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On the 4th of July, 2015, APaCC's Chairman,
Peter Bearse, began a national tour of visits,
public speaking and old-time-for-a-new-age
political evangelism to wake people up and
build APaCC's outreach and membership. So,
now we'll switch you over to Peter, for what
follows begins his personal log of the tour.
My first stop was in Providence, RI, at a Unitarian service at the nation's first Unitarian/Universalist church in the U.S. What a magnificent church and fine congregation! I was warmly received, gave out many freshly printed APaCC brochures and cards, and made several friends for APaCC.
My 2nd stop was at the office of Rep. David Concilline, where I was allotted little time by the Rep's staff. Notwithstanding, I was able to ask two key questions: (1) What is the Rep. doing to "fix" or reform Congress and (2) What is the staff's person-to person outreach into the district? There was no time to ask a 3rd, more important query: What are the Rep., his staff and his offices doing to empower constituents more than himself?
The staff member did not know the total budget of the office. The average congressional office cost taxpayers about $2 million, and what does the average taxpayer get for that money? Darn little. Congressional offices are part of incumbents' reelection machinery. One of the major offerings of APaCC is the design of a congressionla office that would empower the people of each congressional district.
More on this soon. I'll seek to visit at least one congressional office in each of the 88 places on my itinerary. More important, I'll be seeking out lots & all sorts of people in all kinds of settings, including Rotary Clubs, senior citizen centers, fraternal societies and sisterhoods, civic associations & political clubs, etc.
JULY 12, 2015 >> Too much time was wasted over the last few days of the week gone by because of needs to iron out kinks in the scheduling, travel, equipment and traveling aspects of a tour.
GENERAL OBSERVATION: The positive response was highly heartening and .
REPORTS & REFERENCES
Bearse, Peter J. (2004), WE THE PEOPLE: A Conservative Populism. Lafayette, LA: Alpha Publishing, Inc.
____________ (2012), A NEW AMERICAN ®EVOLUTION: How “We the People” can “take back” our government. Amazon e-book.
____________ (2013), 1% + 99%=100%: How “We the People” can occupy politics, change Congress and renew the American Dream. Amazon e-book. [See especially Chapter 4: “Strategy to Build a People’s Congress]. Amazon e-book.
____________ (2014 & earlier) -- Many short pieces on various public issues posted by the online journal THE ETHICAL SPECTACLE [www.spectacle.org].