The Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance is meeting this Thursday night, August 8, at the Covington Library at 6:30PM. Here's the press release:
Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance www.facebook.com/NewtonConservativeLibertyAlliance
For Immediate Release:
Local Grassroots Group Plans Meeting to Continue Property Tax Fight; Commissioner John Douglas to Speak
(Covington, GA - 5 August 2013) A local grassroots group, the Newton
Conservative Liberty Alliance (NCLA), is meeting this Thursday evening,
August 8, at 6:30 at the Newton Co. Library (Covington location) and is
asking concerned taxpayers of Newton Co. to attend. The purpose of this
meeting is to discuss the best way to move forward after the Newton Co.
Board of Commissioners voted to raise property taxes last month.
Commissioner John Douglas, the lone member of the BOC to vote against
the tax increase, will be the featured speaker. A social meet and greet
will begin at 6PM, with the meeting to start at 6:30. There will be a Q
& A session after Douglas speaks with the meeting set to end no
later than 7:30PM.
According to Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the
NCLA, it is vital that the ball starts rolling as soon as possible. "We
need to strike while the iron is hot - we've got to keep our heads down
and keep working hard. We must keep the BOC's feet to the fire so that
they will make those 'bold, long-term, strategic' decisions that will
save the county money and lower our property taxes as soon as possible."
Recently founded because of this very issue, the Newton
Conservative Libery Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to
America's founding principles of freedom and liberty that believes in
sound, constitutional governance that holds taxpayer dollars in the
highest regard.
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Also, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance has gotten a good bit of press lately fighting for the Newton Co. taxpayer.
Here is a link to the most recent write-up from Crystal Tatum at the Newton Citizen.
And here's a nice quote:
According
to Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the NCLA, the meeting will focus on
holding commissioners accountable and “more importantly, making sure we
as citizens are doing our part to point out the inefficiencies in
government that we think could lower the amount of money that the county
is spending right now.”
“We
need to strike while the iron is hot — we’ve got to keep our heads down
and keep working hard. We must keep the BOC’s feet to the fire so that
they will make those bold, long-term, strategic decisions that will save
the county money and lower our property taxes as soon as possible,”
Brooks said.
And from last month,
here is an article, also from the Citizen, regarding our protest at the July Newton Co. BOC meeting.
And another article describing the protest after the meeting.
One more superb quote from our esteemed spokesperson, Aaron Brooks:
“We, as members of this community, were told that these officials were
going to stand and make bold decisions when it came to the use of our
tax dollars, but instead they are taking the path that has been traveled
far too long in Newton County by sticking their hands out for more of
our hard earned money,” said Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the Newton
Conservative Liberty Alliance, which organized the rally. “For far too
long those that have worked hard to better themselves have been asked to
carry the burden of an overspending government. Our voices should ring a
solemn chorus of no more.”
Exciting, albeit challenging, times in Newton Co. Please join the fight for freedom and liberty, and please do join us this Thursday evening.
In Liberty,
M
