tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85269357192021179882024-02-22T01:48:58.447-08:00Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of San DiegoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-70138275890024797202022-09-14T18:25:00.026-07:002022-09-14T19:06:20.121-07:00Kacer’s Call on Statewide Propositions | November 8, 2022 California General Election <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11.2pt; margin: 0in -3.5pt 0in 5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-text-raise: -.5pt; position: relative; top: .5pt;">No<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">te</span>s: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">1. <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">Fo</span>llo<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>,
<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>”
i<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>es
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">on</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ut</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span>e;<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11.2pt; margin: 0in -3.5pt 0in 5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>“</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">)</span>”
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">tut</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ng</span>e</span></b></p></div><div class="WordSection2">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in -1pt 0in 23pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> 2. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span>ll<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>li<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">on</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>re<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">l</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">upo</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>ESV<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>ra<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>n</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in -1pt 0in 23pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> 3. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">H</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I
anal<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">y</span>ze<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">po</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">s</span>?<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">m</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>G<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">l</span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> a</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span>d</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in -1pt 0in 23pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> 4</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">W<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>ra<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">K</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">c</span>er?<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>sh<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>rt<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">b</span>io<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> th</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>end</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.5pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Pr</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">op 1: <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Pr</span>oposed
<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">C</span>onsti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ut<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span>onal P<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>otecti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>n of all<span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span>bo<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>tion<span style="letter-spacing: 2.5pt;"> </span>“
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span>igh<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>s” <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>(C) </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">– <span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span><span style="color: red;">comm<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ed <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote:
</span></span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">NO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">his<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>stit<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> a</span>ny<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>est<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">a</span>n’s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>chi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>ti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>son<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> d</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>cy,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d
p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>est<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>ctio<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>om b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ple<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ur</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>stit<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>al ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>placed<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>vo<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span>ed.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.65pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>er: <span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>tion d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">um</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> li</span>fe<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>God<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>om
co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>tion<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Gen<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">7</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>P<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">s</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">l</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span>9<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>13<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>16<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></b>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">re-</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n
ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>be
p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ect<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">4</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>11<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>12)<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span></b>and<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>oyed<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ir</span>cu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nces<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>eir<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>tion.<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>ak<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>oce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>fe<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Gen<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">9</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>6;<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">E</span>x</b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span>) </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">i</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">s <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>njust a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> m</span>ust be<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>co<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">m</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d. Only God<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> h</span>as t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>o
d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>de<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>fe<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> o</span>f
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>chi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> m</span>ay <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ken<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">aw</span>ay <b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span>eut<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span>2<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">9</span>; 1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> 2</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 7.05pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Pr</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">op 26: <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">S</span>po<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ts <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">B</span>etting<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">E</span>xpansion of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Gambling<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Opt<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span>ons on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>T<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ibal Lan<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">d</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>(<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>/<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">S</span>)
</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">–<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red;">ecommended <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote: </span></span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">NO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.8pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">his<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>stit<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>zes<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>tting<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ace<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>acks<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>dian<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span>cas<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>gh<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ting eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>21 a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>old<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>no
t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ke<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ow</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;">)</span>,
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span>zes<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>Indian<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>di<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>e g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span>es.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ses<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>x<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ace<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ack<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>ng
p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">s</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">p</span>pl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>7<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>x
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">G</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d,<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>aining<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>x <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>elat<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>issu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>er: <span style="letter-spacing: 1.9pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ga<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ole<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">g</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:1-</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">6</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>tive<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>soc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ct<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>costs<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>di<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>alth,<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>oken<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ili</span>es;<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>sed<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>nce<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>es;<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>c.)<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>z<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>eig<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">a</span>ny<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>fin<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">il</span>l
g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">en</span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>)<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>10)<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span></b>and<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;">
</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>es”<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">1</span>)
</b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nst<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ad<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">tm</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">/r</span>esp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ns<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>bi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>ty<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>1
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>im<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></b>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>sed I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>dian<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>self<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>su<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>cy<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>P<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">8</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>,
</b>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t inste<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>dit<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>est<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>uctive<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>hing<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>value<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 18.55pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Pr</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">op 27: <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span>llows<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Online <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Mobile S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ts Wa<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ing Ou<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span>side
T<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ibal Lan<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">d</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>(<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>/<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">S</span>) </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">– <span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span><span style="color: red;">commen<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.8pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">his<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>stit<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>z<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> mo</span>bi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>tting<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>exc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ting<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>21<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d
old<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>B<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>tting se<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ces<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ust<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>di<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ec<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>act<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;">)</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ose<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>ho<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>nia, b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>tting<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>nly<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>hi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ds.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ses<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span>su<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>tting<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">8</span>5%<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>of su<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ge
to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ess <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>eles<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ss
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>al h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>alth<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ssu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s; <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1</span>5%<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>es
<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(“T</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Eco<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">mi</span>c <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span>evelop<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">”)</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.85pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>er: <span style="letter-spacing: 1.9pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ga<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ole<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">g</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:1-</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">6</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>tive<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>soc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ct<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>costs<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>di<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>alth,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>oken<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ili</span>es;<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>c.)<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>z<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>eig<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>fin<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>fit<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">il</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>g
e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">l</span>)<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>im<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>10)<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span></b>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>es”<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v
1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1</span>)<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nst<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ad<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">tm</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>t/<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>esp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ns<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>bi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>ty<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>6<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">6</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">M</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>dian<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">am</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> o</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">’</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>sel<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">f-</span>suffic<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>cy<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>P<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v
2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">8</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>6)<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span></b>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nst<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ad<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>n
d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>uctive<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s,<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>value<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">N</span>ew<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ace<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">x</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>sting<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">c</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">om</span>eles<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>/<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>alth<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>et
so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ose<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">g</span>et<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>ds can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>used<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span>:
t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s
is a b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Gen
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>9<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>15<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">7</span>;
Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">4</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 5.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 74.6pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Pr</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">op 28: <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span>ssigns
More<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">P</span>ubl<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">i</span>c Sc<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ool F<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>nding<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
Ar</span>ts &<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Music (<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">S</span>) </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">– <span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red;">ec<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">o</span>mmen<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote: </span></span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">NO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">his<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><u>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>d</u><span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>dit<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>q<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>1%<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">p</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ucat<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>et<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>om<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span><u>Ge<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d</u><span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>use<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>us<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>tified<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;">
</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ach<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ass<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>fied<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span>)<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;">K</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>12<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r
sch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">U</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>esch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>big<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>s.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ai<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>xes<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ct<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>P<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>op<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>98<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>oca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>tion<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>be
p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ov<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ols<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>di<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">v</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts.
<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">L</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>zed<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>s
in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>excess <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>f <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> 1</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">%</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.8pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>er: <span style="letter-spacing: 1.9pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">W</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">il</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>ever<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>gh<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>3<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">)</span></b>?<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">k</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>om<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>Ge<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uces<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e
f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>avai<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ses<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ays<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>oves<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>esp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ns<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ble<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tiza<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>avai<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(Lu</span>ke
1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">4</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>28<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>plan<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)<b>)</b></span>.
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</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>sou<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>ex<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>sting<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">m</span>us<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>bud<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>used<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tch<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>G<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>n</b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">9</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">7</span>; Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">4</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.</span></b></p>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">O</span>ut<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span>ient <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">K</span>idney <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>alysis Clini<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">c</span>s (<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">S</span>) </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -2.45pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">– <span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red;">ecom<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">m</span>ended <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote:
</span></span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">NO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 6.9pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">R</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">q</span>ui<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>dialy<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>hi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">c</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>7<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>A<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>dialys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>tie<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts)<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ll-</span>ti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e
p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>nic<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>all ti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>es,<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>nic<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>ca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ov<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ov<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>de<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>actitio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>ass<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>ved<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>e.<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>If<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>nic<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ust c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ose:<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ust<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>tt<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>yet<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>sti<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>su<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>tie<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rr</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>access<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>ca<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e,<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>nic<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ust<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;">o</span>od<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">f</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">f</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">o</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ts</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">sel</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">se</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">sf</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">o</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ship</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">o</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">h</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">tity</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">h</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">o</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">u</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">p</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ov</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">i</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">de</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">dialys</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">i</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">s</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ca</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">S</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", 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li</span>ves<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>cessa<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> ri</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span>k. <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">c</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>ssa<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>cost<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">c</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ses,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>yet<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">q</span>ui<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>ng co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>tin<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rr</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d avai<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ili</span>ty<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>nit<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">s</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>oy<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Ex<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>5<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>10<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>14;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">L</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">u</span>ke<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>4<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">6</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> T</span>im<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>5<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">8)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></b>Gove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t
s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">il</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>sses<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>diff<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>tly<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">j</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>vely<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">1</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1;<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">4</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">2</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">)</span></b>.<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>so,<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>ca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>fin<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ties<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>assessed<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>ainst<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y
c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>nic<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><u>any</u><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>cc<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>acy,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">q</span>ui<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ed
to<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>su<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bm</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tt<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> q</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rl</span>y.<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">T</span>his an<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span>eu<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>4)<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th
p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ties<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>exce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“j</span>ust<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ce”<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">q</span>ui<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">D</span>eut<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>13<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">6</span>;<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1;<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span></b>A<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>so,<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>pl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>ex<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ajor
h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>alth<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>sa<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>y issu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>ev<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>nce<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> b</span>ack<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>aims<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> (</span><b>Ex<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>1;<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>4<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>28</b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">).</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 50.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Pr</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">op 30: Inc<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>ease <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">T</span>axes to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span>educe
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span>ir<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
P</span>olluti<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>n &<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Pr</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">v</span>ent
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">W</span>ildfi<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>es<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>(<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">S</span>)</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> – <span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="color: red;">ec<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">o</span>mm<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>nded <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">V</span>ote:
</span></span></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">NO</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.8pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ont</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>: <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">W<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>uld <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">c</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nco<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>x<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nco<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>$<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>M<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">.</span>7<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">5</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>cu<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">%)</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ue placed<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d
se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>om<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>Ge<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">c</span>cess<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ble<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ses.<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>8<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">0</span>%<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>ds<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">Z</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>E<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ss<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on
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font-size: 9pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ct </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">nd</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> b</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">an</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">h</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ese</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; 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font-size: 9pt;">ucts </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">i</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">f</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">xce</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">p</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">tio</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">n</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">s)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">f</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">om</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">u</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">t
custo</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">m</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">r</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">C</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>er: <span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">SB<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>7<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">9</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ection<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s;<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ow</span>eve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>St<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>te<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>aw<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>dy<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>akes<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>gi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">v</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><u>any</u><span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>cco<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>va<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>or p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ucts<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ose<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>Exp<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span>even<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>althy)<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ole<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;">(</span><b><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">R</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>m </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">3</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>4<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">-</span>5</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span>so,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">P</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>os<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tion<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">pi</span>ts<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ir</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span>activ<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ties<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>ainst<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rr</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ol<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ult<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>use<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>avo<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ed t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>cco<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uct<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">s</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>cco<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>th vest<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>est<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ir</span>ectly<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>tice<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>yo<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>use<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>cc<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>P<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ti</span>on
of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>P<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>op<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>ect
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s
is <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ece<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>tive<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">(</span><b>Ex<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>0<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>16<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(l</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">)</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">re</span>al <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t
is<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>uce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ult f<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>m<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> o</span>f ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ce,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tch”<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ni</span>q<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">(</span><b>Pr<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">:</span>14</b><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.8pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><br /></span></b></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 10.3pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.8pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Gene<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Guidelin<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span>s
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</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">h</span>en<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> L</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">y</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s;<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><u>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>en</u><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">um</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>ainst</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">o</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">:<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ask yo<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>f
if t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s is a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>er
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> g</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>bibl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>cal<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.65pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">o</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">:<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ne<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>al
p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ples a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>ply<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> (bi</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>cal,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>va<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ve,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> p</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>act<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ic</span>al)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">o</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">:<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ask yo<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>f
if t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s is t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> d</span>o,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>ho b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>fits, <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">h</span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">n</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">q</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>nces
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">il</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>esult</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">o</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">:<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>ply<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mm</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>se;<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>us<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>f <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ust</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">o</span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">:<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> m</span>ajor<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>pl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> n</span>ot<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>asp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>cts to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">a</span>ke<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">R</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ely <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>eco<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mm</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ni<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">z</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>y
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">m</span>any s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t
can<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>vely<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>din<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">g</span>)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.65pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">W<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>ast <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>ay
to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> d</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>yo<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ese<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">(</span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>ut<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> o</span>ver<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>tim<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>oing<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>bt<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> (</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y
ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>y <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>exce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>tio<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>s to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">ll</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ow<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>cu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nces
or<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al
a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>g<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">um</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ts <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>ove<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rl</span>y
in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>nce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(“r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>cases
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>ake<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">”</span>)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">S<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nyt<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">’</span>s
t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>plex to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>plet<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>y <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">d</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>nd<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">(</span>co<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>ul <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>usca<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 131%;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">D</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">on</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">’<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">t</span>:<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">cce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>t a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>lot<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> o</span>f <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">b</span>ad<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>le<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>sake<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>sm<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">m</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>d,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">w</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hw</span>hi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e”<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>le<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>on</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0.55pt -1pt 0in 32pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 5.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">W<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">h</span>o is F<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">r</span>ank <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">K</span>acer?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.75pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 2.75pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Fr</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow";">ank<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>en
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rri</span>ed
to Lynn f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r 49<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>ye<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ee
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rri</span>ed
chi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">d</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>en a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>five<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>g<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>dchi<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">H</span>e h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>se<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ved
as<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>/<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>at
G<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ace B<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ch<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nce<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">9</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">9</span>0<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">o</span>w<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>/<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">s</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>P<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>ess<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">l</span>y,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">Fr</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">w</span>as<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>ys<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>c<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">i</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">D</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">D</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">f</span>e<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>se<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: 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style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>u<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">rri</span>culum<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>W<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">l</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>V<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>sed<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>st<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>es.<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>As<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">F</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">d</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>Execu<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>ve
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C</span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">ri</span>stian <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tize<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>ship<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>nc<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>l<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">(</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>3<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">)</span>,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> Fr</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>k<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">u</span>bl<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>sh<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">“</span>K<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>ce<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r’</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">l</span>”<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>bib<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">li</span>cal<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>p<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>sp<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">e</span>ct<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>ve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>on eve<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">C</span>al<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>nia st<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ew</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d</span>e P<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>o<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">p</span>os<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>tion<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>s<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>nce<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>2<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">0</span>0<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">2</span>. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">H</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> m</span>ost
<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">r</span>ece<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>t
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Election</b></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Notes: <span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Following
the title, “(C)” indicates a State Constitution change; “(S)” a Statute change<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">All
biblical citations rely upon the ESV translation<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">How do
I analyze the Propositions? See my Guidelines at the end<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Who is
Frank Kacer? See short bio at the end</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 14: Bond for Stem Cell Research (S)
</span></u></b><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b><b><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> Bond for
<b>$5.5B, </b>to be paid back with <b>$2.3B</b> estimated <u>interest</u> over
40 years for a total cost of <b>$7.8B</b>.
Funds to be used for stem cell and related research to develop
treatments for serious diseases and conditions of the brain. General Fund repayment
on loans postponed for first 5 years. Grant recipients that gain commercial
revenue from a resulting license will contribute to the State General Fund,
offsetting the cost of the Bond. Embryonic stem cells are specifically targeted
for research because of expected, limited federal activities. Provisions may be
amended by 70% vote of both houses of legislature and signing by the Governor.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Use of
embryonic stem cells destroys the embryo, which is a human life made in the
image of God <b>(Gen 1:27;</b> <b>Psalm 139:13-16)</b> that must be protected <b>(Prov
24:11-12).</b> Only God has the right to determine when the life of a child may
be taken away <b>(Deut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6).</b> Also, b</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">onds wrongly presume upon
future economic uncertainties <b>(Prov 22:3; Jam 4:13-14)</b>. Government public
debt steals from future generations without their consent <b>(Ex 20:15)</b>, and
shows financial opportunism is preferred over prudent planning and living
within current means <b>(Prov 13:11; 1 Tim 6:10a).</b> Public debt carries future
financial burden, making future debtors beholding to the lenders <b>(Prov
22:7).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 15: Business Property Tax
Reassessment for More School Funding (C) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> Requires
property tax reassessment of commercial and industrial properties every 3 years,
or less, to establish new taxable fair market value. Reassessments of small
businesses will begin in 2025-2026. Increased property tax revenue is projected
to generate <b>$8 - $12.5B</b> each year for use in providing “supplemental”
funding of local public schools and community colleges. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Targeting
businesses for frequent tax reassessments punishes their long-range planning to
minimize costs over many years, this is unfair and discriminatory <b>(Deut
25:13-16; Prov 11:1; 20:10,23).</b>
Funding for all public K-12 and State colleges/universities already
consumes the majority of the State budget. Increasing school funding with no
measureable metrics to prove (or disprove) greater scholastic competence
incentivizes continued waste and abuse <b>(Prov 26:11).</b> Expecting new tax
funds to remain supplemental to existing budgets is naïve and foolish, it will
eventually replace normally budgeted money <b>(</b>bait and switch;<b> Prov
20:14).</b> No amount of increased funding for schools will ever be enough <b>(Prov
30:15a; 1 Tim 6:10).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 16: Should Prop 209 (1996) be
Repealed? (C) </span></u></b><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> Approval
of this Proposition would repeal </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;">Proposition
209 of 1996 which prohibited the state from discriminating against, or granting
preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex,
color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment,
public education, or public contracting. The State for these purposes includes
the state, any city, county, public university system, community college
district, school district, special district, or any other political subdivision
or governmental instrumentality of, or within, the state.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> Prop
209 eliminated discriminatory hiring and contracting actions (i.e. “Affirmative
Action”) that were predicated on gaining equal outcomes instead of ensuring
equal opportunities. Employment and contracting actions should be based on
merit <b>(Prov 22:29; 1 Cor 9:24)</b> and not on factors unrelated to the work
at hand. Everyone has: equal worth by being created in the image of God<b> (Gen
1:27), </b>different giftedness <b>(Rom</b> <b>12:6-8)</b> and experience <b>(Job
12:12; Prov 20:29),</b> and time and chance happening to everyone <b>(Ecc
9:11).</b> All these factors (not irrelevant ones) are reasonable
considerations in hiring/contracting decisions. <u>Voting <b>NO</b> allows Prop
209 to remain in force</u>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 17: Allows Felons on Parole to
Vote (C) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Currently,
those convicted of a felony and are either in state or federal prison, or on
parole, are not allowed to vote. After parole, the convicted felon can petition
for a return of voting rights. This Proposition would automatically reinstate
voting privileges to convicted felons once they are out of prison (ignores
parole status).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Those who steal
or harm have a callous disregard for others, and reject their responsibility to
be a blessing <b>(Jer 29:7)</b> to the
community. Serious criminal acts (felonies) deserve severe punishment, including
the temporary revocation of voting privileges which recognizes irresponsibility
that’s inconsistent with the maturity needed to decide on matters of
governance. Parole is a means to shorten prison terms to reduce costs and allow
an opportunity to validate “good behavior” <b>(Ecc
8:5; Titus 2:12);</b> it is a conditional release from prison and is still part
of the punishment. Biblical mercy is extended to most felons by allowing them to
have their voting rights reinstated after they’ve finished their full prison
and parole time <b>(Prov 13:18).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 18: Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in
Primary if 18 by General Election (C) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> This
Proposition would allow a 17-year-old citizen to vote in any primary or special
election that occurs before the next general election, if the 17-year-old is at
least 18 years old at the time of the general election.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> National
voting age is 18 (26<sup>th</sup> Amendment to Constitution), driven by the age
allowed to go to war (enter military service). However, God declared men at age
20: were mature enough to go to war<b> (Num 1:3)</b>, were allowed to bring
their own offerings to the Temple <b>(Ex</b> <b>30:14)</b>, were able to
oversee the work of the house of the Lord <b>(Ezra 3:8),</b> and were personally
accountable for major sins <b>(Num 14:29-30; 32:11).</b> If age is a reasonable
voting discriminator, biblical “adulthood” at age 20 appears far more prudent
than at age 18, with any attempt to lower it even further both unwarranted and
ill-conceived <b>(1 Cor 13:11).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 19: </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Property Tax Changes and Firefighting Funding (C)</span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> – <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Approval
of this Proposition would: give greater property tax reassessment protection
for seniors, severely disabled and disaster victims, remove current inheritance
protections restricting property tax reassessments, and use increased property
tax revenue to supplement funding for statewide firefighting operations</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> This Proposition
dramatically limits benefit to heirs of inherited property by imposing property
tax reassessments unless residence is occupied by the heir. This removes current
Constitutional limits on inheritance reassessments<b> (Prov 19:14a; 2 Cor 12:14).
