the beginning of a beautiful career....
A couple of months ago, we saw in the paper that the precinct caucuses were upcoming and , since we had been studying government, I thought it would be a great field trip, so we attended our precinct caucus.
It was in Prosser, and so we decided to make an evening of it by going to have a nice dinner beforehand, which sweetened the deal for the girls, who were less-than-enthusiastic about the caucus.
Anyway, short story long, it was a very interesting evening where we got to see grass-roots policy-making and, since our precinct is so small and our PCO (precinct committee officer) was not there, Con was nominated as the delegate and I, the alternate, to attend the county convention where we would vote on the party platform and see our government in action!
We were very touched when the floor was opened up for discussion and the precinct chair person stood up and applauded the girls for coming to the caucus, because, he said, the hands of our government is in young people!
Very cool....
We attended the county convention and voted on the party platform, and we saw how ammendments to the platform are added because there was a motion on the floor to add Initiative 65, the "no preferential treatment or same sex marriage".
It was explosive!
But, the right prevailed and it is now an ammendment to our platform pending the 160,000 signatures that are required before it is put into committee to be considered a bill.
Wow!
It was very gratifying to see that the little people can make a difference, if only you are willing to participate in the process.
We got to meet many of our local officials along with our state reps. and we got to be part of the nominating process by being asked to nominate and second a couple of newcomers who wanted to be on the next ballot, and we were voted to be alternates to our state convention in May after we got up and made speeches about why we wanted to go to the convention and be part of our local government.
I will add that we were voted as alternates over some very "seasoned" persons, knowledgeable in all things government, and I believe it is because we are younger and, perhaps more savvy about the issues, and because we are modeling to our children, the next generation, how to make a difference in our world.
All in all, it was an awesome experience!
We met some very influential people who are in positions of authority who are sold out to God!
How encouraging is that?
The speeches that we heard were all about pro-family, pro-moral, less government issues and we heard very little bashing of democrats, which, was very telling to me about this pary and its integrity.
It's not perfect....but it's in the right, unlike the other side that is so full of hate for anything we stand for and for the party itself.
Update.....
We are now going to the State Convention as delegates, which means we will be on the voting floor and we will have access to all of our state officials, including "Doc" who was not at the county convention.
If you have a chance to got to a caucus, GO! See what it's all about and make a difference in your world!
You are either part of the problem or part of the solution....
Which are you?
It was in Prosser, and so we decided to make an evening of it by going to have a nice dinner beforehand, which sweetened the deal for the girls, who were less-than-enthusiastic about the caucus.
Anyway, short story long, it was a very interesting evening where we got to see grass-roots policy-making and, since our precinct is so small and our PCO (precinct committee officer) was not there, Con was nominated as the delegate and I, the alternate, to attend the county convention where we would vote on the party platform and see our government in action!
We were very touched when the floor was opened up for discussion and the precinct chair person stood up and applauded the girls for coming to the caucus, because, he said, the hands of our government is in young people!
Very cool....
We attended the county convention and voted on the party platform, and we saw how ammendments to the platform are added because there was a motion on the floor to add Initiative 65, the "no preferential treatment or same sex marriage".
It was explosive!
But, the right prevailed and it is now an ammendment to our platform pending the 160,000 signatures that are required before it is put into committee to be considered a bill.
Wow!
It was very gratifying to see that the little people can make a difference, if only you are willing to participate in the process.
We got to meet many of our local officials along with our state reps. and we got to be part of the nominating process by being asked to nominate and second a couple of newcomers who wanted to be on the next ballot, and we were voted to be alternates to our state convention in May after we got up and made speeches about why we wanted to go to the convention and be part of our local government.
I will add that we were voted as alternates over some very "seasoned" persons, knowledgeable in all things government, and I believe it is because we are younger and, perhaps more savvy about the issues, and because we are modeling to our children, the next generation, how to make a difference in our world.
All in all, it was an awesome experience!
We met some very influential people who are in positions of authority who are sold out to God!
How encouraging is that?
The speeches that we heard were all about pro-family, pro-moral, less government issues and we heard very little bashing of democrats, which, was very telling to me about this pary and its integrity.
It's not perfect....but it's in the right, unlike the other side that is so full of hate for anything we stand for and for the party itself.
Update.....
We are now going to the State Convention as delegates, which means we will be on the voting floor and we will have access to all of our state officials, including "Doc" who was not at the county convention.
If you have a chance to got to a caucus, GO! See what it's all about and make a difference in your world!
You are either part of the problem or part of the solution....
Which are you?
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