Legislative Warrior Day 2005
The level of
attendance at
our recent
Helmet Rally is
encouraging;
let’s hope as
many bikers
make time to attend the opening of
our state’s legislative session. Tuesday
January 11th the battle to defend our
liberties will begin once again.
Remember Benjamin Franklin’s
admonition: "No man's life, liberty or
fortune is safe while our legislature is
in session." Remember if you are not
lobbying your state legislators for biker
rights, no one else is doing it for you.
In contrast, the lobbyists of our
enemies are lobbying against biker
rights and they don’t take time out for
other pursuits.
Numbers of people are only one of the many factors in an effective demonstration. The timing, choice of target and tactics to be employed are equally important. There have been demonstrations of 400,000 that are hardly remembered and demonstrations of a few dozen that were remarkably effective. Often the critical element involved is the theater. Those who say a demonstration should be concerned with education rather than theater don’t understand either and will never organize a successful demonstration, or for that matter, a successful revolution. (Abbie Hoffman: Steal this Book)
A new “Legislative Warrior” patch
will be issued and given to those who
attend and lobby during our opening
lobby day on January 11th; those who
meet at Strom Thurmond's statue
between 9 and 9:30 AM will qualify for
an additional limited patch.
The itinerary for Legislative Warrior
Day/the opening day of the legislative
session in South Carolina begins early.
Meet and greet other members at
Strom Thurmond’s statue from 9 to
9:30 AM. There will be a brief
workshop on lobbying and strategies
from 9:30 to 10 AM. Then the hands
on lobbying workshop will walk the
halls and legislative offices from 10 to
11:30 AM. Finally, we will fill the
senate gallery at 11:30. The session
begins at 12 PM. We need to arrive
early to secure a seat in the gallery to
view the opening of the legislative
session. Pass the word that we need
leather in the senate gallery first and
foremost.
The after the lobbying workshop a
party will begin at 1 PM at the Flying
Saucer less than a block away from the
state house; the Flying Saucer has
plenty of parking, great food, and over
eighty beers on tap plus another 150
bottled varieties. If you have not
attended one of these events and
better yet lobbied as a large group,
you don’t know all the fun you are
missing.
Last year we had over one
hundred bikers present on the opening
day, and we narrowly defeated the
seat belt bill and passed the tattoo bill;
this year let’s fill the state house and
legislative offices with hundreds of
bikers and accomplish more than just
two goals on our legislative agenda.
FastFred Ruddock – ABATE of SC
State Coordinator
I refuse to allow my life to be run by
my civil servants!
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