</b>One basic duty of government is to protect its citizens <b>(Rom 13:4a)</b>
and maintain order <b>(1 Tim 2:1-2),</b> this includes firefighting. Needing to
increase taxes to cover core governmental responsibilities demonstrates willful
neglect, incompetent planning and poor prioritization <b>(Prov 29:2)</b> that
should not be allowed. Expecting “new”
tax funds to remain supplemental to existing budgets is naïve and foolish, new
funds will eventually replace normally budgeted money <b>(</b>bait and switch<b>;
Prov 20:14).</b> Allowing greater property tax protections for seniors <b>(Ex
20:12), </b>severely disabled and disaster victims <b>(Prov 3:27)</b> is good,
but should not be conditioned on implementing the rest of this Proposition.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 20: Parole Reform and Restoration
of Violent Crime Categorizations (S) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">YES</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> This Proposition
has three parts: it restores the classification of certain crimes as “violent”
instead of “non-violent” to prevent early parole and also tighten post-release
supervision requirements, it reforms theft laws to account for serial thieves
and organized theft rings, and it expands DNA collection from persons convicted
of drug, theft and domestic violence crimes. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Minimizing
the consequences for committing violent (and non-violent) felonies (serious
crimes) only encourages more criminal activity <b>(Ecc 8:11),</b> this
Proposition corrects these legal oversights. Patterns of serial criminal
activity must be handled more severely <b>(1 Tim 5:20)</b> to prevent repeating
this behavior <b>(Prov 26:11; 2 Peter 2:22)</b> and in some cases offer
specialized help if necessary (i.e. drug treatment) <b>(Jam 5:19-20).</b> DNA
from all criminals is a critical witness in serious crimes that can help convict
or exonerate a person <b>(Deu 19:15).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 21: Rent Controls (S) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> This Proposition
would give counties and cities the authority to exercise rent control, limit
rent increases to more than 15% over three years, while exempting owners of no
more than 2 residential dwellings. It replaces much of the Costa-Hawkins Rental
Housing Act (1995) that prevented cities from enacting rent control on units first
occupied after 1995 and allowed landlords to increase rents on any unit to
market rates when the tenant moved out.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> The
weak</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">,
poor and destitute are to be cared for <b>(Psalm 82:3-4).</b> However,
artificial restraint of “supply & demand” principles creates disincentives
to new construction or costly property upgrades/maintenance (result: property
decay). Bottom lines: officials are ignoring cost of housing drivers such as:
unnecessary bureaucratic delays, high labor union costs, and tax/excessive
regulation/restrictive zoning impacts. These all limit the natural housing
supply. Rent controls appear to be “compassionate” <b>(Matt 22:39),</b> but don’t
correct unnecessary governmental causes of high rents <b>(Matt 7:5)</b>, and
create conditions for the growth of substandard housing by adding burden
without relief (<b>Matt 23:</b></span><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">1-7)</span></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 22: Keeping App-Based Drivers
& Services as Independent Contractors (S) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">YES</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Existing
legislative law (AB 5) severely limits the ability of independent contractors
to do work in California, with the intention of creating far more union-based companies
and jobs. This Proposition exempts app-based rideshare and delivery network
companies from AB 5 and would allow the use of independent contractors as
drivers, while providing for healthcare subsidies, minimum earnings of 120% of
minimum wage or higher, compensation for vehicle expenses, accident insurance,
criminal background checks and driver safety training.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> A company and an employee should be free to
agree on mutually acceptable conditions of employment <b>(Matt 20:1-15)</b>
without excessive government interference<b> (Deu 25:4; 1 Cor 9:9; 1 Tim 5:18).</b>
This Proposition restores freedom to the independent contractor to determine
their own hours, location of work, amount of work, etc. <b>(Gal 5:13) </b>without
having to be forced to conform to union-based employment inefficiencies,
rigidity, and the inevitable coerced support for progressive political causes <b>(2
Cor 6:14-15).</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 23: Additional Regulations on
Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics (S) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> Requires
for-profit dialysis corporations (which treat 75% of CA dialysis patients) to
have a full-time physician on each clinic site at all times, and if the clinic
cannot provide a physician, provide a nurse practitioner or physician assistant
if approved by the State. If a clinic must close: it must obtain written
consent of the State yet still ensure patients have no interrupted access to
care, or the clinic must prove good faith efforts to sell, lease or transfer
ownership to another entity that would provide dialysis care. Significant
quarterly reporting requirements from each clinic must be precisely met or
significant fines will be applied.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Requiring
full-time physician presence at each clinic (without compelling health need)
will substantially increase costs & create high risk of closures and decreased
dialysis availability – putting lives unnecessarily at risk. Forcing large,
unnecessary cost increases, yet requiring continued, uninterrupted availability
is punitive treatment with intent to destroy <b>(Ex 5:10-14; Luke 11:46; 1 Tim
5:18).</b> Government is not to treat similarly situated businesses differently
& pejoratively <b>(Prov 11:1; 24:23)</b>. Also, significant financial
penalties could be assessed against any clinic for any inaccuracy, intended or
not, on any and all information required to be submitted quarterly. Not only is
this an onerous burden <b>(Deu 25:4),</b> but the penalties far exceed what “justice”
would ever require <b>(Deut 25:13-16; Prov 11:1; 20:10,23).</b> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Prop 24: Consumer Privacy Protection
(S) </span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">YES</span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">[With
reservations]</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> This
Proposition intends to codify protections a consumer should have over
information collected by businesses. Specifically, a consumer is to be able to
know what information is being collected, how it is being used, and to who it
is being disclosed (either sold or shared). Also, consumers are to be able to
limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, as well as an
ability to correct or delete it. Businesses must clearly inform consumers about
how they collect and use personal information and how consumers can exercise
their rights and choices concerning that information. Administrative penalties
can be applied to businesses for violating these consumer rights.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Normally,
very complicated Propositions that have difficult-to-understand implications should
not be supported <b>(1 Cor 14:33).</b> However, existing baseline consumer protection
legislation has continued to be modified (sometimes weakened), which
necessitates providing a standard to build future protections on, without
allowing any weakening or delay in consumer protection <b>(Ecc 8:11).</b> Erroneous,
false, misleading and intimate information can be used as a weapon against
unsuspecting consumers <b>(2 Cor 2:11)</b> by anyone allowed to have access. Providing
safeguards against this possible abuse will help protect reputations <b>(Prov
22:1; Ecc 7:1a)</b> and unnecessary confusion. Future changes strengthening
consumer protections can be implemented by a simple majority vote of the
legislature.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"><u>Prop 25: Should the Bail Bond System be
Weakened (S)</u> </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">– <span style="color: red;">Recommended</span> <span style="color: red;">Vote: </span></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><u><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">NO</span></u></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">[A “NO” vetoes
SB 10]</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Content:</span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> The
California legislature passed SB 10 to end the use of cash bail for detained
suspects awaiting trials. Release decisions would be based on algorithmic risk
assessments determining Low, Medium or High risk of the detainee not showing up
for trial or being a risk to public safety. Most suspects of misdemeanor
offenses would not require a risk assessment and would be released to await
trial. Other suspects would either be detained or released based on the risk
assessment, with various options for supervision during release, but no use of
bail.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Consider: </span></i></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> Use of
bail incentivizes the return of the suspect to face trial <b>(Gen 42:18-20; Acts
17:1-9). </b>Upon arrest, judgment has already been made that there is
sufficient cause to believe a crime was committed. At that point, the use of
bail is a wisdom issue; the amount is based on many factors and is related to
the seriousness of the suspected crime, not on a person’s ability to pay <b>(Prov
22:2).</b> Bail incentivizes the innocent to return to clear their names <b>(Prov
22:1),</b> and the guilty to return and not lose their bail and not face more
serious changes for not showing up. Since bail is not a fine, it is returned to
the suspect whatever the outcome of the trial.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">General Guidelines I Follow in Analyzing
Propositions:</span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> First read Title & Summary,
then proposed legal text, then Legislative Analyst analysis; <u>then</u> arguments
for and against<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Ask yourself if this is
a proper role of government biblically<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Determine what general principles
apply (biblical, conservative, practical)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Ask yourself if this is
the right thing to do, who benefits, and what consequences will result<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Apply common sense; come
to a tentative conclusion – compare to positions of those you trust<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Concentrate on the major
implications and not on trivial aspects to make a decision<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Rely on recommendations
of organizations by name only (many sound good but can be deceptively
misleading)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Wait until the last day
to do your research (spread it out over time)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Support government going
into future debt (there are only very rare exceptions to this)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Allow rare circumstances
or emotional arguments to overly influence you (“rare cases make bad law”)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Support anything that’s
too complex to completely understand (could be purposeful obfuscation)<br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: red;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> Accept a lot of bad
legislation for the sake of a small amount of good, “worthwhile” legislation</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Who
is Frank Kacer?</span></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Fra</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">nk has been married to Lynn for 47</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> years
and has three married children and five grandchildren. He has served as a
pastor/elder at Grace Bib</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">le
Church since </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">1990 and is now pastor/elder emeritus.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">
Professionally, Frank was a physicist in the Department of Defense Intelligence
Community for over 35 years and was also a senior systems engineer with SAIC
for 12 years. As a Christian worldview political activist, Frank has engaged in
grass-roots political activism, candidate recruitment and assessment, precinct
operations, and formal political party representation both locally and with
state conventions. He has also served for seven years on the Board of Directors
for the National Center for Law and Policy and currently serves as the Director
of Research, Content and Curriculum for Well Versed ministries. As Founder and
Executive Director of the Christian Citizenship Council (C3), Frank has
published his “Kacer’s Call” biblical perspective on every California statewide
Proposition since 2002. His most recent book is <i>Christian Fratricide – Why Christians Continue to be Divided Politically</i>
(Updated Edition 2020).</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">To contact Frank by
email, use:</span></b><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> <b><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com">frankkacer@hotmail.com</a></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QyQg6Rg14J70Si4yKPdWPLirDVL8LZ6-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a></span></b></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-17103968781661616572020-09-05T20:19:00.006-07:002020-10-01T23:25:23.299-07:00Kacer’s Biblical Politics: Who Should Be Allowed To Vote? <p></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 100%;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt;" valign="top"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A serious question</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; text-align: left;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you do internet searches on biblical qualifications to
vote, there’s a lot on “how” to vote biblically, but not “who” should be
allowed to vote. Since representative government based on the direct,
informed vote of the people was not commonplace in biblical times, does the
Bible have any insight into the question of “who” as opposed to “how”?</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who can vote today?</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although “voting rights” has a checkered history in the
United States, the current qualifications include: being at least 18 years
old, a citizen with residency established, not in prison (or on parole) for
the conviction of a felony (varies by state), and not currently found
mentally incompetent by a court.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That there are no voting restrictions based on race or
gender shouldn’t be a surprise, since it reflects the triumph of scriptural
truths countering mankind’s sinful nature (see Jeremiah 17:9) which
degrades and marginalizes anyone seen as inferior. What are those truths?
Scripture says that everyone was created in the image of God with the same
intrinsic value (see Genesis 1:27); but we’re also accountable to that same
God for how we deal with each other (see Romans 2:6-7). This great biblical
leveling also removes wealth, land ownership, social status and degree of
intellectual prowess as discriminators for having voting rights.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These rights are also granted independent of one’s faith;
whether the voter is Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Muslim, Hindu, Wiccan, or
anything else since our nation is based on a Judeo-Christian understanding
of justice founded on God’s Word (see Micah 6:8). That ethic treats
everyone under the law equally, independent of doctrinal beliefs, and is
consistent with the 1</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">st </span><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amendment to our Constitution which
protects religious freedom.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What about age?</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s a maturing process to leave childhood and become an
adult. Jesus even grew in wisdom as He grew older (see Luke 2:52); and Paul
said when he was a child he spoke, thought and reasoned like a child, but
when he became a man, he gave up childish ways (see 1 Corinthians 13:11).
One marker for adulthood, therefore, is when a person thinks like an adult
and is responsible towards others (see 1 Corinthians 13:4-7).</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, biblically and practically age appears to be the
useful threshold, as opposed to some qualitative measure of maturity. In
the United States, a person must be at least 18 to enter the
military. Willingness to commit one’s life to defend our nation at
such a young age helped justify the 26th </span><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amendment to the Constitution, lowering
the national voting age to 18. But for Old Testament Israel, 20 was the age
God declared that men were mature enough to go to war (see Numbers 1:3)
even though many were not able to do so (see Deuteronomy 20:1-8). Twenty
was also when men: began bringing their own offerings to the Temple (see
Exodus 30:14), were able to oversee the work of the house of the Lord (see
Ezra 3:8), and were accountable (and punishable) for major sins (see
Numbers 14:29-30; 32:11). Even financial vows based on the “valuation”
of a person were higher for a 20-year-old than for children (see Leviticus
27:1-6). If age is a reasonable voting discriminator, biblical “adulthood”
at 20 years of age appears far more prudent than 18, with any attempt to
lower it even further (i.e. 17 or 16) appearing unwarranted and
ill-conceived.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What about citizenship?</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To protect foreigners, God required Old Testament Israel to
apply civil laws equally to the native born and the alien (see Exodus
12:49; Leviticus 18:26; 24:22, Numbers 15:15-16). However, Israel had
several obligations that applied to those born to their own people that
didn’t apply to foreigners. The most precious had to do with national
remembrance (see Exodus 12:1-28) and recognition of the transcendent God
(see Ezekiel 44:6-7). When foreigners formally committed to Israel’s
prevalent core values and beliefs, they could fully participate in these
obligations as if they were natural born citizens (see Exodus 12:48; 1
Kings 8:41-43); but this was a serious commitment!</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The same general principle applies today. To participate in
the direct governing of our nation, a foreigner must show a commitment to
our values and fidelity to what our nation represents, with citizenship
being the qualifier. Therefore, to casually allow non-citizens to vote either
through fraud, incompetence, or unaccountable voter registration processes
(i.e. without valid identification, or with the use of driver’s license
applications) is trivializing a high privilege and duty and creating
opportunities for abuse.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What about felons?</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jeremiah’s letter to the Jewish exiles in Babylon summarizes
the duty one has to the nation they live in: “seek the welfare of the city
where I have sent you … for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (see
Jeremiah 29:7). Those who steal or harm have a callous disregard for
others, and are rejecting their responsibility to be a blessing instead of
a curse to the community. As a result, society has decided that serious
criminal acts (felonies) deserve severe punishment, generally with the temporary
revocation of voting privileges. This appears just, since it
recognizes a level of irresponsibility that is inconsistent with the
maturity needed to vote on weighty matters of governance. With that said,
biblical mercy is also shown to most felons by giving them the opportunity
for reinstatement of voting rights after they’ve served their time. Whether
that time includes parole or not is a wisdom issue that varies from state
to state.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, current attempts to let imprisoned felons
retain their voting privileges sends a wrong message. Felons are imprisoned
because of a profound lack of respect for others and to prevent any further
criminal acts; keeping their voting privilege says they are as responsible
as other citizens to decide on matters of governmental import.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What about the mentally incompetent?</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scripture has little to say concerning the loss of mental
faculties other than the natural decay that comes with old age (see
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7). If one is insane, they’re not competent to rationally
govern themselves and legal action to restrain their activities (including
voting) is appropriate. Let’s be clear, this isn’t the same thing as
believing someone is “crazy” if they have a different opinion or view of
“truth” (see Mark 3:21; John 10:19-20). Unfortunately, through poorly
supervised “ballot harvesting” many individuals that are mentally infirm
(those that are incapable of making independent decisions) can be “helped”
by third parties to fill out their ballot. </span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This help may be well meaning, but it is also prone to easy
exploitation of the defenseless (see Proverbs 22:22a). After helping
someone to vote, these ballots can then be collected by the third party to
deliver to a polling site. It’s naïve to think this voting approach won’t
be abused by those willing to win at any cost.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two competing approaches</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elections have consequences, and voting is a major
citizenship responsibility. As expected, both ends of the political
spectrum claim to be concerned about voting integrity, but they differ
radically in how to achieve it.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One side claims: voter fraud is exceedingly rare, sees
attempts to clean up voter registration rolls as trying to disenfranchise
certain voter demographics, believes voter registration should be open to
any who are “contributing” to our nation, wants the voting age to be lowered,
wants voting rights for felons automatically reinstated after release from
prison (or not taken away in the first place), pushes for ballot harvesting
to “help” marginalized people, and wants mail-in ballots to be the norm
everywhere for every election.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The other side wants: trustworthy evidence of identification
and citizenship status before a person is allowed to register and to vote,
“clean” voter registration rolls, direct voter to polling place integrity
without any possible intervention, to deny any opportunity to vote multiple
times, and believes voter fraud is much more common than is being reported.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given the sinful nature of mankind (see Jeremiah 17:9), the
more numerous the options for voting and the more complicated the
processes, the greater the opportunity for both fraud and error resulting
in legitimate voters being disenfranchised. We know massive voting
confusion is inconsistent with the very nature of God (see 1 Corinthians
14:33), and does not accomplish the noble purposes an informed electorate
wants. Unfortunately, attempts to prevent the manipulation and use of the
uninformed (such as many of the homeless), the incapacitated (the mentally
compromised), and the ineligible (e.g. illegal aliens, felons,
impersonators, non-residents, multiple votes) is often condemned as voter
suppression and thus difficult to implement. </span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our biggest election threat</span></b><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whether or not complete confidence in the legitimacy of
elections will ever be achieved, there are election influences far more destructive
than any direct voter fraud. The worldview that dominates academia, the
major news media, the entertainment and sports industry, social media
platforms, and much of the political discourse in our nation is a secular,
self-centered, godless, amoral one that is anathema to a biblical
worldview. These influencers are not only powerful, but they actively
denigrate, marginalize, and even prevent any open dialogue with
conservative, biblically-based thought at any level.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: #403f42; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The tactics of these influencers shouldn’t be a surprise.
