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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.24.2024 Board Correspondence - FW_ Convention of states.ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening attachments, clicking on links, or replying.. From:Clerk of the Board To:Bennett, Robin; Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Hancock, LeAnne; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod; Kitts, Melissa; Lee, Lewis; McDonnell, Susan; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug; Zepeda, Elizabeth Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Convention of states Date:Thursday, April 25, 2024 8:45:07 AM Attachments:Non-Binding County Resolution Template 2024.docx Please see Board Correspondence - From: Sunni Estrada <estradasunni@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 6:55 PM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net> Subject: Convention of states Hi there, I want to take the time and say thank you for all your hard work. Now for the reason I'm sending this email is because I was wondering if you have considered my resolution of the Conventions of States i handed out at the board of supervisors meeting on 4-9-2024. I love this country and county, it would mean the world to me if we passed this resolution working together, building an even stronger tomorrow. Here at the Conventions of States we're continually fighting to end the federal abuse of power, their overspending and their term limits mainly in DC, we dont ask much, only that you agree and support our resolution, that's all. We have all felt the effects of all the injustice and its weird to say but i have found myself having to defend government employees in most cases because most dont understand that government officials and even healthcare workers were mandated to take those vaccines and they not only died but are dying from the very same shot and yes i do understand the pain and injustice and the fact that they want someone they can lash out on and get the justice they need. But I do pray there's an understanding that instead of blaming each other, we need to work together in building an even stronger and wiser tomorrow. Thank you for your amazing work. I'm proud to say i live in a place you're actually serving and protecting your community as well as other counties in need, not just seving yourselves. Butte County Resolution WHEREAS, it is a fundamental precept of American government that the best governance is that which is closest, most accessible, and most accountable to the people; and WHEREAS, it is for this reason that our Constitution strictly limits and defines the powers of the federal government, and explicitly reserves all remaining government functions to the states and the people; and WHEREAS, in recent decades, the jurisdiction, authority, and resources of the state and local governments have been radically diminished by an ever- growing usurpation of jurisdiction and power by all three branches of the federal government, which has corresponded with an increasing confiscation of tax dollars that could otherwise remain in the states and localities; and WHEREAS, the realities of human nature and institutional momentum make it a virtual certainty that federal officials will not individually, nor as institutions, ever undertake reforms that would halt or reverse the exponential growth of their own power, and WHEREAS, unsurprisingly, the decisions, policies, laws, regulations, and actions of our federal officials and institutions in Washington, DC, are unresponsive to the unique needs and situations of individual states and localities, and WHEREAS, neither state and local leaders nor individual citizens have any meaningful way to impact or influence the decision-making of the federal officials and institutions which are now dictating many of the policies that govern them, and WHEREAS, it is the duty of state and local leaders to uphold and defend the U.S.Constitution, as well as the California Constitution, and to use their positions of public trust in the best interest of the people, and WHEREAS, the needs and interests of the people of our state and local communities can only be adequately served through a restoration of the authority and resources originally reserved to the state and local levels of government, and WHEREAS, because systematic overreaching by all three branches of the federal government has gone unchecked at the federal level and resulted in de facto revisions of our Constitution to expand federal power and jurisdiction, the only proper, effective recourse is through the proposal and ratification of constitutional amendments that reject the perversions of constitutional language, reinstate the needed limitations on federal power and jurisdiction, and restore the authority of the state and local governments which are most responsive to the people, and WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution provides for the proposal of constitutional amendments on specific topics through a meeting (convention) of the states, and for the subsequent ratification of such amendments by three-fourths (38) of the states; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved that the Board of Supervisors of Butte, California, a Charter County, fulfilling its duty to serve the best interests of its constituents, hereby calls upon the Senate and Assembly of the California State Legislature, especially Senator Brian Dahle and Assemblyman James Gallagher, the elected representatives of those constituents, to support efforts to add California to the roll of the many other states which have adopted resolutions to trigger an Article V Convention Of States limited to proposing amendments that would impose Fiscal Responsibility, set Term Limits, and Limit the Scope, Power and Jurisdiction of the Federal Government, thus restoring the proper measure of authority and resources to the levels of government closest and most responsive to the people.