OC-ed to Food Lion today no issues. From the VCDL alert, I plan to head up to the meeting.
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2. Reminder: VCDL
speaking in protest of James City County's censorship of Sheriff Deeds
TODAY
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The James
City County Board of Supervisors got a barrage of emails on Friday. If you
didn't send an email to them, let's do so before 4 PM tomorrow
(Tuesday)!
If you can attend, please do so. If you don't want to speak,
that is OK, as I will ask for those who support our position to please stand.
If you want to speak, all the better.
ACTION ITEM #1:
Let's PACK
the James City County Board of Supervisors meeting with gun owners and GSL
stickers! Those who would like to speak should do so, especially those who live
in James City County.
The meeting is THIS coming Tuesday, March 26, at 7
PM at:
James City County Government Center
Board Room, Building
F
101 Mounts Bay Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
If you would like to
speak at the meeting, you can send in a Speaker's Card **electronically** by
going to:
http://www.jamescitycountyva.gov/bos/speaker-card.html
(you
must send in the card before 4 PM on 3/23)
As this is a regular local
government building, carry should be OK.
ACTION ITEM #2:
Let's
fire an email salvo that will overflow the in-boxes of the Board of Supervisors
and get their attention!
Email addresses:
jccboard@jamescitycountyva.gov
Suggested
subject line:
Reinstate the Sheriff's Second Amendment
statement!
Suggested message:
As an elected official of the
County, the statement made by Sheriff Deeds showing support for the Second
Amendment, part of the Constitution that he and YOU took a solemn oath to
support, needs to be put back on the County's web site, where it belongs. At a
time when the Constitution is being shredded around the country, the citizens of
James City County need to see where their government stands on protecting their
rights.
To have removed that statement shows a severe disdain, not only
for the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions, but for Sheriff Deeds, and to the
voters who have trusted all of you to protect these rights.
Please put
the Sheriff's statement back on the County's web
site.
Sincerely,
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WHY WE ARE HOLDING THE
PROTEST
After the James City County Sheriff, Robert J. Deeds, posted a
statement of support for the Second Amendment on the James City County web site,
the Board of Supervisors voted to have it removed! The County Attorney and
Supervisor Robert Middaugh seem to be leading the charge to do so, claiming that
the Sheriff's statement was political in nature. Not all on the Board agreed
with that, with the strongest push back coming from Supervisor Mary Jones (Vice
Chair), who fully supported the Sheriff's statement.
Here is the
"offending" statement from the Sheriff that was censored from the web
site:
“I, and the deputy sheriffs of the Williamsburg-James City County
Sheriff’s Office have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The oath of office we
took includes upholding the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights and
Section 13 of the Virginia Bill of Rights, each guaranteeing our citizens the
right to bear arms.
While I am Sheriff, neither I, nor any deputy sheriff
in this office will take any action to aid or abet encroachment on this
fundamental right of our citizens.”
The Sheriff is a patriot and is
reiterating a key part of his oath of office. To some people, like the Sheriff,
that oath actually means something. To some of the Board members and their
staff, not so much.
A link to a story on the issue:
From
wydaily.com:
http://tinyurl.com/amr6seg
Video of
the County Attorney explaining why the Board was justified, in his opinion, in
censoring the Sheriff. It also includes Mary Jones pushing back. Every thing
starts around the 94 minute mark:
http://tinyurl.com/c4khw5d