They’re the same as those used in the greatest miscarriage of justice in
human history: the sending of Jesus to the cross! Contrary to all reason
and evidence, Jesus was condemned (voted against) by common people after
being incited by wicked leadership to have Him killed (see Matthew
27:15-23; Mark 15:6-15). In our day, vial, deceptive, false, and
late-breaking claims are destructive to the efficacy of our election
process and emanate from the same source that condemned Jesus (see John
8:43-44). What are our best counter weapons (see 2 Corinthians
10:4-5): to diligently speak truth (see Ephesians 4:25), expose evil for
what it is (see Ephesians 5:11), support godly candidates for office and
vote biblically (see Matthew 5:13-16), pray fervently (see 1 Thessalonians
5:17), and entrust the results to God.</span><span face="" style="color: #403f42;"> </span></p>
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Biblical Politics: Enough is Enough!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where are we?</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because extraordinary demands require
extraordinary justification, it’s time for a gut-check on
government’s “emergency” restrictions on religious freedom, and
our obligations to God.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nationwide,
church leaders deferred to government and health authorities when
faced with the potential of mass deaths and healthcare chaos when
COVID-19 hit the United States. Because of the unknowns, extreme
caution for the health of everyone seemed appropriate (see
Matthew 22:39) and virtual ministry replaced the promised
short-term suspension of in-person ministry, fellowship, and
worship.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But,
after 5 months of inconsistent governmental mandates with dubious
results, much of the nation is still suffering from heavy-handed
government overreach. Even in states with reduced restrictions,
ratcheting back to full lockdown remains an option at any time.
With medical experts disagreeing with each other (and
themselves), and political opportunists teaming with an unscrupulous
news industry to manipulate anything COVID to disparage the Trump
administration, churches need to return to basics to make an
informed decision on what to do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our most
precious freedom</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 1</span><sup><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-text-raise: 2.5pt; position: relative; top: -2.5pt;">st</span></sup><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amendment
to the US Constitution says “Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof.” The term “free exercise” covers all matters of
faith (doctrine), ecclesiology (organization), and practice
(worship, ministry, etc.). With such a clear and profound
protection of religious freedom, any infringement on free
exercise must be: exceedingly rare, very limited in scope,
temporary, and overwhelmingly justifiable.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We know
that both government and church are subject to the God that
created them (see Colossians 1:15-17). Each is designed to
benefit the other (see Romans 13:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16; 22:15-21),
and neither has dictatorial powers over the other. However, the
Constitution requires government to be deferential on spiritual
matters and not control churches like they do secular businesses
or governmental agencies. So, when government defines abortion
clinics, large retail and food outlets, liquor stores, marijuana
dispensaries and even mass protests as “essential,” while
churches are not, this relegates spiritual health to the status
of a hobby that can wait for a more convenient time. Arbitrarily
limiting indoor church groups to 10 or 100 independent of a
facilities’ size, even allowing or forbidding singing, is
exercising unconstitutional control over what is explicitly
protected from governmental caprice.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
responsible government would be an advisor to the faith community
as much as possible, providing guidelines based on solid evidence
for pastors to consider as they make ministry decisions. When
government unilaterally dictates what is or is not allowable for
churches, then threatens noncompliance with contact tracing,
fines, turning off power and water, forced closure, and possible
prison time they’re sending a clear message: “I will tell you
what you can do, when you can do it, and for how long. Period.”
This hostility towards the fundamental rights of people of faith
displays a profound ignorance of spiritual matters (see 1
Corinthians 2:14), and a worldview that believes government
leaders are the final arbiters of virtually everything.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is this
overstated, I don’t think so. Is it really that far-fetched to
think secularists may be jerking churches around to see how far a
compliant Christian community will bend to the will of
government? Or, is it conceivable these actions are just meant to
cause as much discouragement as possible within the faith
community during this Presidential election year?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whatever
the reasons may be, religious liberty is being subjugated to the
whim of secular rulers. If we value the religious freedoms our
nation was literally created to protect, unnecessary government
overreach must be resisted with all moral, ethical and legal
means available. However, at the same time it’s critical for
every pastor to implement reasonable safeguards based on the best
information available in order to protect the health of everyone
involved in ministry (see 1 Peter 5:2).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who do
we obey?</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of far
more significance than Constitutional issues is the biblical
command to obey God. The Lord instituted government for our good
(see Romans 13:1-4; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-14), but if its
actions cause us to disobey God, then it has exceeded its
authority and must be resisted (see Acts 4:19-20; 5:29). The
question is: have government restrictions been forcing churches
to disobey God?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
clearest command we have is to routinely gather together in
worship (see Hebrews 10:24-25). Emergencies may override this
obligation for a very short time, but God clearly calls the
entire assembly to meet together, not just some arbitrarily small
number over an indeterminate time period. Creative use of drive
through worship or church parking lots only serves to vindicate
government’s usurpation of authority over the church assembling
together. Instead of looking for loopholes in government
mandates, church leadership should be deciding how to best care
for the spiritual and physical heath of the entire flock, not
just a small portion of the church at any given time. Its one
thing for church leaders to decide how to protect its vulnerable
members during worship; it’s quite another for government to
arbitrarily forbid people from worshipping together!</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
there’s more. What about the Lord’s Supper? The biblical pattern
implies weekly participation in this visual reminder of the
gospel and Christ’s redemptive work on the cross (see 1
Corinthians 11:26). Though weekly observance may not be the norm
for many churches, the disruption of the entire Body of Christ
routinely participating together is a direct prohibition of one
of God’s clearest means of grace to His people. This is a very
serious matter (see Acts 2:42-44; 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34),
and one that government is incapable of understanding, much less
properly respecting (see 1 Corinthians 2:14).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
about singing? Ephesians 5:19 (see also Colossians 3:16-17)
clearly shows that believers are to gather together to sing to
the Lord to praise Him and edify each other. How is this possible
if we are masked, social distanced, limited to an arbitrarily
small number, and prohibited from being inside? For that matter,
what about the need for believers to fellowship together (see
Acts 2:42), pray together (see Matthew 18:20), edify and
encourage each other (see 1 Thessalonians 5:11), and comfort each
other through physical touch (2 Corinthians 13:12)? Using electronic
means can be useful, but it is far removed from the blessings God
intended through the physical gathering of His people.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
about weddings, funerals, baptisms? Each is an intimate,
profoundly spiritual event with the body of Christ assembled
together. Any government imposed limitation on the number present
(even with social distancing) only serves to limit the blessings
that God intends for us all.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since
government does not have the authority to deny the means of grace
that God intentionally created to build up the body of Christ,
pastors are the ones that must decide how to best honor the Lord,
respect the government where it is due (see Romans 13:7), and
also exercise prudence in protecting the health of the flock.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
about civil disobedience?</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is a
church disobeying government if it doesn’t conform to all
COVID-19 mandates?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First
off, government is the one disobeying the law of the land when it
prohibits the faith community from freely exercising their
constitutionally protected right to worship and pursue
ministry. After rejecting our nation’s highest law,
government then requires the people of God to forsake biblical
imperatives to worship together, participate in the Lord’s Supper
together, and to freely fulfill all the other spiritual disciplines
meant to build up the body of Christ while living out the gospel
– together! So who is really the disobedient one?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second,
are churches hypocritical if they obey building and fire codes,
yet reject government restrictions imposed on worship because of
health reasons? Not at all! Building and fire standards
apply to everyone equally and are a public matter of common sense
(and common grace), with objectively verifiable
effectiveness. These codes help ensure ministry continues
unabated, and are not intended to be a means to destroy worship,
fellowship, ministry or any other church activity. However, if
building and fire codes were actually used to cripple a church’s
obedience to God, they would have to be rejected.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally,
it’s tiring to hear the argument that Christians are not to
disobey government (see Romans 13:1-5; 1 Peter 2:13) unless
specifically ordered to disobey God, i.e. stop proclaiming the
gospel (see Acts 4:19-20; 5:29). Scripture also says that
government is intended for our good (see Romans 13:3-4),
therefore, when it’s actions run counter to that purpose the
legitimacy of those actions can and must be challenged.
Concerning the gospel in particular, it is proclaimed in more
ways than preaching. It is proclaimed in the Lord’s Supper, it is
proclaimed in our singing, in baptisms, in weddings, in funerals,
in small groups and in corporate prayers, and in honoring Christ
by ministering to each other. It’s clear that governmental health
mandates have significantly restrained the extent of these means
to proclaim the gospel. Government didn’t have to be overt in
restraining the gospel, it was able to do it indirectly (see 2
Corinthians 2:11).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
bottom lines</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Any
non-trivial impact on the gospel must be rejected (see 1 Peter
5:8-9), whether someone labels this as civil disobedience or not.
In our fallen world, if government is blindly obeyed it will only
be emboldened to do more damage to our spiritual health and
gospel proclamation when the next emergencies occur.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although
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Education </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></div>
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7 years (income tax increase). California has highest sales tax in </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">nation; second in income
tax (highest if passed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Businesses pay
large portion of sales taxes and will pass onto consumer. How much is enough for
schools (open-ended)? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for years (Eccl 5:4-7), should further fiscal irresponsibility be </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">encouraged by a
regressive sales tax and punishing wealth generators? Revenue designated for
schools subject to Prop 98 requirements, with excess used elsewhere (bait and
switch; Proverbs 20:14). Temporary nature of tax creates dependence and harder
problems later (Prov 22:3). There are consequences to accumulated debt
(Proverbs 22:7; Psalm 37:21). If legislature incapable of balancing budget now,
how will more tax revenue make the process any better (1 Tim 6:10a)? Prior
temporary sales tax didn’t “solve” budget problem, why would this (Prov 26:11)?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 31 (C): Establish Two Year State
Budget Cycle </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (NO)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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</span>Unjustifiable future revenue projections have allowed current 1 year deficit
budgets to be rationalized – putting off </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the
inevitable and disregarding Constitutional obligations. Any tax cuts must be
offset with revenue increases, therefore </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">no
reduction in spending. If Governor declares fiscal emergency a majority vote by
legislature will pass budget. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consider</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: If current budget cycle can’t address
near term economic upheavals, how will a 2 year budget account for uncertainty </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">James
4:13-14)? False premise on role of government: “promote prosperous economy,
quality environment; </span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">community
equity</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">” also “<u>increasing employment</u>, <u>improving
education</u>, <u>decreasing poverty</u>, decreasing crime and </span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">improving
health</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">” (Rom 13:1-6; 1 Peter 2:14; justice and order).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wrong government roles mandated down to local
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">levels thru Community
Strategic Action Plans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 32 (S): Prohibitions on Political
Candidate Contributions </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Support (YES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Concerns</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Unions use payroll deductions for
major political influence independent of member’s beliefs, desires, or a proper
f</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ocus
only on employment collective bargaining. Public employee union political
influence makes elected </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">representatives
an advocate, not defending our interest in limiting costs. Unfortunately, has
some 1<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>st</sup> Amendment </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">freedom
of speech issues for corporations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and using for objectionable purposes is immoral (Acts 5:29). Cuts off major </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">union
financial control of law makers (Exodus 23:8; 1 Timothy 6:10a)). Also, will
prevent government contractors from </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">donating
to those making contract decisions (removes conflicts of interest (Prov 17:8;
29:4)). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 33 (S): Allow Auto Insurance
Comp.’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Use Drivers Insurance
History<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Support (YES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Concerns: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Government
regulates and restricts insurance company rating factors and rates (16 factors
now; Prop 103 prioritized </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">three major factors).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Measure allows one additional factor to be used
(not mandated) allowing more flexibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Allows p</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">roportional consideration for
non-specified lapses in coverage (other than military; loss of employment; 90
days any </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">reason; parents eligibility).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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government regulates auto insurance industry already, this gives more
flexibility for <u>potential</u> use in setting </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">rates and increases
competition/consumer options. Not all possible conditions can be accounted for
(Eccl 9:11)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 34 (S): Repeal of Death Penalty </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Concerns</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Very sensitive issue. Many practical
problems (justified and unjustified costs; time delays) shouldn’t trump
justice. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Extreme
limitations on capital punishment already inhibit justice for victim and
families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consider</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Murder uniquely defiles our land (Gen
4:10; Num 35:30-33). Justice is a foundational principle (Prov 21:15) and is to
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>be
proportional not vengeful (Deut 19:15-21). Sanctity of own life forfeited by
murder (Gen 9:5-6; Ex 20:13). Executing </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">murderers a legitimate
government duty (Rom 13:4). Life sentence prolongs justice and creates more
issues (Eccl 8:11). Life in fallen world not risk free (wars, car accidents,
etc.)(Eccl 9:11). If innocent, life sentence also unjust (Prov 18:5)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Penalties and Sex Offender Registration <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Support (YES)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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providers/personal identifiers) requirements appropriate but establishes
precedent for </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">future expansion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excluding
educational/library facilities from ISP reporting is problematic and not
justifiable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, no restitution
for victims (Ex 22), fines go to services and law enforcement only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personal freedom), treats victim as property, and is condemned (1 Tim 1:8-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">10). It severely abuses life created
in God’s image (Gen 1:27; James 3:9). Use of children particularly vile (Matt 18:6).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Law </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Unclear & Uncertain
Measure. Recommend Oppose (NO)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Concerns</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Amends ’94 Prop #184 3-Strikes law. Proposed
revisions are very cumbersome and difficult to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attorney G</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">eneral’s
analysis and text of measure are difficult to reconcile (1 Cor 14:33).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consider</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: When laws are unclear with complex
exceptions, opportunities exist for abuse and inconsistency if lax judicial
climate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">exists
(1 Cor 14:8).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attorney General states
current courts may choose (in some instances) to ignore prior felonies </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(defeats
3-strike intent). Affect of this measure is very unclear, needs to be simpler with
greater focus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 37 (S): Mandatory Labeling of
Genetically Engineered Food </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (NO</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />Concerns</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Justifiable concerns about rDNA since
long term consequences unknown. Not being fully informed about genetically</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>altered
food is problematic. Allowing public litigation with recovery of all
investigation and prosecution costs is invitation </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">for abuse and
ideological promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consider</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: God placed limits on the creation of
species (Gen 1:11-12; 21; 24-25), rDNA violates this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cannot anticipate future</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>impact
of rDNA on living organisms and food supplies (higher risk of devastation with
fewer varieties). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good measure, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">however
the legal options create hostile opportunity for sustained financial attack on
legitimate non-organic businesses </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">to
the benefit of “organic” approaches (Prov 20:14; Jer 17:9)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 38 (S): Temporary Taxes to Fund
Education & Early Childhood Programs </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (NO)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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increased income tax burden to compensate for lack of fiscal restraint by State
over many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Significant increase in government oversight of young
children from <u>birth</u> to Kindergarten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Debt servicing allows General Fund use for any purpose (bait and switch;
Prov 20:14). Mandatory achievement goals can be gamed, with no real
consequences for non-chievement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Consider:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Temporary nature of tax creates dependence and
harder problems after 12 years (Prov 22:3; 1 Tim 6:10a). </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Goal is full-</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>day, all-year preschool. Raising
children takes time by parents, the more time under government<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or 3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup> party </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">supervision the less opportunity
to personally equip our children (Prov 22:6; 4:1-27). Supplementing school funding
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>goes against living within means,
while income tax burden punishes businesses and individuals for past Bond (tax)
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">obligation decisions.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Increasing taxes without
major restraint is presumption on the future (James 4:13-14a)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 39 (S): Taxing of Multistate
Businesses & Clean Energy Funding </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Oppose (NO)</span><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Concerns</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Revokes prior legislation that
provides tax options to multi-state companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Removing this could worsen an </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">unfavorable California
business climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s significant
uncertainty what the impact will be. Allocation of tax </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">revenue is
for renewable energy projects and schools (Prop 98 application) instead of addressing
current deficit crisis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Consider</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: In effect this is a public works
project (mostly schools and public buildings energy efficiency projects); no
enduring</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>market
based job and business creation incentives (Prov 11:14a). More tax revenue to
support schools and non-specified </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">General
Fund expenditures will ease pressure to address lack of fiscal restraint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 40 (R): State Senate District
Boundaries </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Recommend</span> <span style="color: red;">Support (YES)</span><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Concerns</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Virtually impossible to
guarantee creation of equitable election district boundaries no matter what approach
is used: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Citizens Redistricting
Commission (Prop 11 of ’08; Prop 27 of ’10); or appointed legislators in the
past. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Prior
approach by legislators known to be compromised, and any CRC will also have
personal biases.<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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gamed (Jer 17:9). People must ultimately choose their leaders (Deut 1:13) and
hold </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">them
accountable. It’s not constructive to recapture something that was already
broken and expect a better outcome </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Eccl
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">C3 Report: Volume 5 Issue X - (October 2012)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It's been a few months,
so it's a long list. A warm welcome to: </span><i><span style="color: #a50000; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Roger, Chuck,
Cynthia, Chris, Jo-Bette, Christella, Stephen, Ron, David (3), William,
Dick, Steven, Rob, Betsy, Barbara (2), Lynn, Patricia, Karen, Delores,
Mark, Lee, Stephanie, Brenda, Dan, John (3), Lois, Marianne, Lisa, Jim,
Janey, Susan, Delores, Robert (2), Mary, Carol, Harry, Scott, Dustin,
Kali, Joseph, James, Brad, Pat </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">as new subscribers to the
monthly C3 Report. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It's end-game for the
election. I encourage everyone to continue to pray that the Lord would
allow godly leaders to be elected at all levels of government, and that
each would understand they serve us before an almighty God for whom they
will give account. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Since meeting with
pastors, ministry leaders and speaking at a large variety of venues has
taken center stage, we haven't been having our C3 lunches for a long
time. As you will see below, I've scheduled them for the 13<sup>th</sup>
(Escondido) and the 15<sup>th</sup> (San Diego). I hope your schedule
allows you to come and share your election experiences and what your
insight tells you for the labors ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Christian
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Proverbs 14:34</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marie Callender's; 615 West 13th Avenue - Lunch from 11:30 to 1:00
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Diego</u></b>: Marie Callender's; 6950 Alvarado Road - Lunch from
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Recommendations on the Statewide Propositions</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The
following are bottom lines for me on the 11 statewide Propositions. For the
rationale and Biblical basis go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4yzc0z59-W4_UREk263jrwfxcQAG6ZAHn_c0Uvaxe6v2cqLqiu5USpCAnyjtJ6_sWoeHafxtuyOX_NtF9hYk7zNwKUmI3_a6MY303Y3VGkE7l6xHQs25npEc_ryOX0ck4yL0hF9YE03dNG16FjywXhokKVNPc2nWtjfG11VWWYYAc1H6n_isEbjQKgNwpmAMNlPCGFLbr11CjR8_fSGXLHE" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Kacer's Call</span></a>. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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30: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose
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31: Establish Two Year State Budget Cycle - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose
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32: Prohibitions on Political Candidate Contributions - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support
(YES)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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33: Auto Insurance Companies Use Drivers Insurance History - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support
(YES)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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34: Repeal of Death Penalty </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose
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35: Human Trafficking Penalties and Sex Offender Registration - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support
(YES)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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36: Revisions to Three Strikes Law - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Unclear Measure.
