfield@comcast.net

alan.clark@senate.ar.gov

nicole.clowney@arkansashouse.org

andrew.collins@arkansashouse.org

cameron.cooper@arkansashouse.org

bruce.cozart@arkansashouse.org

cindy.crawford@arkansashouse.org

steve.crowell@senate.ar.gov

carol.dalby@arkansashouse.org

breanne.davis@senate.ar.gov

tyler.dees@senate.ar.gov

dismang28@gmail.com

jim.dotson@senate.ar.gov

matt.duffield@arkansashouse.org

hope.duke@arkansashouse.org

les.eaves@arkansashouse.org

jane.english@senate.ar.gov

denise.ennett@arkansashouse.org

jon.eubanks@arkansashouse.org

sonia.barker@arkansashouse.org

brian.evans@arkansashouse.org

deborah.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

kenneth.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

charlene.fite@arkansashouse.org

lanny.fite@att.net

scott.flippo@senate.ar.gov

stephanie.flowers@senate.ar.gov

vivian.flowers@arkansashouse.org

jack.fortner@arkansashouse.org

tony.furman@arkansashouse.org

denise.garner@arkansashouse.org

jimmy.gazaway@arkansashouse.org

ben.gilmore@senate.ar.gov

justinrory@yahoo.com

zack.gramlich@arkansashouse.org

delia.haak@arkansashouse.org

kim.hammer@senate.ar.gov

rj.hawk@arkansashouse.org

bart.hester@senate.ar.gov

jimmy.hickey@senate.ar.gov

ricky.hill@senate.ar.gov

deanna.hodges@arkansashouse.org

grant.hodges@arkansashouse.org

mike.holcomb@arkansashouse.org

steve.hollowell@arkansashouse.org

ashley.hudson@arkansashouse.org

missy.irvin@senate.ar.gov

l_jean@sbcglobal.net

blake.johnson@senate.ar.gov

lee.johnson@arkansashouse.org

mark.johnson@senate.ar.gov

bryan.king@senate.ar.gov

jackladyman@gmail.com

greg.leding@senate.ar.gov

wayne.long@arkansashouse.org

fred.love@senate.ar.gov

robin.lundstrum@arkansashouse.org

roger.lynch@arkansashouse.org

john.maddox@arkansashouse.org

stephen.magie@arkansashouse.org

julie.mayberry@arkansashouse.org

mindy.mcalindon@arkansashouse.org

rick.mcclure@arkansashouse.org

austin.mccollum@arkansashouse.org

tippi.mccullough@arkansashouse.org

mdmcelroy1@yahoo.com

mcgrewrep22@gmail.com

matt@mattmckeeforarkansas.com

brit.mckenzie@arkansashouse.org

rmcnair1950@gmail.com

stephen.meeks@arkansashouse.org

josh.miller@arkansashouse.org

jonmilligan@ymail.com

jeremiah.moore@arkansashouse.org

kendra.moore@arkansashouse.org

rkm_72360@yahoo.com

milton.nicks@arkansashouse.org

stetson.painter@arkansashouse.org

john.payton@senate.ar.gov

shad.pearce@arkansashouse.org

clint.penzo@senate.ar.gov

mperry@windstream.net

jim.petty@senate.ar.gov

aaron.pilkington@arkansashouse.org

chad.puryear@arkansashouse.org

david.ray@arkansashouse.org

terry.rice@senate.ar.gov

jay.richardson@arkansashouse.org

scott.richardson@arkansashouse.org

marcus.richmond@arkansashouse.org

ryan.rose@arkansashouse.org

john.rye1956@gmail.com

bart.schulz@arkansashouse.org

jamie.scott@arkansashouse.org

tara.shephard@arkansashouse.org

matthew.shepherd@arkansashouse.org

joy.springer@arkansashouse.org

trey.steimel@arkansashouse.org

matt.stone@senate.ar.gov

gary.stubblefield@senate.ar.gov

dan.sullivan@senate.ar.gov

dwight.tosh@arkansashouse.org

clarke.tucker@senate.ar.gov

kendon.underwood@arkansashouse.org

steve.unger@arkansashouse.org

deann.vaught@arkansashouse.org

steven.walker@arkansashouse.org

david.wallace@senate.ar.gov

jeff@jeffwardlaw.com

les.warren@arkansashouse.org

danny.watson@arkansashouse.org

david.whitaker@arkansashouse.org

carlton@carltonwing.com

richard@richardwomack.com

jeremy.wooldridge@arkansashouse.org

wjewooten@aol.com

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