Irene just updated her PFRW Director’s Blog. To find out what is happening on a state level with PA Federation of Republican Women go to http://irenepfrwdirectorpg.wordpress.com
June 14th is Flag Day!
MINISTRY VEHICLES: How California Policy Could Affect Your Church
Christian Law Association to take action to help protect the historic rights of churches to use their buses in reaching others with the Gospel.
California regulations imposed on owners of diesel-fueled buses and trucks will soon require California churches and other non-profits to make expensive changes to older buses, making it a possibility their bus outreaches may be destroyed unless exempted from the regulations. This crisis prompted Christian Law Association to take action to help protect the rights of churches to use their buses in reaching others with the Gospel.
Statement of the Issue
California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus regulations designed to significantly reduce diesel emissions apply not only to commercial vehicles, but also to privately and publicly owned school buses that weigh 14,000 pounds and above.
The regulations require owners of these buses to begin installation of exorbitantly expensive engine retrofits by January 1, 2012, and to have replaced all older vehicles starting in 2015.
By 2023, nearly all buses that weigh over 14,000 pounds must have 2010 model year engines or equivalent.
Impact on California Churches and Nonprofits
The regulations do not exempt church- and nonprofit-owned buses.
Churches and nonprofits may need to pay over $35,000 per bus to comply.
Most church and nonprofit buses have a much lower annual use than vehicles used for commercial purposes.
Government grants are not available for low-use vehicles.
Churches and nonprofits use their buses to transport disadvantaged inner-city children and youth, without charge, to educational and worship activities and to provide social services to California citizens.
Churches and nonprofits operate their buses with no commercial or government funding.
How Can You Help?
Churches and other nonprofits offering transportation, educational, religious, and other social services at no charge to California citizens need the exemption from the California Truck and Bus Regulations that will cripple, if not kill, these nonprofits’ charitable outreaches.
Your support of the exemption petition to the Air Resources Board will carry great weight with the Board and demonstrate your recognition of the invaluable services churches and nonprofits provide to California citizens.
Write a strong letter of support in favor of the exemption petition to the Air Resources Board for low-mileage (under 10,000 miles per year), diesel-fueled vehicles owned by churches and other nonprofits.
If you will help, please:
1. Address and Mail the letter to:
Clerk of the Board
Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
2. Send a copy of the letter to the person who is the state contact for this exemption effort:
Pastor Jerry Vargo
First Baptist Church of Long Beach
1000 Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90813
Obama using doctors to identify gun owners
Dear Patriot,
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed first in the nation legislation last week preventing doctors from asking and recording information regarding whether or not a family has a gun in their house. It may surprise many of you who do not have young children that pediatricians across America have included questions of gun ownership in their standard patient documentation for the last few years under the guise of protecting children from accidental death. It should be noted that these doctors do not ask about swimming pools, staircases, elevated decks or cleaning chemicals that each year kill far more children than do accidents with guns.
The Federal government has been pushing doctors toward electronic medical records for the last 10 years and under Obamacare, it will become mandatory for all medical records to be stored in central data repositories that will be accessible by the government. Using this data, the government will be able to more easily identify which households have guns and which do not. The Brady Center for Gun Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics (both politically liberal organizations) have filed suit in Federal court to block the new law.
We fully expect the Obama Administration and Attorney General Eric Holder will join in the lawsuit much the same way they did regarding Arizona’s illegal immigration laws to allow the continued collection of gun ownership information. What better way to find out who owns the millions of legal but unregistered firearms than hide behind the liberal standard of “we just want it for the children”.
We encourage the safe storage and handling of all firearms, especially in those homes with children. It is the responsibility of every gun owner to make sure that firearm accidents are prevented. The pediatricians could easily give parents a handout on gun safety around children. They could also include safety information on pools, hot tubs, chemicals and other injury hazards. Don’t be fooled for a second that these questions are about protecting children.
This is about data collection, period. Are you getting nervous yet?
Sincerely,
Roger Stockton
Western Representation PAC
Old Navy selling ‘gay’ shirts – donates profits to activists
For information, visit American Family Association’s website http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147507169
PFRW updates
Due to the busyness of the primary and the recent storms taking out our internet service, Irene apologizes for not updating her PFRW Director’s site. It is now updated with Spring Conference, Commonwealth Connection, Spring Board Meeting, and Convention announcements To view click on http://irenepfrwdirectorpg.wordpress.com
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“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” Thomas Sowell
Armed Forces Day 2011 – “United in Strength.” Thank you to those who served and are serving so that we might live in a free country.
President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country.
On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department — the Department of Defense.
Sunday, May 22, 2011 the Annual Memorial Service was held for the 28th Infantry “Keystone” Division at the Boalsburg, PA Military Museum. The 28th is America’s oldest division 1879-2011. The service concluded with wreath layings.
May 17, 2011 Primary Election Day, don’t forget to exercise your right to vote!
Voting is a privilege that many in America take for granted. Every vote does count, and the local races impact our lives on an everyday basis much more than our national races such as for President. During the 2011 Primary we will choose candidates for our Fall ballot for township supervisor and borough council, school board, and county row offices to name a few. We will also be choosing candidates for state judges. Please be informed and get out and exercise your right to vote! The polls are open from 7:00 am – 8:00 pm. The Snyder County Election results will be posted as they come in on the www.snydercounty.org website.
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