Oppose (NO)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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37: Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-
</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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38: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education & Early Childhood Programs -
</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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39: Taxing of Multistate Businesses & Clean Energy Funding - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose
(NO)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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40: State Senate District Boundaries - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support (YES)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Nonpartisan Websites: </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">(biographies, voting records, endorsements, positions;
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your ballot measures/candidates <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4zea0Tb0Wgh-YizYPsnIw8-imKmKyDdlC9wYwF-YcK4JMfTkOxUKtXM2qh2pE_Jxol8bF80LIwGTUmAGWRxCx1yZyhZOlaS2sA=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.votesmart.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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your ballot choices <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4zc9VvL7QkL3NfdD77mv4w8pcZHn4veL0lyyNt5bBkZrbCId7q2eXffcWm0oSZFJsScB2AW5bM0d84bCgWpwNQo257Agextb9g=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://smartvoter.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Election Website <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4w7w_-sU3Oajiy1fjg0q9lwl0YJhzrz7Wv-ukurzT-V8GSzlm7_5Vc9WJhSXKUVDxEdn108bhzrptl4AwJ5rwxXnGiiOUnsGC1lQ_mMcZBBGA==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.robynnordell.com/</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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time:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freedom list of resources)</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<strong><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Our
Presidential Election and the Future of Israel</span></i></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">CALIFORNIA October
19, 2012</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> - Few national elections have as many consequences as the one
we face in November. The economy, national debt, first amendment freedoms,
and the sanctity of life and marriage are all at stake. Unfortunately, this
divisive political campaign has overshadowed the future of our nation's
spiritual soul-mate: Israel. (To read the rest of the article <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4yt_CK8yKsQ4_8RZHeEu_gIDr7PLBsrM08uAIc_k0-H940ehvq6BJH0rn_n7Mrh3oQQZYEH-YhjjZWqiID8z7-Q-rXf9VqksWhfp9AttajUfoP2hpyoDQiUSbEkMPhvG79hbWsW-Is1sC_9IZubSgZPmqim3q1FlDz1vRQMFgNnKZD7CDyponBsNQ6aJmQ4Zc8LO8XSDtAwYOnQoKfduth990HWOLfYTi4hbGOTJPR5dicmIe4iM3jl7jM0Y7F9AGs=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a>)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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News Media as Useful Idiots</span></i></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Presidential debate was
a rare opportunity for the public to see the candidates without being
manipulated by the press.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">CALIFORNIA, October
6, 2012 - </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The first Presidential debate was a remarkable illustration of
the Biblical truth expressed in Proverbs 18:17, "The first to present
his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him."
The amount of surprise and shock in how well Romney performed, and how
poorly Obama did was both immediate and strong. The question that needs
asking is why was this so unexpected? (To read the rest of the article <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4zrSNGnc_Y4oEp796HNfrDLODaQQL_8B8AwA4G_JM6qbyYPUZrvlJfZ1awXkw1fw58qNfFen-do3b_wN8Xgca1y1UiG3zMIywEDsRR5W4kOXZKFLrQnZ8hk9-6tkbt2FQo9w5pIJgkBeZSpaq0R4OKEox9w2nOqVGPfwkgp_lkTYC6QsYaBS3iKIOm0qTWLDHyusipXBOj1tV2ze0TeJghsyTtxynSOl2k=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a>) </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Now: Hillsdale College On-Line Course: Constitution 201.</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> This
Free on-line course follows the first Constitution course taught earlier
this year. This series is entitled: "The Progressive Rejection of the
Founding and the Rise of Bureaucratic Despotism". Go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4ytVY0yA_l_gAuzys0h9zr2vDZ3ZNNeOx3a0Xd83W50SfyiFBAB-QcN-uurozb_B9f7i-KOB5TXILSG9z2Q-utdd2BEUP0Tt9Q=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hillsdale.edu</span></a> for more
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Now to 6 November:
Final Period of "40 Days to Save America".</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
National prayer and fasting effort prior to the General Election. More info
can be found at: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4ycBvj7FTlX7E5SFwArcJrS7pda9lOnpR-Yur2JNcF4zaha2PRpSj3n2jZVR3CIRmNho60HK_nmRu-XBB1Vt4N9rM0YJ6bgjNpJUDXU-qVU8A==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.40daysofprayer.net</span></a> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6 November:
California General Election (Last Day to Vote).</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
You know what to do: Vote! And encourage everyone that's like-minded (both
those that vote Biblically and those sympathetic with conservative values)
to vote also. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">9 - 11 November:
San Diego Christian Film Festival.</span></i></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> The 3<sup>rd</sup>
Annual San Diego Christian Film Festival will be held at the Birch North
Park Theater, 2891 University Avenue San Diego. For detailed schedule and
pricing information go to: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4xSB95i7vRSGB4oiLG5X5IGSAaLzeO8AKhIoNGcV_LGRGy66yHU58R5CnIb8hskwMjqoNCsABslVIdx6765SGMiW1brAL-sFGc=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sdcff2012.com</span></a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">or
to financially support this festival go to: </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4xh1KbXsKg5X7J6TPkwWquf5oDaUcS1Fb-pAd5nlHyS0bsf6qzeSgWSHFGXWmGatH7jfngzpIMBFTUIJieW9DgmYUuDgABL5_7GPRw2gVLYvdJaeRVkDeVlMZwyFXMGOOQ=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">changingthefaceoffilm.com</span></a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">12 November: San
Diego Strategic Forum. </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The monthly Strategic Forum
will be meeting from 7:00-9:00 pm at East Clairemont Baptist Church (4633
Doliva Dr. San Diego 92117). </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">15 - 18 November:
WallBuilders ProFamily Legislator Conference.</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
Encourage our legislators to attend this national conference hosted by
David Barton for Legislators, staff and non-legislators. It will address
current public policy issues in a manner that honors our Judeo-Christian
heritage and our founders vision. Go to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4xcvQDNhEPSySLRsUu_vyYFlyiLGxg5I5MEbisgkHe9ZZcdPTPwot1_PKSxgfvj4crcZChpYnb8t7C2vwzCf7_nDKVvINusQuA=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.profamily.com</span></a> for more
information. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thanksgiving.</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all
circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ" <b><i>-
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Get-Out-The-Vote.</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> It
seems every election is the most important one we've ever had. In some
respects they have become more critical over the years because of the
government's increasingly irresponsible lack of fiscal and moral restraint.
Many factors are making this particular election a bellwether for
correcting the destructive "changes" being imposed upon the
entire nation. Grassroots involvement has rarely been as intense as this
time around. To continue the momentum, I encourage each of us to perform
our own little "Get-Out-The-Vote" campaign with our families,
friends, and particularly our church contacts. Encourage everyone you meet
(who shares your values) to commit to vote. Don't forget about shut-ins or
the frail (family, friends, and acquaintances) who may have difficulty
physically getting out to vote, or may be overlooking their absentee
ballots.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Make up a phone call and
e-blast list to remind people to vote, particularly over the weekend before
the election, and then on Election Day for final stragglers. Make yourself
available to drive someone to the polls if necessary. Finally, remember to
be creative, gracious, and available, but without nagging. Every vote does
count, but our Christ like behavior towards others will count even more.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">If you have a pastor or
ministry leader who's willing to discuss these types of ministries in a
legal, Christ-honoring, biblically-balanced way, I'll take them to lunch to
talk about it. There's no obligation, and you have nothing to lose. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Frank Kacer</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Executive Director of the
Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of San Diego </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">C3 is a 501(c)3 organization,
serving the Christian community since 2004</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yAqD5ESkW4ycHvA9NqvXSL4I7Z2yqOvz0kTUeSmCfUX4-W6kyoNGtPU0BbjqIan1Clra8v12kiM2Fcg2tC4FMW7BZGxDR-D77EWYYUPXDNUpm0h56Hpo2YznB1uONOB5tExvCvjLuiM=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a>
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<b><span style="color: #a20000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">C3
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"The
Christian Citizenship Council of San Diego exists to encourage and equip
Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the
culture around us, and to all of life"</span></em><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(Matt
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"When
the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people
groan"</span></em><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></em><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(Prov
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It's getting close to end-game
for the election. Those of us in the Christian "activist" camp are
the busiest we can ever remember being before an election. I would encourage
everyone to continue to pray that the Lord would allow godly leaders to be
elected at all levels of government, and that each would understand they
serve us before an almighty God for whom they will give account. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I haven't been conducting
monthly C3 lunch meetings since the opportunity to meet with pastors and
speak at a large variety of venues has taken center stage. This is a very
important election for our nation and our religious freedoms, and voting is a
duty we all need to take seriously - for the sake of every elective office,
not just for president! If your church hasn't yet conducted a voter
registration drive, I encourage you to meet with your pastor to discuss how
that can be done. As the election gets closer, encourage those of like mind
to register if they need to, and for sure to follow through and vote. Above
all, vote Biblically!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In your labors, don't become
weary in doing the right thing (Galatians 6:9), continue to be faithful in
kingdom work, in being salt and light, in supporting godly candidates, in
representing righteousness to our elected leaders, and in doing everything
through the lens of a Biblical worldview.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Yours
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The
following are the bottom lines for me on the eleven statewide Propositions
we'll be voting on in the General Election. For a summary of my rationale
and the Biblical basis for my decisions, go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZrHqGYyvUdjc3_zarcubXosxPY2rIWLS9N7SC0RZfXSoWzSV9IdalowIvnMR9dwOSq0xHzYcJWAq8BvA_k6xGWEH3d9SwpAsGUs9qbT8XBX6BvwaDtQSJVNJduZsmm4qWI=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a>. Or you
can ask and I'll send you a two-page Word file that you can print out or
send to whomever you think could benefit.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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30: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education </span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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31: Establish Two Year State Budget Cycle - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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32: Prohibitions on Political Candidate Contributions - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support (YES)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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33: Auto Insurance Companies Use Drivers Insurance History - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support (YES)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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34: Repeal of Death Penalty </span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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35: Human Trafficking Penalties and Sex Offender Registration - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support (YES)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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36: Revisions to Three Strikes Law - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Unclear Measure. Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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37: Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food</span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Prop
38: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education & Early Childhood Programs -
</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Prop 39: Taxing of Multistate Businesses
& Clean Energy Funding - </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oppose (NO)</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Prop 40: State Senate District Boundaries
- </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Support (YES)</span></b></div>
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State election sites: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">California
Secretary of State Election & Voter Information <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZpHJHwMMRoaxgpn4cew3IDVBomqZBXDRNW7U-5lKYvNTepXECBUb8lXbC_Re9CbOX7KTqJmq2hYjW78rtTHAtlAG09n9d0YiwFS2uO9Y3bNENJF3ZsTkz2Y" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">State Voter
Information Guide <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZqxZ_KEfipwVbNjL7jMTEoZaZAeoVvG70-AAcbuATzXhQ1Ugy1e0iXMwz9uiREGkeUgYJTKGbJJyGIJMLDFpAOMHImvpIAAkttFYQDU_LHHqg==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nonpartisan websites
(biographies, voting records, endorsements, issue positions):</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Project Vote
Smart </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(use
ZIP code for measures/candidates specific to you <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zo4ZfTP1y1H7dY2n4jgJYsFVsMQxnvYkWCZF0ETnkIIZTK7Z-56AFtwC6k4whvY2vuU0D5d1rENRVjONCotbpawlVvIwZZswcA=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.votesmart.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">SmartVoter: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Use your
address to find your ballot choices <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZokuAkhmTvuiKHraOxmtUd-84tUvoo_TeOXTp80eKyRi_4Af4lt7qqnJX3DGCLMCZSbXaDHHrbUCHePpNXuquxBrRJWdXjbJ90=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://smartvoter.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Family Voter
Information Guide</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoyrkUoaauPHi1uPSowIq0oCqmkUm3a_f5tIByvJdaJ-plud6ptVgE7vn57ltjQC5n7S0ru_gDtZA2Eqv0wtTKsHW1ohkYOFc2ycqicoXYWcg==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://familyvoterinfo.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personal opinions of the provider: </b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoualqrnJkNxB9uED0B-ROqgUlGcc-I97WjPMLUaKYISEH4cglsc7Vz6USWMrVnz5L4LhqXk-pAsrHypJEsANt3_V2Zuue0iaI2UxVez0DBZQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="http://www.electionforum.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Craig
Huey's Election Forum</span></a> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoualqrnJkNxB9uED0B-ROqgUlGcc-I97WjPMLUaKYISEH4cglsc7Vz6USWMrVnz5L4LhqXk-pAsrHypJEsANt3_V2Zuue0iaI2UxVez0DBZQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.electionforum.org/</span></a> & <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZpkRW416GgYjRxiQd4LQZsQ10b4D0ZEC-GFIj62B6297j_80GiRaXzAbgZgdH5GFgZc4UQ8AwnL-uqb6WUzqL0IFTQBkFFpGuGcJxZfkamMSg==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://judgevoterguide.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZouUgwOFLAZm7CtXurZkS-mXhq68Mo3_rydIQ8qfHHTz9LM-Xm-3ZwBnDbmlSoLjPavztCo2wDLwTS1YjkU0vjNifgVaqftcRGO-QPuFVeyMA==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Robyn Nordell's Conservative California
Election Website</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZqxhkDoz1jWx2h26f3ZPkanu_VA9oxhooix4_k7aSkd-uTSHEC_FLc3nVLOZL79psI9F5fqJoBZnOJv-eV2uvxfI_46GbHUc2_-ft6z5yjY0Q==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.robynnordell.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Howard
Jarvis Taxpayers Association</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZrfW7qtkpIa5ys0P5VPhRcFiH2gVqIagKeV-bBlVfIY-R_mKiE66Sk02xc6sZzxiL8wdWSp9ZXTjqUtFzavh1IK" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://hjta.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To
verify you're currently registered go to San Diego County Registrar of
Voters: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">5201 Ruffin
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Or go to:<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zq_rDTbzNnsYHR6StogFRd8SoeFyp4RK_ELzj7YDFvzW6Zz-7khPm2faOsJYJJfGZFasS84xhGproJ4QhiRJUC4R9FsTdN9ypo=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.sdvote.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You've
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You've changed
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">You decide
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For voter
registration forms, information, guidelines and pamphlets:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">San Diego
County: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zq_rDTbzNnsYHR6StogFRd8SoeFyp4RK_ELzj7YDFvzW6Zz-7khPm2faOsJYJJfGZFasS84xhGproJ4QhiRJUC4R9FsTdN9ypo=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.sdvote.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">California
State: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZquSWm9TAdbcbpdxJminomYlk07mAWZujEBWSCO6IQ0JKPRO6IqbegE2O26a1U7_6W3uuo3X3AvQtWP5W3JGJ4GPWnBhl6qU9myOfKmGMqylx8UoyZxI_i6INF4bgQ4JivrodDiT3QADB6V3EBBMlJIXJRWp9QDxzE=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/guides/guide-to-vr-drives.pdf</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2012
California General Election deadlines: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8-30 Oct:
Voter Absentee Ballot application deadline <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">16 Oct:
Last day for SD County to mail sample ballots <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">22 Oct:
Voter registration deadline <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6 Nov:
California General/Presidential Election </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To determine what election
districts you live in:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Go
to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZpbQ1sdU9nFKdZJp1xo801LdTEMQwwIRGHe4dch1y_odsEmB_NiaXBkoa5XA7a-ONkBMhpGQyvPerTsyv1DwRYz7VTMt08nRinTv7JE4T2jRkNTEgkCmpcp-dTssbaAPgNOEKoM5XVVdtgkfzCRJBzc" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/Eng/EproceedDL.html</span></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To verify receipt of your
absentee ballot: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoAaDIkOviHpDNJJ2eqZx8B8QMKp0h62M1h0LvuCYA4AjY0yrQHCGVDz-7cut47-1DiyNqgiFdnavrcOXNEhlQr5PuDhSkwHB3Tv6uMKLohoVVS1Pqf7S1nWsJAfavSOvGaUY7LtGjscQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status</span></a> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To help ensure election
integrity volunteer:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Election
Integrity Project: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZrnvBsvXuCZV06JWqVUYK2anFEJNHkllBepAk7arM6gm28m0So2FpRMYVxrs6QqNAox4H4Pqmoyxt5XSfit775myviQeIbE3GbayXTjkNjerl2-XRNp-qYp" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.electionintegrityproject.com</span></a>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For guidelines on what a
church can do at election time: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">National
Center for Law and Policy <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoG3sI2nztluckZ5_qXEhA2RZelfmukaKgk0a_M4DvTvycxZiEHpb_hOQ3-9c2OoPhmZMlJczdE98pM7yKIIpRzbT8-IZj8Wpmt0xlNsVRdLKULn7zkfgeO" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://nclplaw.org/resources/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Concerned
Women for America <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZqPlywVMRYhbFMrCyME_2q1ul_0uLK_RaMEPe2X9zpy0USewEPBdIvNfAlXqz-7WaQwXj9O2HbTqetE1RCyNkZHa02O-LAunPnnur5f5UbivHZ6AdD83JkRRHzBc5UQG4U=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.cwfa.org/brochures/pastors.pdf</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Liberty
Council <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zp9aZtPrWLoM6htVzvIoVqJyPMCkOp8HEs1KyWIfXRIPc83pRrHr9PLG9lVpmqqPgahZO8c31va5FqT0h9UJ6nceDPZzEPVGLU=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.lc.org</span></a> (under Religious
Freedom list of resources)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Alliance
Defense Fund <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoQdHm4yheIuZWUlWasspHwsWd7NK1iywNVkPXiJWrsT0s2pWf8xp0lWMMMnFJP6eNTRFI9rXkJjdmeGaFemz_jzQY05y6uWeSC1UWiVrT7TdQ6jcD6SIjnYzO1labI0HSm3MpJTdl3jYuNzsUl-rZB" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://speakupmovement.org/church/learnmore/details/3767</span></a>
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Politics" Column</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />I
encourage you to go to these articles and weigh in with your thoughts. It's
an outlet to a much broader community than our usual Christian environment
to influence those around us with truth and reasoning. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It
Really Isn't About the Economy</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">CALIFORNIA</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">,
September 24, 2012 - It could have been predicted years ago that the
campaign of Mitt Romney (or any Republican contender) would focus on the
incompetent and naive handling of our nation's economic difficulties. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In some ways this makes sense,
since economics affects everyone. So, are economic factors the biggest
bottom line we're facing in this election? Although taxes, jobs and debt
are very important, there are at least three other issues that drive my
passion to see the current administration replaced (for the rest of the
article <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZpHJHwMMRoaxhk_MEmMOzj0GdsuRWLi9E40kqdsrxrRtYI7CL0GTD73XTlbms0T942_B_NsoCmA-p1tLiJX2h1RYKoHSd7vdrzrqTkDPprWkyXtjm4jLaCVuIXfCpi8xTVDF00i9hIuYScMOUoCeCzMbShody3N3FnvQLurAZjD4QYKZGv_zG62TrQ5xiyMxWGKuH0TKlUAhfOFATJdzjhFd2haycJ6ewIK3hLSuEcSFw==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a>). </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Chick-fil-A
and the Silent Voting Majority</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">CALIFORNIA</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">,
August 25, 2012 - The last generation has seen a continual increase -
sometimes faster, sometimes slower - of a vocal, intolerant, and openly
belligerent attitude towards traditional moral values. With a complicit
news media, entertainment industry, and public school system, a generation
has been indoctrinated into self-centeredness, hedonism, victimhood, an
entitlement mentality, and an "anything goes" attitude. The
result: a culture war that mirrors the spiritual battle between those
aligned with Biblical truths and those who denigrate them </span><span style="color: #48434e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(for
the rest of the article <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZphEYmgz_dPNqVk0fLqwNidRK7eAZQXPlixFTpGvt3XoVJFk7DjcZ9DsStI9BmxaB_s2SBO9qqhX_oaaLuLEeUMg5kmwn2l5CkxNs5UJMYTjJXlmOsCSDA6b4D9bQk__9A9pON_5f7b_AqYMJ7n6fTekFZ4ZHnpeuEqhdnAHqWR9ktsn9xF5MjGc2JcxEY2AP6fl2AVxPStBGtWmZHofQneKhXfZNYbvx3BHIuMXNGgYKeXTYf4821Z" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a>).</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It's been virtually
impossible to squeeze in the planning for C3 lunches in September and
October because of all the opportunity to engage groups, churches and
pastors to help equip them for the election. I'll be looking at the
situation in November to determine if it would be beneficial to meet before
the Christmas holiday season begins.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Upcoming</span></strong><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>Activities Worthy of
Involvement</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Now: Hillsdale College On-Line Course: Constitution 201</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <b><i>-</i></b>
This free on-line course follows the first Constitution course taught
earlier this year. This series is entitled: "The Progressive Rejection
of the Founding and the Rise of Bureaucratic Despotism." Go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoxHrTFy7e2P9MsHZEDCtZvvnpofdrlVXuYBBzSwWFacFuXa1Nhs-conf5ARgPrG1pYFetB4NFMcjBh_pCboscGZZShYcSQ6Z4=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hillsdale.edu</span></a> for more
information and to register.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></v:shape><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Now:
Movie "Obama's America 2016 - The Real History of Obama's Roots" </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This
is an excellent documentary to take your fence-sitting friends to. I can
guarantee it will create a lot of opportunity to discuss the importance of
the next election. For a listing of where it is still showing in our area
go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZroSkwNYabt4RiBf-WCz6mKtozipAl2_tY8vbrglie5J8SPObqVxFArfkHNCTc83ke4dHnhcXHjoChefHmnIdnrb3Vt21RcsBA=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://2016themovie.com</span></a>. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Now thru October 19: The </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Election
Integrity Project<span style="color: black;"> <span class="ecxapple-style-span">-</span></span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
EIPis offering training sessions throughout the county. Consider attending
one and participating as a ballot processor or poll observer. View local
sessions at: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZqwHDwgXOD0XLaveHBbLuGsKbi8oh2AuJb1_SkfH4XQwjut-edTzPfHdMeA33PmUl4t0cN_8t_ovbefJhkUYY9ZLuM_0F76XafHr_GdQ2L7TfKa_qZcA3PaCbBU9645WQ7rC8ioXaAdhw==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.electionintegrityproject.com/events/</span></a>.
RSVPs <u>are required</u>, contact: <a href="mailto:ruth@electionintegrityproject.com" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">ruth@electionintegrityproject.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">28 September to 6
November: 40 Days to Save America</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span class="ecxapple-style-span"><b><i>- </i></b></span>National prayer and
