Thurston County No Shooting Meeting 4-5 Please Attend!!!

[Oly1]

Just a note for all who have been following the no shooting ordinance in Thurston County. The meeting this week has been change from 3:00 to 2:00. The meeting is Thursday April 5th at 2:00 PM at Thurston County Courthouse Building 1. Please come if you can and let anyone and everyone know who might be able to attend. We would love to have 400 people in attendance. It would be nice to end this sooner than later and good attendance would send a message to stop the madness now. Nice that the commissioners changed the meeting time. Do you think they are trying an underhanded tactic to keep us away?  Thanks, Oly1

[callonetta]

I got the day off, we will be there for sure wearing our WWA hats.

[ICEMAN]

The commissioners are not answering my recent emails....not yet atleast.

[duckkillerclyde]

good luck to you all with this nonsense.  I've been reading about it for a few months now.

[huntrights]

This is the briefing meeting mentioned in earlier posts.  The room will not hold all of people who plan on attending, so there will also be an opposition rally outside.  It is very important that there is a very big showing for this event.  Show up early if you want to get a seat to observe the actual proceedings.

The following is a very important meeting that all should try to attend.  We need to fill the room.  If you go, write on the sign-in register that you OPPOSE the No Shooting Zone Ordinance.  The public will NOT be able to speak at this meeting; you will only be able to observe.  Our presence is extremely important.  The Commissioners will be given a briefing by Cliff Moore from the Thurston County Resource Stewardship Department on what they are now calling the “Controlled Shooting Zone”.  The Commissioners will decide at that time what their next step will be.

Thursday, April 5, 2012; 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Thurston County Courthouse, Building One, Room 280
2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502-1045

Check their master schedule prior to make sure this briefing is still on the schedule; they have been known to change the schedule:

http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/bocc/docs/Master%20Schedule.pdf

Materials for the Controlled Shooting Zone briefing are posted on the county website at:

http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/resource/docs/shootingzones/Controlled-Shooting-Zone-Complete.pdf

APRIL 5TH THURSTON COUNTY NO TO NO SHOOTING ORDINANCE RALLY
2:00 PM AT THE THURSTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX, BLDG. 1

RALLY DETAILS

To add emphasis to our solidarity please wear one or more of the following items: green shirt, green blouse, green jacket, or green hat.  Hopefully the crowd will overflow building capacity, so dress accordingly.

The rally will be held at the time and place noted above regardless of any changes in the meeting schedule instigated by the Thurston County Commissioners to disrupt our message and purpose.  Rally organizers will be on site by 1:00 PM.

Please be orderly and respectful of other citizens and property, but do feel free to provide effective background noise.

Please bring and use video cameras and still cameras to help document the event if you have them.

Parking will be an issue, so please carpool if possible and park at the Red Lion Inn which is a short walk from the rally site.  I believe the Red Lion Inn charges a $2.00 parking fee.

Please sign our register and pick up signs at the registration post which will be located at main front entrance of bldg. 1.

Please return the signs to the registration post at the end of the rally.  Exception:  Willing Thurston County residents may keep the signs to post in their front yards.

In the event you are approach by the media politely tell them you are protesting the unlawful no shooting ordinance and then direct them to Jon McAninch.  I will be stationed at the registration post and will answer their questions in a predetermined manner or direct them to some one else who can.

Expect to donate about two hours of your valuable time at the Rally to be effectual.  The Commissioners have by design picked this very inconvenient time for this meeting to minimize the possible attendance of those in opposition to their agenda.

We have made a difference!  The ONLY reason this ordinance was not enacted in October 2010 per the scheduled timeline goal of the Thurston County Commissioners is because of our opposition.  The three Thurston County Commissioners and Staff are realizing just how radioactive this issue is and are now in damage control mode (especially the two Commissioners standing for reelection).

