Rally Opposing Tax-funded Arena Has Large Turnout  by Theresa Fritz Camoriano -  About 150 people turned out for the Ax The NBA Tax meeting on Saturday, January 5, 2002, to hear a panel representing a wide cross-section of the community speak about the proposed arena funding plan.  Two important principles were highlighted by the speakers.....

Rules of Thumb for Making Laws (Rule #1- Don't Punish the Victim)   by Pat Pending -  As legislatures begin their sessions in this new year, let's consider some rules of thumb for making laws.  Now, I realize that some people may object to my use of the phrase “rule of thumb”, since its origin is considered barbaric, involving the diameter of a stick with which a man could beat his wife (the stick should be no larger in diameter than the man's thumb)...

Exposing the despotic education reform bill  by John William Kurowski - Please Mr. President, do not sign the proposed education reform bill, expose it for the tyrannical legislation it is!

The Action and the Reaction--Part I  by Gordon Francis Corbett -   Tranquillity reinforces opinions; tumult calls them into question. So, someone observed, public opinion changes only when heated....

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Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Smrt and Kentucky State Rep. Tom Riner at Ax The NBA Tax Meeting

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe
while the legislature is in session.
~~ Mark Twain

 

"If we do not stand up to be counted, we will have to
line up to be numbered."
Ronald Reagan