fasting effort prior to the November General Election. More info at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zo8aBxmZQjTN5opPZwuQ-I3Wd3AvWIJOIdiB48uIPioWo95mkEMyQRnZyuHeD2Vw1CYwyN0qzpqBr6gMa_O7wfjaTMnZ3XKrILDX7ZsaWSHZFTb1U73gkf2" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.40daystosaveamerica.com</span></a> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">1 October: San Diego
Strategic Forum <span class="ecxapple-style-span">- </span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The
monthly Strategic Forum will be meeting from 7:00-9:00 pm at East
Clairemont Baptist Church (4633 Doliva Dr. San Diego 92117). On the agenda:
The Election Integrity Project; Election Prep Part II; Legal Update from
the National Center for Law & Policy; Pulpit Freedom Sunday Update; and
much more. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">5 October:
"Thinking Biblically About the Ballot"</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span class="ecxapple-style-span"><b><i>-</i></b></span> General Election forum at
Emmanuel Faith Community Church, sponsored by the EFCC Biblical Citizenship
Committee. Special guest speaker: Ron Prentice, Executive Director for
California Family Council. For info: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zp3Gf3tqG50nk2sjfcxGkLKYyAb-h-OdwWLZaHwBLy6bm4KA3xbGi1IjGQJXyLUxcghO50UODVass-QPB0pl3kRaHDcwaaKWYAWXpYORgXhPSjmlgsfLRB7IH5SBaSYzzqVyT_XEBZALMmbtbG8Dxug" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.efcc.org/event/306901-2012-10-05-voter-forum/ </span></a>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">7 October: Pulpit
Freedom Sunday <span class="ecxapple-style-span">-</span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
Invite your pastor to join a growing movement of pastors across America
that will preach Biblical Truth relating to candidate positions and issues
from their pulpits on 7 October. For more information and registration go
to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZoBRES3gd_JZrb5bZSyo8jvCFBISeYFU1dR-bBefn8sEtLfkXqm5c8maY9Al-oXNTeBmkjqywuxkXccE-5JtOhqLSn9bJ-RpI0Aj8tdO3_A8A==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.pulpitfreedom.org</span></a> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">20 October: Stand Up
for Religious Freedom Rally -</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> San Diego County
Administration Building, 1600 Pacific Highway at 10:00 am. More information
can be found at: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZpZKlVpVL2a72m7kLkmxUjBZnUVdD1KB1ZKUCkUpwOUS6Xky0IT2rnjFwz3-pcu_6iXIexdnhIIfo1imMViLYjTm1LOVnhsPygIZPE6TSAh_3EM8-3Nl-D9" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">26-28 October: San
Diego Christian Film Festival </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span></i></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
The 3<sup>rd</sup> Annual San Diego Christian Film Festival will be held in
October this year. For more information go to: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1Zp_jYYZqPmT3OzrA5m4cSfPTRWklpCA3C1rOdSNaMgRWG4vWZ2qERiGmQ3dCvMDazrucxaih2MNmFVH9ELiBo1oU6lUqZIhpKGj_sx16s5c0g8GOvHEURr9" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sdchristianfilmfestival.com</span></a> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">27 October:
"Let's Rock America - Vote 2012" <span class="ecxapple-style-span">-</span>
</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Rock Church Salt & Light Ministry is hosting Dr. Wayne
Grudem (author of <i>Systematic Theology</i> & <i>Politics</i> <i>According
to the Bible</i>); Randy Thomasson (President of SaveCalifornia.com) and
Craig Huey (Founder of JudgeVoterGuide.com) to address hard questions
concerning politics and Christians. Go to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZrEM5PwHrteRGb9UPTc5Ix5pCPLLDXzYUoH4h4EXUF3G30Pk7fI1WDjVyCo9tiXOG71A2AeDWRs7Tfhc9f9rpDjOd4P76xEfdGVOV9pMW7xPVcC6acuXLDn" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.ivotetorockamerica.com</span></a> for information
and to register to attend (Free event). </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6 November: California
General Election (Last Day to Vote) <span class="ecxapple-style-span">-</span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> You
know what to do: Vote! And encourage everyone who's like-minded (both those
who vote Biblically and those sympathetic with conservative values) to vote
also. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after every election show a poor turnout among Christians. If your church
hasn't conducted a voter registration drive, this is an excellent way to
motivate leadership and members to become more engaged. Registration drives
are non-partisan, easily done, and non-threatening. However, they do need
to be done correctly (County Registrar of Voters has instructions and
forms). Work with your pastoral leadership well in advance of the next
election on how to best conduct these drives to prevent any difficulties.
Some churches use service time to stress the importance of voting, some
have put registration forms in the pews, some have well marked tables near
entrances. There are many ways to gain visibility and participation - so be
creative. There is also a subtle message in this: when a church encourages
voter registration it implies a need to vote Biblically. Without some form
of instruction or preparation, Christians can be swayed by false
advertising just as much as anyone else. Hence, a need to address current
moral (political) issues in some fashion within your church. If not done
currently, this should become the longer-term goal.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></v:shape><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />"The Bible" </span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">by
God Himself (English Standard Version, 1042 pages) I've completed my
reading through the entire Bible once more, using September 11<sup>th</sup>
as the anniversary date. This helps remind me of the uncertainties and
dangers in this world, and the absolute trust I have in an Almighty God
that fashioned the universe through my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Each
time through I find myself marking in the margins more verses that have
application to our nation from a Biblical citizenship perspective. I
encourage each of you to develop a daily routine of Bible reading and
prayer, particularly as you face the uncertainties of the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you have a pastor or ministry leader who's willing to discuss these types
of ministries in a legal, Christ-honoring, Biblically-balanced way, I'll
take them to lunch to discuss. There's no obligation, and you have nothing
to loose. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Frank Kacer</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Executive Director of the
Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of San Diego </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">C3 is a 501(c)3 organization,
serving the Christian community since 2004</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001gd4vUM9l1ZrHqGYyvUdjc3_zarcubXosxPY2rIWLS9N7SC0RZfXSoWzSV9IdalowIvnMR9dwOSq0xHzYcJWAq8BvA_k6xGWEH3d9SwpAsGUs9qbT8XBX6BvwaDtQSJVNJduZsmm4qWI=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a>
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<b><span style="color: #a20000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">C3
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"The
Christian Citizenship Council of San Diego exists to encourage and equip
Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the
culture around us, and to all of life"</span></em><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(Matt
5:13-16; 16:18; 22:39; Jer 29:7)</span></em><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"When
the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people
groan"</span></em><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></em><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(Prov
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A warm welcome to: <b><i>Wayne, John, Tom, Kathy, Vern, Dan, Rod, Don, Randy, James, Gene, Michael, Dennis, Bob, Jim, Steve, Brad and Daron</i></b> as new or re-subscribers to the monthly C3 Report. If you know of anyone else who could benefit from these monthlies, ask if they would like to receive them, then just let me know.</span></div>
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<strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">19 November: Election Integrity Project Training.</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Hosted by Ramona TEA'd at the Ramona Mainstage Theatre from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. 626 Main Street, Ramona CA 92065. The </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Election Integrity Project is a non-partisan, educational, research and citizen action corporation with the sole and express purpose of securing FREE and FAIR elections in the state of California.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">21 November: National Bible Day</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For more information, go to: </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">21-22 November: ASCI Convention in Anaheim.</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> The Association of Christian Schools International convention will be at 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802. Speakers include representatives from the Institute for Creation Research. Go to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b7azcdeab&et=1108655006068&s=136&e=001JA2IQsCNTF6Wzr1lWiksTuWB7mrZbZDCI_U4lz843ywh_JWBNJz-PuXkuZxL8-mcneudlqGv5AP2RUNvKoCN6qCSd_dJ7L1P6QJi7zRkSNg=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.acsi.or</span></a> for more information or call 800.367.5391.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">24 November: Thanksgiving. </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We have so much to be thankful for in this nation. Praise God for the abundant blessings he gives to us in myriad ways, for our religious freedoms, and for the opportunity to live out our Great Commission and Salt and Light Mandates.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">27-30 December: San Diego Christian Film festival.</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> This year's local Christian film festival will be hosted at the La Jolla Marriott. Plan to participate by going to: </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b7azcdeab&et=1108655006068&s=136&e=001JA2IQsCNTF71uuUbFejpDpVRO38_6n5BxRHj0OeCts_VclBlas1Rj_KOo77pij2c32pCF4AZlghuOAVGU-AGaDHIzE_mGwjP8yt_x8PcLsE=" linktype="1" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><span style="color: blue;">www.sdcff2011.com</span></a> for more information, or contacting Richard Bagdazian, at <a href="mailto:richard@glassseaproductions.com" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">richard@glassseaproductions.com</span></a> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">21 January 2012: 8<sup>th</sup> Annual Walk for Life West Coast.</span></i></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> This event is held in San Francisco each year. For information go to: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b7azcdeab&et=1108655006068&s=136&e=001JA2IQsCNTF6lQzuGhpmAR74lleS5mgmPmXELwPcbvkEtXXQJQS8-tpleaOVu7hHSx9L7p_aW4_J4yJZP6Yvr6_V8y9v27v84E7KL0hbhHAlmvdgGAyJsRA==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.walkforlifewc.com</span></a> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Every election I'm bombarded with "family value" listings showing the position of candidates on issues I should be concerned about. Many times these lists only show responses that are opposite from each other for the competing candidates - if one answer is Yes, the other is No, and vice-versa. For me, these are only helpful if: the responses are accurate (with good source documentation to support it), the topics are what I'm most concerned about, and third - they cover a wide enough spectrum of issues to give a full picture of each candidate.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Although many of us have a mental short list of "non-negotiables," it's instructive to actually write down what our personal key decision factors are. For the Presidential race, as well as every other elective office, there's always going to be a tradeoff since it's extremely rare to have a viable candidate who fulfills all our expectations. This is almost certainly true if our "Non-negotiable" list is a long one. When that happens, and it will again this coming year, I encourage voting to prevent the election of the candidate who will do the greater harm, instead of refusing to vote at all or for a candidate who has no opportunity to win. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">1. <b><u>Life</u></b>. I'm strongly pro-life from conception to natural death. If a candidate doesn't get this right, why would I want to trust them with any other decisions, since their worldview and values are completely alien to mine? </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">6. <b><u>Defense</u></b>. As a sovereign nation we have the right to defend ourselves, our interests, and our allies. We weaken our ability to do this at our own peril. Our service men and women, as well as their civilian leadership, are due the honor and support they deserve. Though open and honest dialogue is needed on the extent of our military role in the world, one nation in particular deserves our protection and counsel - Israel.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8. <b><u>Illegal Immigration</u></b>. I believe in: strong, controlled borders, a national dialogue on appropriate legal immigration criteria, enforcing laws to prevent the hiring of illegals, extending compassion to visitors in emergency situations, and removal of entitlement benefits (welfare, public school access, health benefits, etc.) from access by illegals.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"The Christian Citizenship Council of San Diego exists to encourage and equip Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the culture around us, and to all of life"</span></em><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If I can be of help to you or your church in wrestling through how to establish a Christian citizenship (or Salt and Light) ministry in a balanced, legal, properly shepherded manner, just let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A warm welcome to: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carl, Sue, Becky, and Daniel</i></b> as new subscribers to the monthly C3 Report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you know of anyone else that could benefit from these monthlies, ask if they would like to receive them, and then let me know.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Final Days!:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Time for the Referendum effort to repeal SB 48 is running out. Return your petitions now so the organizers can submit pre-validated ones to the State by 12 October to qualify for next year’s ballot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instructions, go to: <a href="http://www.stopsb48.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.stopsb48.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">15 September – 17 October: Hillsdale College Webcast Course “Introduction to the Constitution”.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This series of six Webcasts addresses fundamental principles behind the US Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To sign up for this free course go to:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.hillsdale.edu/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hillsdale.edu</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Archives of past sessions are available.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">28 September – 6 November: “40 Days for Life”.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year’s campaign has the largest number of prayer and fasting events, vigils, and outreach’s (301 cities) ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To participate, go to <a href="http://www.40daysforlife.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.40daysforlife.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 October: Hillsdale College Webcast – “The Global Threat of the Muslim Brotherhood”. </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrew McCarthy will lecture from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PDT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.hillsdalefirstfridays.com/Hillsdale/Microsite/may6_microsite.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.hillsdalefirstfridays.com/Hillsdale/Microsite/may6_microsite.aspx</span></a> </span>to register for this free webcast.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 October: Election Integrity Project - Speaker Sharron Angle.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Escondido Masonic Center; 1331 South Escondido Blvd, Escondido from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RSVP at <a href="http://www.electionintegrityproject.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.electionintegrityproject.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7-9 October: Values Voter Summit 2011 (Washington D.C.).</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sponsored by: <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Family Research Council Action;</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">American Family Association Action; The Heritage Foundation; American Values; Liberty University/Liberty Counsel;</span> and FRC; with many high profile, conservative speakers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">For information</span> call <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">877.372.2808 or r</span>egister at <a href="http://www.valuesvotersummit.org/ad1/register" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.valuesvotersummit.org</span></a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">You can also watch live on this site.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8 October: </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Condoleezza Rice.</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former Secretary of State will speak at the Vista nonprofit Solutions for Change fundraiser (combats homelessness). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Event begins at 5:45 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive, SD. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Visit <a href="http://www.solutionsforchange.org/events"><span style="color: blue;">www.solutionsforchange.org/events</span></a> or call 760-941-6545 (tickets $250).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21 October: <u>Ramona Pregnancy Care Clinic’s</u> Annual Banquet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Featured speaker will be Pastor Ron Hubbard (Mountain View Community Church).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information call<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>760.789.7059</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 November: <u>Alternatives Women’s Center</u> Fundraising Banquet</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From <span style="color: #2a2a2a;">7:00 – 9:00 pm in the Escondido Center for the Arts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shawn Carney will be speaking. Call 760.741.9796 or RSVP to <a href="mailto:awcjudy@yahoo.com"><span style="color: blue;">awcjudy@yahoo.com</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">29 October:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> “<b><i><span style="color: black;">Celebrate Freedom Gourmet American Barbecue” for National Center for Law & Policy (NCLP).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><i>Wes Bentley</i>, President of Far Reaching Ministries is the keynote speaker for this benefit event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please consider attending and supporting NCLP’s legal battles fighting for family, faith and freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Location: </span>38615 Calistoga Drive, Suite 100, Murrieta, CA 92563.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RSVP <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">at 760.747.4529 or e-mail <span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:dcarter@wclplaw.org"><span style="color: blue;">dcarter@wclplaw.org</span></a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">29 October: Creation Apologetics Conference “Rebuilding the Foundation”.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Presented by Institute for Creation Research from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Rock Church (2277 Rosecrans Street San Diego).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free event, but registration is required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For info: <a href="mailto:apologetics@therocksandiego.org"><span style="color: blue;">apologetics@therocksandiego.org</span></a> or call 619.501.1800<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 November:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> “Christian Environmentalism 101: Toward a Sustainable World(view)”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public lecture by Dr. Susan Power Bratton at Bethel Seminary San Diego; 6116 Arosa Street, SD. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Q&A will follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To register, call 619.325.5227.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">12 November: “One Nation Under God”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This 3 hour event lead by Jim Garlow and ReAL will take place in houses and churches across the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our nation’s Biblical foundation will be explored by spiritual, political, and educational leaders such as Dr. James Dobson, Bob McEwen, and David Barton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Register at: <a href="http://onenationundergodevent.com/real"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">http://onenationundergodevent.com/real</span></span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A nominal fee is required<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">27-30 Dec: San Diego Christian Film festival.</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This year’s local Christian film festival will be hosted at the La Jolla Marriott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Begin planning to participate by going to: </span></strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.sdcff2011.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.sdcff2011.com</span></a> for more information, or contacting Richard Bagdazian, executive director of SDFF at <a href="mailto:richard@glassseaproductions.com"><span style="color: blue;">richard@glassseaproductions.com</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Petition Drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One of the threshold steps for a church to take in the spiritual battlefield of public policy are petition drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contrary to what the mainstream media and the ACLU say, every church has a legal right to weigh in on public policy, legislation, and government decisions (ones pending or already taken).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To prevent unnecessary confusion or divisiveness concerning petitions, a few practical things should be kept in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, make sure you‘ve thoroughly researched the purpose for the petition and understand the issue well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, discuss with your pastor the possibility of gathering signatures at church, and how it can be advertised and accomplished without being disruptive of worship services or other ministry efforts going on at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not approved, don’t try and do it surreptitiously at the church (Hebrews 13:17); instead, personally contact in a different venue those you know would be sympathetic to signing and have them sign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, if approved by church leadership, make sure you’re not pushy in gaining signatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have your talking points ready, but try and not argue if someone has a different opinion or is not receptive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being gentle and patient will go a long ways to preventing any undue contention or problems for pastors to have to address later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, the earlier you can gain pastor support (and equip them with information), the easier it’ll be to avoid problems later, and the higher the probability of your being successful. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><br />
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“The Road to Serfdom”: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">by Friedrich A. Hayek<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i> </i></b>(1944, 1994 Heritage abridged edition; 48 pages).</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The more things change, the more they stay the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This abridged version of the classic work by Hayek in 1944 shows very clearly how government planning slowly at first, and then with greater speed, destroys individual liberties and freedoms and turns a western nation into a democratic-socialist country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the backdrop of the Nazi (Germany), Fascist (Italy) and Communist (USSR) experience fresh in the world’s mind, Hayek warns about the direction the United States is headed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His warnings are clear, his reasoning is sound, and he correctly predicted where we were headed as a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very sobering, short pamphlet to read.<br />