We have now also gained "National" and "Statewide" attention in this matter, and every county and every politician in Washington State is aware and is watching how this ordinance pans out.  Due to the permit / fee / exemption clause incorporated into the Proposed Thurston County No Shooting Ordinance it has now transgressed into a possible source of revenue for these other counties.  So now the ordinance and the process not only attacks your Personal Property Rights, Second Amendment Rights, State Constitution Article 24 Rights, Right of Due Process, Right to Public Waters and Lands, shooting privileges, hunting privileges, etc. it shall now also attack the wallets of every gun owner, shooter, and hunter in this state if it passes. 
 
We, (the key organizers of the opposition to this ordinance) are CONFIDENT “IF” enough people attend this rally this ordinance will be killed.  This shall make this issue untouchable, taboo, and radioactive for every other county and politician in our state and make OBTAINABLE our ultimate goals of hunting and fishing being recognized as a constitutional "RIGHT" in lieu of a privilege, forcing the retraction of already existing like ordinances in other counties and saving tens of thousands of dollars in litigation costs.
 

THIS IS NOT JUST A THURSTON COUNTY ISSUE
THIS IS NOT JUST A WATERFOWL HUNTING ISSUE

There are now many State and National organizations and political allies that have joined in coalition to support the efforts to: defeat this ordinance, retract existing like ordinances, and establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish, hence provide a firewall against these types of issues in the future.  Do not squander this opportunity!  Do whatever is necessary to make this RALLY work as intended.  Bring your friends and families and make your investment in your future and freedom.
 
Please forward this to whoever you deem appropriate and if you have any questions please feel free to contact cedarvillefarms@aol.com
 
Thank you

[Mr56Jeep]

Bump.    Please try to attend. 

[pianoman9701]

Show up at 1 PM

[bobcat]

Show up at 1 PM

Will you be there?

[pianoman9701]

I will not.

[bearpaw]

Sounds well organized, good luck, I hope you have a big turnout that sends a strong message. If it wasn't so far from Colville I would be there too.

[Mr56Jeep]

Well, it was a great turn out!!!   

Unfortunately, though as expected, the commissioners tabled it for two weeks.   

[ICEMAN]

 

[Oly1]

For those of you that were not inside to observe the meeting it was great. I saved seats in the back row and everyone in the back row was holding a no shooting zone sign so all the commissioners saw was red a white. The commissioners asked staff a bunch of softball questions which supported their position. It was interesting at the beginning of meeting I asked what time the doors would open and the gentleman on staff with the beard and glasses stated “The sheriff will be here about 1:45 and the doors will be open then.” “You know there is no public comment? Right?” I told him that when the sheriff arrives I will make sure he isn’t out of control. Actually the sheriff was a nice guys who was helping people get seated and escorted them in. I kiddingly said he was the MC of the event and I had other small talk and he was happy with everyone’s conduct. I think the commissioners thought there were going to be a bunch of ****ed off rednecks yelling and screaming as there were actually 2 sheriffs in the room.

One comment Romero made was about the high density of homes on the waterfront so I pulled some information. I sell real estate so numbers is something I can get my hands on in short order.

Interesting facts:

-There are 2929 waterfront properties with structures on them in Thurston County out of a total of 3800 waterfront properties.

-In the last 10 years there have been a total of 224 new homes constructed or 22.4 homes per year. That is a .0764 % increase in the number of new homes in the last 10 years! Huge increase right?

-I estimated the miles of waterfront to be approximately 60 miles so that would be a new home built every approximately 2.69 miles apart once a year.

-New construction on waterfront properties is severely restricted so these homes would be built no closer than existing homes and likely farther from the water.

Let the fun continue. Oly1

One footnote I went back to the courthouse at around 4:30 and asked someone on the staff about the meeting and their comment was "good turnout, nice people....falling on deaf ears with the commissioners." They retracted the statement after they realized what they said.

[ICEMAN]

Thanks for the report Oly1.

[Special T]

Keep thier feet to the fire!