From Oathkeepers Facebook Page:

To all Oath Keepers and others, sadly I must report to you that our recent past President John Wallace has passed away from a medical condition he has been battling for some time.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. John was a Founding Member of New York Oath Keepers and served in many capacities including Vice President, and most recently, President, but found it necessary to step down because of his illness. He set a great example as a continuous fighter for the Constitution and was, and will continue to be, a constant reminder of the importance of honoring our OATH. I trust that John will continue to be with us as we continue to fight on.

 

Comment: I never met John, but I saw many of his videos on YouTube.  I liked him a lot.  He seemed caring and tough at the same time, and he was a great speaker.

Rensselaer County

Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola rated A

 

Frank Merola was not mentioned before because the Times Union did not mention the Rensselaer County Clerk race. I just saw it on the ballot.

Capital District Ratings

Rensselaer County:

Executive Steve McLaughlin  rated A

Legislator District 3 Todd Tessman rated A

Legislator District 2 John Hebert rated D

Grafton Town Justice Christopher Meyer rated A

Information for Capital District Voters from NYSRPA

 

This information is from Bill B

Proposal 3 – Authorizing the Use of Forest Preserve Land for Specified Purposes
The proposed amendment will create a land account with up to 250 acres of forest preserve land eligible for use by towns, villages, and counties that have no viable alternative to using forest preserve land to address specific public health and safety concerns; as a substitute for the land removed from the forest preserve, another 250 acres of land, subject to legislative approval, will be added to the forest preserve. The proposed amendment also will allow bicycle trails and certain public utility lines to be located within the width of highways that traverse the forest preserve while minimizing removal of trees and vegetation. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?
The land bank would be referred to in law as the Health and Safety Land Account. Municipalities would request to use acres in the land bank to address bridge and road hazards, water wells to meet drinking water standards, and stabilizing public utility lines. Before local governments could begin requesting acres in the land bank, the state would purchase acquire 250 new acres to include in the Forest Preserve. The measure would also allow bike paths, sewer lines, and electric, telephone, and broadband lines within the width of highways (49.5 feet or the width of the easement in existence on July 1, 2015) cutting through the Forest Preserve.
Governments would need to demonstrate that no viable alternatives exist to using state Forest Preserve land for the projects. They would also be required to restore pre-project environmental conditions as much as is practicable.
The proposal will also help reduce project costs without jeopardizing or threatening the environmental concerns of the people of the state.
Our upstate communities continue to wage an uphill battle to improve their economies. This is but one small step to provide them with some relief, while at the same time allowing small infrastructure projects to move forward while continuing to protect the lands that the sporting community holds dear; the very lands we use to hunt, fish and trap and otherwise use to celebrate our great outdoors.
We strongly advise that you vote YES on Proposition 3

Bill B, thank you for letting me share it

http://www.nysrpa.org/nysrpa-endorsed-candidates-2017/

This list is from NYSRPA and may be useful to you.  It includes some candidates from Rensselaer County, Columbia County and Schenectady County that NYSRPA endorses.

 

Lets do some more math.  1712 / 365 days = 4.7 / day

or 1  person per 10 states per day.

Now how many people are saved by, or crimes thwarted by, a firearm?  From CDC at least 150,000 per year (ranging up to 2.5 million) or 411 per day.

or 82 per 10 states per day.

The anti gunners are on a campaign to call there representatives right now.  We have to call even more times than they do, so pick up the phone.

call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 866-338-1015, they will ask for your zip code and connect you to your senator or congressperson.  put it in your phone and call every day.

This website has implored you to contact your representatives. The best bullwork against tyranny is having your representative on your side. Many pro gun bills are in jeopardy as you read this. Hollywood, main stream media, and gun control groups are trying to take advantage of tragedy again.

Contact your congressperson and tell them you support National Reciprocity, you support the Second Amendment Guarantee Act, and you oppose knee jerk banning of bump stocks – just to satisfy Hollywood and the main stream media. The opposition is organized, they have money and they are working against your rights. Celebrity gun control is running a campaign right now to text all of congress their demands. It is up to you to let Congress know that protecting the second amendment is still your priority.

I’m still deciding on if the NY Con Con is good or bad.  Here is some information from a friend I wanted to pass along to help you decide.

This November all NYS voters will have the following on the back of their ballot

(NYS Consitution Article XIX Section 2):

“Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?”

There has been a lot of advertising and social media postings about the question that will be on this fall’s voter ballot – should there be a NYS Constitution Convention (“Con Con”).

 Special interest organizations say union contracts could be threatened, employees’ jobs could be at risk, public education could be put at risk, only the political elite could be part of the Con Con, gun rights and firearms could be taken away, and so on. The key word in all this is “COULD”.

 These are tactics to get the uninformed voters to vote against Con Con. There are similar tactics for Con Con.

 Remember any NYS Senator or Assemblyperson could propose a bill at anytime the legislature is in session to put the above at risk. Again that word is used – “COULD”.

 Expensive? Yes, it will be.

 Here are just some ideas that could be proposed in a convention if Con Con is approved.

Possibly propose a voter recall vote (a “vote of no confidence” if you will) to give the voters the power to kick a bad or corrupt politician out of ANY elected office.

 Possibly propose a maximum salary limit for legislators paid by the state instead of the legislators proposing and voting for their own pay raise in two consecutive sessions. This pay limit be changed only be the next Con Con.

 Possibly propose either getting rid of the letter of necessity totally, or rewrite it to make the governor state facts only in the letter of necessity.

 Possibly propose putting the Right to keep and bear arms from the NYS Civil Rights Law (Article 2 § 4) into the State’s Constitution and bar the legislature from passing any law againt the Right to keep and bear arms.

 Possibly propose setting term limits for NYS Senators, Assemblypersons, and Governor.

 Of course there are many more possible proposals that could be proposed.

 Any Con Con proposal would have to be passed first by the Convention. It would then be put on the ballot for the voters to vote on. This is what the advertising fails to tell you!

 The NYS Constitutional Convention question only comes up once every 20 years. If the Con Con is passed by the voters this year, voters will have a chance to vote for the delegates that will be part of the Convention in 2018 November vote.

 The voters of NYS have the final say at the polls to any changes in the State’s Constitution when the the proposed changes are voted on at the eariiest 2019.

Please do your research on a NYS Con Con before voting. Do not let others persuade you.

(for opinions for and against please visit   http://www.newyorkconcon.info/?page_id=202)