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“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Outliers – The Story of Success</i>”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: </i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by Malcolm Gladwell (2008; 285 pages). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have to admit, I’ve wanted to read this book for awhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found Gladwell’s writing style very clear and seductive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He makes some very profound observations about the interplay of talent, circumstances, family environment, culture and timing that are necessary for the phenomenally successful to reach the places they’ve arrived at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His main contention is that the belief that raw talent, hard work and ambition alone have created super success stories is wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His discussion of the 10,000 hours of effort, the birth month of hockey players, the effect of ethnic culture on plane crashes, and the like is very convincing because of the many personal life stories he uses to illustrate his contentions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two big weaknesses from my perspective are: a lack of hardly any counter examples; and the total lack of God’s mighty hand at work in circumstances and lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, given that, it is a very interesting and thought provoking read.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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Coming Review: “Politics – According to the Bible” </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by Wayne A. Gruden (2010; 601 pages<span style="color: black;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still reviewing this recent addition to the dialogue on the Christians role in political realm in the October C3 Report.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A classic battle of worldviews is shaping up for 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know every election is important, but Presidential elections provide a unique opportunity to decide which of two competing worldviews will drive the major moral decisions we’ll face as a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One worldview sees mankind as basically good, with government an obvious tool that extends and applies that nature with unlimited potential and incredible power for benefit to all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second worldview, based upon God’s revealed truth, sees mankind’s intrinsic nature as fundamentally evil (Jeremiah 17:9), with unbridled government an abusive and powerful reflection and expansion of that nature.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The concept of limited government implemented by our founders clearly assumed the Biblical view was the correct one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time, and in particular during the last generation, the worldview driving politics at the national level believes in mankind’s “goodness” and places hope in the benevolence of a government assuming control of virtually every aspect of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the Congressional House of Representatives 2010 election showed the public finally willing to push back against an obvious out of control government - at least one that can’t be trusted with the economy and our health care system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sets up the next Presidential election as nothing less than a massive showdown to determine which competing understanding of reality, and the role of government, should predominate in the years ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is a battle worth fighting for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this struggle we shouldn’t evaluate potential candidates on just their policy positions, or a simple claim to be a Christian, but on the worldview that they believe is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most people I’ve met, and unfortunately many Christians, believe man is fundamentally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This not only trivializes Biblical truth, but it accepts a relativistic post-modernism that denies the very need for the gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it any wonder many Christians are befuddled how our government has become so anti-Christian?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When so many Christians misunderstand this battle, they become unwitting accomplices in growing the very government that reflects man’s sinful nature and wants to be man’s “savior”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, the political battle around us is a shadow of the spiritual warfare struggling for the soul of our nation (Ephesians 6:12).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to recognize this battle for what it is, and fight to restore to the public debate the need for understanding both the nature of unregenerate man, and the dangers of a government unbridled by Biblical truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we don’t engage now, the window on our ability to influence this nation’s health will rapidly close, as will our freedoms to openly proclaim God’s truths.<br />
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Frank Kacer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Executive Director of the Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of San Diego, serving the Christian community as a 501(c)3 organization since 2002.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-color: currentColor currentColor windowtext; border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><br />
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w</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">hen the wicked rule, the people groan”</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Prov 29:2)</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-49235599548919819942011-08-16T08:35:00.000-07:002011-08-16T08:39:06.034-07:00C3 Report: Volume 4 Issue VII (August 2011)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contents:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After a summer recess, we’ll be starting up our monthly lunch meetings in September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this issue I encourage you to read my concerns about Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, his voting record, and his fitness to represent Biblical values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As usual, there are other little tidbits throughout that I hope will be of use in your own kingdom work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can be of help to you in your efforts to establish a Christian Citizenship or Salt & Light Ministry, just let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A warm welcome to new subscribers to the C3 Report: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scott; Bob; Jonathan; Matt; Greg; Julie; Don; Tom; Tama; Lynn; Joan (2); Lee; Deanna; Sue; Gloria; MaryAnn; Martha (2); Ellen; Susan (2); Vickie; Gabriele; John; Betsy; Barbara; Karen; Pam; Margie (2); Mary (3); Norm; Rudy; Judie; Evie; Davenia; Pat; Marilyn; Ray; Leslie; MaryBeth; Paula; Marion; Rober; Janet; and Bob.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">September C3 Lunch Meetings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Although there will be no August C3 Lunch Meetings, we will meet in September as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">27<sup>th</sup> September (<u>Tuesday</u>)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> -</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b><u>Escondido</u></b>: Marie Callenders; 615<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>West 13th Avenue - Lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 (Library Room)</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Now:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> A Referendum effort to repeal SB 48 is underway by a group of California pro-family organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 500,000 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">valid</i></b> signatures must be gathered by 12 October, 2011 to qualify for the ballot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To learn more about it, and to download petitions go to: <a href="http://www.stopsb48.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.stopsb48.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div style="margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">13 August:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Mother of Life Conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hosted at USD’s Jenny Craig Pavilion, this is the largest Pro-Life conference in the west. Speakers include: Dr. Jim Garlow; Dr. Alveda King, Fr. Frank Pavone and Edduardo Verastegui.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information go to: <a href="http://www.motheroflifeconference.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.motheroflifeconference.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">20 August:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Monthly Eagle Forum meeting at the Veterans Museum, 2115 Park Blvd, San Diego 92101 from 9:30-11:00 a.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information contact </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Woody 858. 652.9528<span style="color: #131d94;"> (</span><span style="color: #203af9;"><a href="http://www.eagleforumsandiego.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.eagleforumsandiego.com/</span></a></span><span style="color: #131d94;">)</span><span style="color: #000090; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">24 August:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> “Restore Courage U.S.” event, with Glenn Beck in Israel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information on site and times go to: <a href="http://restoringcourageus.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://restoringcourageus.org</span></a> or contact Gabriella Hoffman <a href="mailto:ghoffman16@yahoo.com"><span style="color: blue;">ghoffman16@yahoo.com</span></a> (949) 302-8266<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 October: Pulpit Freedom Sunday (Nationwide). </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Organized by the Alliance Defense Fund, t</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">he Pulpit Initiative is designed to allow pastors to speak freely from their pulpits without fear of censorship or control by the IRS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information on how to participate go to: <a href="http://speakupmovement.org/church/LearnMore/details/4702"><span style="color: blue;">http://speakupmovement.org/church/LearnMore/details/4702</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7-9 October: Values Voter Summit 2011 (Washington D.C.).</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sponsored by: <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Family Research Council Action;</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">American Family Association Action; The Heritage Foundation; American Values; Liberty University/Liberty Counsel;</span> and FRC; with many high profile, conservative speakers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go register, go to <a href="http://www.valuesvotersummit.org/ad1/register" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.valuesvotersummit.org</span></a> or call <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1-877-372-2808 for more information.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">27-30 Dec: San Diego Christian Film festival.</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This year’s local Christian film festival will be hosted at the La Jolla Marriott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Begin planning to participate by going to: </span></strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.sdcff2011.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.sdcff2011.com</span></a> for more information, or contacting Richard Bagdazian, executive director of SDFF at <a href="mailto:richard@glassseaproductions.com"><span style="color: blue;">richard@glassseaproductions.com</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Church Policy. </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending upon the size of your church and how long it’s been in existence, it may have written policies on different aspects of ministry, church organization, child care, what goes into the Sunday bulletin and the like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Policies tend to reflect lessons learned that are gathered time, and can remove confusion over expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an area such as Christian activism (or citizenship, or salt and light) this is especially true because of the nature of the ministry itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing down the ministry’s basic reason for existing, what it’s attempting to do, how it will be organized and adequately shepherded, and what general activities are encouraged and even discouraged within the church environment are all important to consider and define with care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides removing potential confusion, a good church policy can provide both legitimacy and a basis for freedom in the types of activities that can be pursued within agreed to bounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you would like an example, I can provide one for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It addresses on one page: The purpose of the church gathered and the church scattered; what types of activities members are encouraged to participate in; and how members are to engage with each other as well as the church environment itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“The Contested Public Square – The Crisis of Christianity and Politics”:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> by Greg Forster (2008) (249 pages).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an interesting church and state historical survey from Greco-Roman times up to the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In essence, Forster traces the development of the church’s relationship to government under Roman rule, the legacy of Augustine’s City of God and City of Man, the impact of recaptured Greek classical thinking, the emergence of natural law theory, the Reformation and western political thought, the formation of the United States, down to the present understanding and clash of religious freedom and Liberal Democracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forster also provides significant insights and side discussions on the major thinkers throughout the 2500 years he covers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an excellent overview of the intertwining of Biblical understanding and political thought and the implications that resulted for Christians throughout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spoiler Alert:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesn’t predict what lies in the future for this constant struggle and refinement. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Real Christianity – Contrasted With the Prevailing Religious System” </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by William Wilberforce (based on the American edition of 1829) (131 pages). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the same Wilberforce of English slave abortion fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know of Wilberforce through history classes and the recent film about him, but through this book you’ll see the inner heart of a man that sincerely loved the Lord, understood orthodox Christian faith and humility, and was deeply burdened by the shallow, weak and generally insipient Christianity professed by so many of his fellow English people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little book is just as applicable for us as it was for those in the early 1800’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wilberforce identifies the myriad ways that “professing” Christians rationalize their lives, trivialize God’s truths, compromise their faith through friendship with the world, and self-delude themselves into thinking they’re fine since they were born in a country that considers itself Christian. This is a very sobering indictment on watered down “religion” and faith, and a warning to everyone who has ears to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely recommend this book to everyone! <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ve known Nathan for over six years, and enthusiastically supported his first run for political office – the California State Assembly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently in his second two year term as Assemblyman from the 75<sup>th</sup> Assembly District, Nathan recently announced his 2012 candidacy for Mayor of San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rightfully so, Nathan has earned the respect of many for his military service to our nation, the passage of Chelsea’s law, and being an articulate proponent of many policies that resonate with the conservative community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, since early last year a disturbing, consistent legislative voting pattern has emerged that’s not just a cause for concern, but one I find deeply troubling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Beginning with a passionate Assembly floor speech in May 2010 in support of the State Resolution urging repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, Nathan later in the year acknowledged voting against Proposition 8 (Protect Marriage amendment).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year in the Assembly Nathan voted: to permit children as young as 12 to receive STD medical treatment without their parents knowledge (AB 499); allow transgendered people to change their official birth certificates before undergoing any major surgical alteration (AB 433); and to amend extensive California code (affects public schools) to redefine “sex” to include ones “gender expression and gender identity” (AB 887).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If these weren’t problematic enough, Nathan was the only Republican to vote in support of SB 48.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This measure exposes innocent children down to kindergarten age to lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender sexual orientations, ignores parental opt-out authority, and legally prevents any balanced discussion of factual information concerning the destructiveness of the homosexual lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obviously, Nathan has become a willing accomplice in the governmental promotion and normalization of special rights and protections for homosexuals, while at the same time silencing any reasoned or fact based opposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether this is for political gain, or a result of personal conviction, I don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But sowing immoral values and sexual confusion amongst vulnerable children entrusted to the care of public schools is not what we want from our education system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this assault on susceptible children can be condoned, why would we expect our freedoms of religion and speech concerning homosexuality to be left untouched in any future policy making or approving position? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I, for one, am not enthusiastic about Nathan’s seeking further elective office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there’s already rejection of Biblical insight to guide government policy on what’s obviously immoral, why would I expect better leadership on other social issues critical to the evangelical community in the future?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be associated with the Christian community carries with it not only the duty to address moral issues from a Biblical worldview perspective, but to demonstrate public leadership consistent with submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ in all things (1 Corinthians 10:31).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not surprisingly, when Nathan’s voting record is brought to light amongst evangelicals, many of his active supporters are shocked - having wrongly assumed he’s conservative concerning public policy and sexual issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Electing someone to a powerful leadership position is serious business, and Christians must decide which San Diego Mayoral candidate most closely aligns with our values and will work hard to strengthen traditional families and promote the broader public good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, when any candidate from the Christian community is complicit in using government power to normalize and promote sexual deviancy - at the expense of our children, families, and God’s truth – how can we provide enthusiastic support, or expect consistently good fruit from their leadership now or in the future (Matt 7:17-20)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Since 9/11 our perpetual state of “war” against global terrorism has exacted a high price in blood, treasure and world opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public support for combat operations in the Mid-East has waned either because of the length of conflict (Afghanistan) or lingering concerns over the necessity of war (Iraq).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The on-going Libyan conflict is even more problematic, demonstrating the inconsistency of our foreign intervention policies and the weak leadership of our President. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Expediency seems to have driven President Obama’s decision to allow NATO, lead by the French, to conduct air combat operations to remove Muammar Gaddafi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To justify combat to save “potential” Libyan lives sounds noble, but hollow, given our blindness to racial cleansings in Africa, starvation policies in North Korea, and even killing of protestors in Syria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If “potential” lives saved is a real humanitarian criteria, what of the constant Iranian (and other Arab-Muslim nations) threats to destroy Israel – isn’t that a more credible threat to life? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s face it, President Obama joined the Libyan conflict in a way that prevents his receiving blame for failure (I wasn’t in charge), but kudos if it succeeds (my military was critical).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Political gain seems more important than any collateral damage to civilians, not knowing who the rebels really are, or even the ethics of removing a head of state that’s not a clear and present danger to us.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Today, our military is conducting operations in at least 5 countries, and has a presence in scores of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, isolation is not viable given a world with WMDs, but reassessing our role in warfare is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To begin, we need to revisit “Just War theory”, i.e. war limited by moral principles, and judge our current and all future combat involvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First, to go to war there must be “just” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reasons</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These include both self defense and protecting allies against obviously unjust military attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, the peace gained through armed conflict must be preferable to the “peace” if war had not been fought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, war must either clearly advance the cause of justice or avoid wanton destruction by an aggressive evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can include taking strong pre-emptive actions, but the enemy’s intent must be clear and obviously imminent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going to war for selfish gain, power, revenge, political correctness, or to inflict cruelty is never justified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, war must be conducted lawfully and by legitimate authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Secondly, war must be conducted using “just” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">means</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War is the last resort after all sensible, non-violent options are exhausted (e.g. economic sanctions, incentives for peace).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, unnecessary brutality or wanton violence is never justified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants, and strive to prevent destruction of non-war related resources needed to sustain life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though it’s virtually impossible to prevent innocent people from being harmed during warfare, it should be noted that the United States has consistently (though imperfectly) shown greater respect for life than our enemies ever have. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">An inability to consistently articulate justification for the Iraq war helped elect a radical new administration - one that obviously struggles in identifying or confronting international evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With any administration, however, we’re obligated to justify any use of military action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As counselors to our nation, Christians particularly need to grapple with a reasoned application of a Biblical worldview to warfare, just like with any other life and death issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though the human condition (Jer 17:9; James 4:1-2) virtually guarantees bloody conflict until the Lord returns (Matt 24:6) our current President’s competence to identify and confront imminent threats in a measured,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just manner, is a cause for real concern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we need to challenge every decision to go to war and require clear justification based upon historically proven just “reasons” and “means”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does the current conflict in Libya meet the criteria of a Just War?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe it falls far short, and is a dire warning about the current administrations inability to recognize true threats, but willingness to go after expedient ones that are no direct threat to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage us all to be on guard concerning any military involvement, and ensure our elected representatives understand what we understand to be truly justifiable reasons to invest any additional blood and treasure abroad.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Free Meal Offer:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I haven’t had any takers in a while, but the offer remains. If you have a pastor or ministry leader that’s willing to discuss the why’s and how-to’s in establishing a Christian Citizenship (or Salt & Light) Ministry in a legal, Christ-honoring, Biblically balanced way, let me know and I’ll take them to lunch to discuss it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Frank Kacer<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Executive Director of the Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of <st1:personname w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">San Diego</st1:country-region></st1:personname> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">C3 is a 501(c)3 organization, serving the Christian community since 2004<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“The Christian Citizenship Council of San Diego exists to encourage and equip Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the culture around us, and to all of life”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Matt 5:13-16; 16:18; 22:39; Jer 29:7)</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan”</span> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Prov 29:2)</span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-29064174614622011102010-10-17T17:15:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:18:09.630-07:00Kacer’s Call - November 2, 2010 General Election<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> General Guidelines - How I approach Propositions (Do’s & Don’ts):</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> First read the Summary, Analysis, Actual Text, then the Arguments for and against<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ask yourself if this is a proper role of government<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ask yourself if this is the right thing to do, who it benefits, and the consequences<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Determine what principles apply (Biblical, conservative, practical)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Apply common sense; come to tentative conclusion – find position of those I trust<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Rely upon organizations by name only (many sound good but are deceptive)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Wait until the last day to do your research (spread it out over time)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Support government going into future debt (some rare exceptions)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Allow rare circumstances to overly influence you (“rare cases make bad law”)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Support anything that’s too complex to completely understand (obfuscation)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 19 (S): Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Concerns:</b> Makes tax revenue more important than what’s morally right. Opens opportunity to further <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Weaken drug control in future. No other state allows this. Can’t control “personal consumption” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> amounts from being sold to minors. Prevalence of activity doesn’t make it right. Gateway drug <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> issues are real, as is expected increase in substance abuse and medical services. Work place <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> drug free testing is at risk, as are federal contracts. Higher concentrations per oz. not limited.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Consider:</b> Adult acts impact children’s decisions (Prov 22:6). Government shouldn’t legitimize casual use <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> of mind damaging drugs (Rom 13:4a). No “impaired” work/driving performance standards. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Zoning laws could impact church properties public access and rental property usage (Acts 5:29)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Concerns:</b> Citizens Redistricting Commission (Prop 11 of ’08; Assembly, Senate, BOE) not tried yet; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> unintended consequences not known. Does allow minor party representation. Urban/rural, etc., <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> criteria allows political maneuvering. Proof of unbiased decisions impractical. Overturning result <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by referendum possible but impractical. Adding Congressional seats desirable but premature.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Consider:</b> Any redistricting or commission selection can & will be gamed (Jer 17:9). Voters ultimately <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> choose their leaders (Deut 1:13) & hold them accountable. Test CRC value first (Eccl 7:27).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 21 (S): State Parks & Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Act </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> – <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Concerns:</b> Replaces existing Park budgeting approach. Tax is inequitable: targets selected state-wide <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> vehicles not Park users. Some funds for “underserved urban community” recreational facilities & <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> “equitable access”. Tax exceeding Legislature determined adequacy level will be used elsewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Other usage fees can be raised independently. Does not address State budgeting priorities. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Consider: </b> Pay as-you-go entrance fees most equitable (Prop targets wrong group). Any excess tax<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> intended for other use instead of forcing State fiscal restraint/prioritization (1 Tim 6:10a)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 22 (C):</span></u></b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of</span></u><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 2010 <b><i> </i></b></span></u><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Concerns</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Property taxes: Intended for local use. Now State can redistribute to schools or during fiscal </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> hardship borrow for 3 yrs. Prop prevents State from shifting (for schools) or borrowing (3 yrs) to</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> balance State budget. Fuel taxes: Will require 2/3 legislature vote to change current 2/3:1/3 </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> state/local tax split. Prevents State use for: bond debt-service costs; borrowing (3 yrs); or cash </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> flow problems. Redevelopment usage may be problematic, but is unchanged. VLF tax: Most for </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> local use. Prop prevents State use to offset new or improved service program State mandates. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Consider: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If authority is fiscally negligent, don’t provide tax use flexibility (Rom 13:7). True rainy day fund </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is needed (Prov 6:6-11; 21:20; 1 Cor 16:2). Bonds are presumption on future and limit use for </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> intended purposes (James 4:13-14))</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 23: (S) California Jobs Initiative (Suspends AB 32 Air Pollution Control Law)<i> </i></span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Concerns:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Measure halts ½ of Green-House-Gas regulation creation. AB 32 based on unproven climate<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> assumptions to justify new taxes & redirect private industry (Prov 14:8). Punishes creative <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> industry/energy competition instead of using tax breaks incentives. Prop temporarily halts open <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> ended expansion of massive government regulation. Only effective til 4 gtrs 5.5% unemployment. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Consider:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> We have stewardship duties (Gen 1:28), but much study is needed (1 Kings 4:29-34; Eccl 7:27; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Prov 18:17). Massive tax burdens on everyone for unproven good is foolish (Rom 3:8) CA <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> already has nation’s strongest regulations and we can choose green energy now. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 24 (S): Repeal Corporate Tax Loopholes Act – </span></u></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Oppose (No)</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Concerns:</span></strong></span> Businesses made decisions based on enactment of tax reforms by ‘11 (NOL carryback; multi-</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> state tax formula; tax credit sharing). Prop removes pro-business tax reform that helps both <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> small and large volatile businesses. Prop would retain current tax levels – continuing adverse <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> impact on business/jobs. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Consider: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Removes business incentives to stay in or move to CA. Presumes no change in industry base <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> (James 4:13-14). Maintains high tax rates without corresponding reduction in State spending (1 <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Tim 6:10a). Deceptively claims schools & public safety at risk (State budget priority only).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 25: (C) On-Time Budget Act of 2010 </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Concerns:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Majority party fiscally irresponsible in controlling spending or balancing budget. Fees (taxes) <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> not addressed (major loophole). Tax revenue changes not </span></strong><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">explicitly</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> defined for 2/3 vote. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Punishment for poor legislator performance is elections, not salary and expense accounts.<span style="color: red;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Consider:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Deceptive claim 2/3<sup>rd</sup> vote hurts schools/services (State budgeting priority)(Prov 14:8). Unfairly <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> punishes those with fiscal restraint (1 Tim 5:18b). Easier vote breeds less responsibility or need <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> for compromise (1 Tim 6:10). Those using fiscal discipline are due double honor (1 Tim 5:17a). <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 26: (C) Two-thirds Vote Requirement for State and Local Fees </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Concerns</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">: Revenue-neutral tax increases now allowed by majority vote, result: higher tax rates on higher <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> incomes (redistribution) - Prop eliminates this. Current law (majority vote) portrayed as <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> pollution protector, yet all criminal laws & penalties remain intact independent of this measure.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Consider:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Deceptive to use “fee” not “tax” (Prov 14:8; 26:26). If government giving direct benefit, fees are <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> proper (Mk 12:13-17). Partiality is generally wrong (Lev 19:15; Prov 28:21a)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prop 27: (C & S) Financial Accountability in Redistricting Act </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Concerns:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Virtually impossible to guarantee +/- one person difference in like districts. Citizens <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> Redistricting Commission (Prop 11 of ’08) unproven – unknown benefit, consequences TBD. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Consider: </b> Any redistricting effort can be gamed (Jer 17:9). People must ultimately choose their leaders <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (Deut 1:13) and hold them accountable. Test Prop 11 value first (Eccl 7:27) then evaluate <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> effectiveness. Current approach by legislators known to be compromised <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Information Provided by C3 of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place>, a 501(c)3 Non-Profit<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Religious Corporation. For more information contact frankkacer@hotmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org/">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-75399096948999777692010-10-16T17:12:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:16:57.547-07:00C3 Report: Volume 3 Issue X (October 2010)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Contents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">October C3 Lunch Meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Activities or Actions Worth Pursuing (Selected)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Election Related Information<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kacer’s Call on the November Statewide Propositions<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Wrongful National Death” Good News Etc. Article for October<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The Ground Zero Mosque and Our Witness” Guest Commentary for October<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Minute Ministry Tip #7 Get-Out-The-Vote<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">General Interest: Book Reading list for October<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">A warm welcome to new subscribers to the C3 Report: <b><i>David, Martha, Scott, Mike, Thomas, Mack, Pat, Tamara and Kim.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">October C3 Lunch Meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">26<sup>th</sup> of October (<u>Tuesday</u>)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> - <b><u>Escondido</u></b>: Marie Callenders; 615 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>West 13th Avenue - Lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 (Library Room)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tentative: 28<sup>th</sup> of October (<u>Thursday</u>)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> - <b><u>San Diego</u></b>: Marie Callenders; 6950 Alvarado Road - Lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 (Library Room).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a possible schedule conflict – more to follow<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Activities or Actions Worth Pursuing</span><span class="ec370434201-02122008"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> (Selected)</span></span></u></b><span class="ec370434201-02122008"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">23 October: Western Center for Law and Policy Banquet (with David Barton!) “An Evening in Florence”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I encourage all of you to attend this wonderful opportunity to: hear about WCLP’s service to us; listen to David Barton (Wallbuilders); and participate in supporting WCLP’s work to protect our faith, family and freedom rights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cost is $75 per person, or sponsor a table for 10 for $650. Reservations will close soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Election Related Information:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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mso-list: l7 level2 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><u><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></u></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">State Voter Information Guide </span><a href="http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://by148w.bay148.mail.live.com/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK6826/Official%20California%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Election%20and%20Voter%20Information%20http:/--www.sos.ca.gov-elections-%20%0d"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nonpartisan websites (biographies, voting records, endorsements, issue positions; etc.): <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Project Vote Smart</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/">www.vote-smart.org</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Easy Voter</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.easyvoter.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.easyvoter.org</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Family Voter Information Guide</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://familyvoterinfo.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://familyvoterinfo.org</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sites with differing viewpoints & personal opinions:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.electionforum.org/" title="http://www.electionforum.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">Craig Huey’s Election Forum</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> - </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.electionforum.org/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">www.electionforum.org/</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>& <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://judgevoterguide.com/">http://judgevoterguide.com</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://robynnordell.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Robyn Nordell’s Conservative California Election Website</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.robyn-nordell.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">www.robyn-nordell.com/</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">To verify you’re currently registered to vote go to: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.sdvote.com/">www.sdvote.com</a><span style="color: black;">. Re-register if:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ve moved since you last voted<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ve changed your name <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">You’ve changed your political affiliation</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">For voter registration forms, voter pamphlets, and access to voter registration information go to:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">San Diego County Registrar of Voters 5201 Ruffin Road #1; San Diego CA 92123 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sdvote.com/">www.sdvote.com</a></b> <span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(858) 565-5800</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2010 Gubernatorial Election Voter deadlines</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">18 Oct:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last day to register to vote on 02 Nov<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">26 Oct:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Last day to request for an absentee ballot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">28 Oct:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Last day to mail a ballot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">02 Nov:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Election day</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Guidelines for what your church can do at election time:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Western Center for Law and Policy (WCLP) </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://wclplaw.org/resources/PastorsGuide.pdf" title="blocked::http://wclplaw.org/resources/PastorsGuide.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">http://wclplaw.org/resources/PastorsGuide.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">o</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Liberty Council </span><a href="http://www.lc.org/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.lc.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Kacer’s Call on the November Statewide Propositions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">For more detailed analysis and justification, please go to the C3 web site at: </span><a href="http://www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be apprised that on Proposition 20 I differ from most conservatives in that I would prefer to see whether the new Citizens Redistricting Commission is workable or not first, before adding congressional districts to the mix. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 19: Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Oppose (No)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 20: Voters FIRST Act for Congress </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Uncertain (Leaning Towards Oppose (No))</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 21: State Parks & Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Act<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 22:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2010</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)</span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></b></span> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 23: <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">California Jobs Initiative (Suspends AB 32 Air Pollution Control Law)<i> </i></span>– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 24: <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Repeal Corporate Tax Loopholes Act – <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 25: On-Time Budget Act of 2010<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 26: Two-thirds Vote Requirement<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for State and Local Fees<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>– <span style="color: red;">Support (Yes)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Prop 27: Financial Accountability in Redistricting Act<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>– <span style="color: red;">Oppose (No)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I will be participating in various election forums and discussing the Propositions as listed below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feel free to contact me or the listed POC for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">16 October (Saturday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Mission Valley Christian Fellowship (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">6536 Estrella Avenue (Corner of Estrella & Zion Ave above Kaiser Hospital) San Diego 92120</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> "Election Review" from 6:00-8:30 pm. Discussion of candidates and Statewide Propositions. Contact Woody Woodrum for more information at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:woodyfor53@yahoo.com"><span style="color: blue;">woodyfor53@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">17 October (Sunday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Grace Bible Church (655 West 11th Avenue; Escondido; 92025) "Statewide Proposition Presentation" from 7:30-8:30 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">18 October (Monday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The Escondido Republican Club is hosting a candidate’s forum and a presentation on the Statewide Propositions at the October luncheon (Cocina del Charro Restaurant; 525 N. Quince; Escondido; 92025). For details go to: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.escondidorepublicanclub.org/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.escondidorepublicanclub.org/index.html</a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">18 October (Monday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Horizon Christian Fellowship is hosting a "Statewide Proposition Presentation" from 7:00-9:00 pm (5331 Mt. Alifan Drive; San Diego; 92111; in the cafeteria). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">19 October (Tuesday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> At The Rock Church (</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2277 Rosecrans St. San Diego, CA 92106)(Room 235)</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> "Statewide Proposition Presentation" from 7:00-9:00 pm. Contact Alana Sorensen for details and specific location at <a href="mailto:asorensen@alanascreative.com"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><span style="color: blue;">asorensen@alanascreative.com</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">24 October (Sunday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Rancho Del Rey Christian Church is hosting a "Statewide Proposition Presentation" from 7:00-9:00 pm (</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3132 Tiger Run Ct.; Suite G-105; Carlsbad; 92010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Contact Chris White for details at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:saltnlightministry.rdr@gmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">saltnlightministry.rdr@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">27 October (Wednesday):</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The Escondido Republican Women Federated luncheon meeting will include a presentatio on the Statewide Propositions (Escondido Country Club; 1800 Country Club Lane; Escondido; 92026). Contact Traci Bass for more information at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:traci@tracibasshomes.com"><span style="color: blue;">traci@tracibasshomes.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Good News Etc.</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Article for October:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">“Wrongful National Death”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Whether we like it or not, we’re witnessing the death of a grand experiment in applied Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the very beginning of the colonial experience, through the maturing of the United States as a nation, we could be the final beneficiaries of a remarkable spiritual heritage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In its infancy this legacy understood the sinfulness of man’s heart (Jer 17:9) and the destructive consequences of an unrestrained government and took measures to control both.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">The national death that’s coming is a result of negligence over a long time, most significantly in the last generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can attribute it to any number of causes, we can point to circumstances we had no personal control over, or we can say it’s just the natural course of events in the cruel track record of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m of the opinion, however, that our squandered opportunity for Christian stewardship of this nation is the primary source of the decay we’re facing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Negligence is a key factor in any claim of wrongful death, and I believe we’ve been sufficiently negligent in our kingdom duties that the death of our unique nation is now within sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t believe me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When was the last time revival swept our land?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When do you recall sermons against ungodly politicians and legislation last thundering across our nation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s happened to seasons of prayer and fasting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where’s widespread moral indignation against entrapment of families in government entitlement programs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the thousands of evangelical preachers exhorting us to storm the very gates of hell (Matt 16:18) and legally do everything in our power to curb abortion, take back our schools, shame the public honoring of sexual perversion and immorality, and even demand fiscal responsibility of OUR government?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we really apathetic, ignorant, or just not led?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The very truths of God are in our hands – why aren’t all our gifted teachers and preachers equipping us for kingdom work in all these dark battlefields?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">The explosion of economic prosperity and military dominance following the Depression and World War II may have left us too comfortable and complacent about the things of God outside our fellowships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes a loss of passion to share the gospel to an increasingly hostile culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The extraordinary growth of government power, judicial activism, special interests, and new “rights” contrary to sound reasoning and Biblical standards has systemically infested our land and co-opted our stewardship role.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When government can ignore Constitutional restraints, take over the banking, auto and health care industries, devour the fruit of our labor, and curse our descendents with unsustainable debt, why would we think our freedom to worship, preach, evangelize and conduct our business in a Christ honoring manner will somehow be beyond its reach?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Think about it, tea-Party leaders have replaced our spiritual leaders in fighting for principles we used to be care-givers for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conservative talk shows hosts are the new preachers informing and energizing people of faith to turn back the national death rattle around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If our nation is pulled back from the brink this November, it won’t be because of spiritual revival and action – it’ll be because common people with common sense have done what the evangelical community should have been doing all along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Our nation, and eventually our religious freedoms are on life support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If large numbers of Christians wake up and make the difference in removing ungodly, ideologically driven politicians this November, it may help stem the slide to oblivion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, it won’t be because of widespread faithful preaching and teaching by fire-breathing, ordained, seminary trained pastors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’ll be because of a grassroots understanding to do what’s right and necessary by those wanting something better for their children, and to salvage our freedoms and national resources to promote our values, love the unlovable, and freely and openly share the gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Stop complaining and get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the dust settles we can begin to ask how to reclaim our rightful place as churches in outreach to the lost, the helpless, and to our godless government.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Good News Etc.</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Guest Commentary for October:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The Ground Zero Mosque and Our Witness”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rarely does a public issue highlight the complex spiritual warfare around us like the Mosque at Ground Zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public opinion is solidly against building an Islamic Cultural Center (with a Mosque) at 51 Park Place, just two blocks from the center of Ground Zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, local zoning decisions, Constitutional rights, and other legal protections (such as RLUIPA) have protected Imam Rauf’s right to pursue this project, independent of the provocation it presents to our national sensitivities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Common sense clearly shows a massive Islamic project this close to the site of mass murder by radical Islamists is for one reason: to provoke us as a people and a nation into a lose-lose situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the one hand, allowing this project to continue acquiesces to an intentional, blatant insult to our cultural and traditional sympathies and values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will only serve to energize those in the Muslim world who hate us and view us as a weak, unprincipled people incapable of honor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, stopping this project will undoubtedly generate rhetorical hyperbola that will predictably fan fanaticism into a murderous rage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any pushing back and strongly questioning the wisdom, purpose, or necessity of this Mosque will be used to falsely “prove” our Islamophobia, intolerance, and hatred of Muslims to the rest of the world, independent of the fact that over 100 Mosques already exist in New York city, and thousands can be found around our country.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Islamists have become adept at using the freedoms and legal rights enjoyed in the West for their own purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By demanding accommodation of religious practices in every possible public setting, and demonstrating extreme sensitivity for any perceived slight, our politically correct leadership and compliant media have raised Muslim issues to a protected category far above any other group, person or cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it any wonder that Imam Rauf feels not the slightest embarrassment at offending millions of Americans?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For him to claim he’s only trying to promote peace is laughable from one that has questionable sympathies for radical Islamists, believes we were the reason for 9-11, and gives veiled threats about consequences if his project is stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If his definition of peace was the same as ours, why not spend the money on promoting anti-terrorist campaigns, or a universal memorial for those lives that were destroyed by Islamists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, if he is true to Muslim beliefs, peace can only come when Islam rules the entire earth and subjugates any and all that are not Muslim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In effect, Imam Rauf and his financial backers are attempting to “conquer” for the world of Islam a portion of ground in the heart of what represents a quintessential victory site for radical Islam, and a deep tragedy for us as a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do they have the legal right to do so?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a purposeful provocation with the intention to act as a staging area for more influence in the area?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there anything we can do legally or through public opinion to affect this outcome? Realistically, probably not much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we can do some things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Listen very carefully to our elected leaders to see how they handle this conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they stress the legal rights of Imam Faul while ignoring the obvious provocation and insult to the American people, then they’ve failed in their role as leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they don’t do everything in their power to come up with creative alternatives, then they’re worthless as our representatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why can’t we create a large national monument and strictly control what business and groups can reside there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not condemn the property outright and use eminent domain to reserve it as a memorial, particularly since it was damaged during by 9-11?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not pressure the acceptance of Donald Trump’s offer to buy the property at a profit for the current investors?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Also, we can use this as a teachable moment to contrast the very different natures and beliefs of Islam and Christianity - basically works & subjugation verses faith & love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our national freedoms come from a Biblical understanding of the worth of life, property, and matters of conscience and faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nowhere are our freedoms found in Muslim dominated countries, and bit by bit they’ll be compromised and replaced here if we’re not watchful and resolute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the on-going spiritual warfare around us, let’s not give unnecessary offense, but let’s also do what’s right.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Minute Ministry Tip #7 (October 2010)<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Get-Out-The-Vote.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems every election is the most important one we’ve ever had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some respects they have become more critical over the years because of the government’s increasingly irresponsible lack of fiscal and moral restraint. Many factors are making this particular mid-term election a bellwether for correcting the destructive “changes” being imposed upon the entire nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grass roots involvement has rarely been as intense as this time around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To continue the momentum, I encourage each of us to perform our own little “Get-Out-The-Vote” campaign with our families, friends, and particularly our church contacts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Encourage everyone you meet (that shares your values) to register if they haven’t yet, and then to commit to vote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t forget about shut-ins or the frail (family, friends, and acquaintances) that may have difficulty physically getting out to vote, or may be overlooking their absentee ballots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make up a phone call and e-blast list to remind people to vote, particularly over the weekend before the election, and then on Election Day for final stragglers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make yourself available to drive someone to the polls if necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, remember to be creative, gracious, and available, but without nagging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every vote does count, but our Christ-like behavior towards others will count even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">General Interest - Books Read In September:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">This has been a particularly busy month, so I’m tabling much of my reading until next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next two on my reading list are: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">“The Roots of Obama’s Rage” by Dinesh D’Souza<o:p></o:p></span></span> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“State of Emergency” by Patrick J. Buchanan</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Is there a pastor or ministry leader that’s receptive to establishing a Christian Citizenship (or Salt & Light) Ministry in a legal, Christ-honoring, Biblically balanced way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll take them to lunch to discuss how to go about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Frank Kacer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Executive Director of the Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">C3 is a 501(c)3 organization, serving the Christian community since 2004<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">As always, if you wish to be taken off the distribution list, just let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">C3 Vision Statement<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">“The Christian Citizenship Council of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place> exists to encourage and equip Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the culture around us, and to all of life”</span></em></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"><strong><em>(Matt 5:13-16; 16:18; 22:39; Jer 29:7)</em></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan”</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(Prov 29:2)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526935719202117988.post-535285294366810792010-09-09T01:47:00.000-07:002010-09-09T01:47:07.510-07:00C3 Report: Volume 3 Issue IX (September 2010)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Contents:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">September C3 Lunch Meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Activities or Actions Worth Pursuing (Selected)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The Election and the Gospel” Good News Etc. Article for September<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Minute Ministry Tip #6 Voter Guides<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">General Interest: Books Read In August (by Dallas and God)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b> </li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">A warm welcome to new subscribers to the C3 Report: <b><i>Chris, Karen, Pat, Robert, Gino and Kevin.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">September C3 Lunch Meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">28<sup>th</sup> of September (<u>Tuesday</u>)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><u>Escondido</u></b></st1:city></st1:place>: Marie Callenders; <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">615 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>West 13th Avenue</st1:address></st1:street> - Lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 (Library Room)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Activities or Actions Worth Pursuing</span><span class="ec370434201-02122008"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> (Selected)</span></span></u></b><span class="ec370434201-02122008"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">11 September: Patriot Day.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day set aside by act of Congress, and signed by President Bush in 2001 to remember those that died in the 9-11 attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fly the American flag at half mast to honor those lives, and the brave men and women lost since then in defense of our freedoms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">11 September: City Fest (Mission Bay Park).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">For information about this 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. event with Luis Palau go to <a href="http://www.sandiegocityfest.com/">http://www.sandiegocityfest.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">12<sup>th</sup>, 18<sup>th</sup>, 26<sup>th</sup> of September: “CPEDG”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Cultural and Political Engagement Discussion Group” </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">continues</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>at Grace Bible Church the 1<sup>st</sup> & 3<sup>rd</sup> Saturdays at 0900 am, and the 2<sup>nd</sup> & 4<sup>th</sup> Sundays at 12:15 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information contact <a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Current lesson: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How to Communicate Effectively</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">17 September: Constitution Day. </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surprise - this does not show up on my Daytimer, but it’s the anniversary of the signing of our national Constitution in 1787.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information about this day and our Constitution go to: <a href="http://www.constitutionday.com/">http://www.constitutionday.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">18 September: <span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Salt and Light Training (10:00 to 5:00 pm)</span></span></i></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">. Contact Dran Reese at <a href="http://us.mc1801.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dran@saltandlightcouncil.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">dran@saltandlightcouncil.org</span></a> to sign up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For info about Salt and Light go to: </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://saltandlightcouncil.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0033cc;">http://saltandlightcouncil.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20 September – 30 October: A Call to Pray and Act for Life, Marriage and Religious Freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This call for our nation has gone out to 10’s of thousands of pastors across the nation, as well as countless others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join the 40 days of fasting and prayer, and the remaining national conference call/webinar events by going to: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b></span></span><u><span style="color: #c98f33; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.prayandact.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.prayandact.com</span></a> </span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">22 September – 31 October: 40 Days for Life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Around the world pro-life supporters will be meeting for prayer and fasting throughout these 40 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to <a href="http://www.40daysforlife.com/sandiego">www.40daysforlife.com/sandiego</a> for more information on local activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">26 September: Gold Star Mother’s Day.</span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">This day is observed on the last Sunday of September each year for people to recognize and honor those who have lost a son or daughter while serving the United States Armed Forces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">October:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Does your church have a desire to address the State-wide Propositions on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of November ballot?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a free booklet on how to do this in a Christ honoring, legal manner contact C3 at the address below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">23 October: Western Center for Law and Policy Banquet (with David Barton!) “An Evening in Florence”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I encourage all of you to attend this wonderful opportunity to: hear about WCLP’s service to us; listen to David Barton (Wallbuilders); and participate in supporting WCLP’s work to protect our faith, family and freedom rights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cost is $75 per person, or sponsor a table for $650 for 10 people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Now: Voter Registration!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Be sure to be registered to vote this November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember that the last day to register is 18 October for the 2 November election.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Now - Family Value Voter Guide Help!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If you have volunteer time available, and want to help the greater Christian community there’s a lot that can be done to assist getting this important guide out to our greater Christian community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To volunteer, send an e-mail to </span><span style="color: #454370; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="mailto:FamilyVoterInfo@FamilyVoterInfo.org"><span style="color: blue;">FamilyVoterInfo@FamilyVoterInfo.org</span></a></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">or call 888-721-1980.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Now: Preparation for November Propositions Vote</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to <a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/">http://www.sos.ca.gov</a> to begin reviewing the 9 state-wide Propositions we will be voting on November 2<sup>nd</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Tea Parties in the Area: <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;">Ramona Tea’d:</span></i></b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.ramonatead.com/"><span lang="PT-BR" style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ramonatead.com/</span></span></a></span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">East</span></i></b></st1:placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></span></i></b></st1:place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.eastcountyteaparty.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.eastcountyteaparty.org</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">North</span></i></b></st1:placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></span></i></b></st1:place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Conservative Events:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.northcountyconservatives.org/index.html"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.northcountyconservatives.org/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">My Recent <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good News Etc.</i> Article (September):<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">“The Election and the Gospel”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Politics is in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea Party activists have rightly called government to task for unrestrained power grabs and gross fiscal irresponsibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everywhere, Christian conservatives are scrutinizing candidates to see if they’re true to our core Biblical principles and values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the last election, this November will be a bell-weather for our country’s future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing less than a tipping point between our freedoms and the government’s insatiable thirst for power are at stake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our right to openly worship, preach and live out God’s word, the prosperity of our children and grandchildren, our national security, and the control of our medical care future are all at risk because apathy and ignorance have enabled ungodly leadership to be enthroned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s obvious we can’t sit on the sidelines just waiting for November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What tends to be lost, however, is that this election can be a showcase for the gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Because politics is a contact sport, it can quickly become very divisive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In election battles it’s easy to forget that brothers and sisters in Christ have infinitely more in common through Christ than they’ll ever have in their politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that we shouldn’t strive for unity (1 Peter 3:8) in everything, including our votes, but ultimately our spiritual fellowship shouldn’t be dependent on perfect alignment in the political realm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, the world will know we’re Christ’s disciples by our love, not animosity, towards each other (John 13:35).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How we speak about and treat other believers, even when we may differ, will support or degrade the credibility of our gospel testimony and its transcending power over everything else in our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Also, as Christians we should have a deep and abiding concern for the well-being of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as God demonstrated his infinite love for us by giving his Son, shouldn’t we demonstrate our compassion for the lost, powerless, and weak by demanding government restrain itself from devaluing life and creating dependency through class warfare?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the sermons equipping us to actively defend truth and the common good against a power-thirsty government (Jer 29:7; Eph 5:11)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why isn’t every church teaching us how to apply God’s word to restrain evil, how to support good candidates and legislation, and how to not depend solely on the use of political power (Matt 5:13-16)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If preaching the whole Bible doesn’t include exhorting and equipping us to engage in the dominant moral battles of our era – then our spiritual leadership is naïve, weak and possibly blind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continuing in this state of denial will eventually lead to our comfortable church lives being turned into agony by an oppressive, ungodly government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Our credibility with unbelievers is impacted by our understanding of the times and ability to express timeless truth in an effective way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the world watches, if we just curse the darkness how is our credibility ever bolstered in sharing the gospel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ultimately, it’s not who’s elected to office or which Propositions pass; it’s our personal example and concern to an unbelieving world that will have eternal influence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we don’t capitalize on the widespread angst and anger towards the incompetent and dangerous leaders we currently have, then we’ve squandered opportunities to apply truth or demonstrate concern for what’s right, and will only reinforce the stereotypical view that the Bible, Christians and the gospel are irrelevant to our world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, whatever the outcome in November we must recognize that this deadly spiritual warfare will continue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If positive changes begin in this election, our active, gracious involvement gives us credibility with others because of our concern for them, and our love for each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the election doesn’t help restrain government, then the moral credibility we gained in the fight will allow us to minister to those that’ll be disillusioned and eventually hurt by government hegemony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Minute Ministry Tip #6:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Voter Guides<span style="color: red;">.</span></span></i></b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The most used, most complete, local voter guide is the Family Values Voter Guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides great information on many of the races from the local level to state-wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A discouraging trend over the last several cycles, however, is that even those candidates we like are starting to not respond to the questions asked of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may be several reasons for that, but one is <u>not</u> through oversight by their political staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don Smith and his volunteers have a rigorous follow-up process to ensure the questionnaire was received, and tries multiple times to gain a response back from each candidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The FVVG will be posted at <a href="http://www.familyvoterinfo.org/">http://www.familyvoterinfo.org</a> prior to the election, or you can request copies to distribute for your church by calling <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>888-721-1980<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">General Interest - Books Read In August:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">“The Bible”: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">by God Himself<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i> </i></b>(English Standard Version, 1042 pages).</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I’m on track to complete reading through the entire Bible for this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use September 11<sup>th</sup> as the anniversary date since it helps remind me of the uncertainties and dangers in this world, and the absolute trust I have in Almighty God (through Jesus Christ) that fashioned the universe and holds all nations in His just hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage each of you to develop a daily routine of Bible reading and prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">“Desires in Conflict – Hope for Men Who Struggle with Sexual Identity”:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> by Joe Dallas (1991, revised 2003) (237 pages).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dallas is past president of Exodus International.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His insights into homosexuality from both personal life experience and extensive counseling of homosexuals provides a rich resource to anyone needing to understand this complex sin issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He balances Biblical grace and truth very effectively, directly addresses those struggling with homosexual desires (and lust) in a compassionate and thoughtful manner, and doesn’t overlook the need for repentance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also discusses the common attacks on Biblical passages dealing with homosexuality as well the unsupported genetic cause theory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to better understand this multifaceted and life-destroying orientation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Information – Assistance Offer:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Is there a pastor or ministry leader that’s receptive to establishing a Christian Citizenship (or Salt & Light) Ministry in a legal, Christ-honoring, Biblically balanced way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll take them to lunch to discuss how to go about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Frank Kacer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="mailto:frankkacer@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">frankkacer@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Executive Director of the Christian Citizenship Council (C3) of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">C3 is a 501(c)3 organization, serving the Christian community since 2004<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">www.christiancitizenshipcouncil.org</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">As always, if you wish to be taken off the distribution list, just let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">“The Christian Citizenship Council of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place> exists to encourage and equip Churches and believers to apply biblical principles to all spheres of the culture around us, and to all of life”</span></em></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"><strong><em>(Matt 5:13-16; 16:18; 22:39; Jer 29:7)</em></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan”</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(Prov 29:2)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2