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We Must Make The Wise Choice For Our Grandchildren

 We in Staunton have a choice to make.  It is up to us.  Shall we choose solar energy ? Twenty one years ago, I was adopted into the Shenandoah family, Wolf Clan, Oneida Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (People of the Long House).   White people call them Iroquois. We are taught to listen to our elders, learn to respect and act responsibly. Oren Lyons, 93, Wolf Clan, is an Onondaga Chief, and world leader of peace who teaches —  The Earth is our Mother.  She gives everything we need for life.  Imagine a living pine tree clinging to a cliff; getting all it needs for life from the earth.  We are like that pine tree.  Our Mother Earth provides, but time is running out.  We have little time to make changes in order to survive.  The economy of nations will be broken by natural disasters.  We see more disasters every year:  hurricanes, snow melt, coastlines washing into the seas, wild fires, drought, flooding, on and...
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Ben Cline, Represent Us !

 To Congressman Ben Cline and staff,

The US government is a democracy (citizens govern themselves), and we live in a representative democracy where we elect representatives to vote for us.  

WHEN THIS DOES NOT WORK ?  It does not work when the Republican Party and your Republican representatives support voter suppression, anti-health measures for women specific medical problems, the NRA and guns.

Per MSNBC News on Thursday May 18, 2023

  • “SEVENTEEN (17) MASS SHOOTINGS in SEVEN (7) DAYS!
  • "Most of these shootings are white male from rural Republican areas.”
  • "NINETY PERCENT  of US citizens are for common sense gun laws."

It appears to me that NINETY percent of US CITIZENS POLLED are being ignored and squeezed out of democracy and representation on GUN ISSUES alone !  I am one of those voting citizens.

Having YOUNG SCHOOL CHILDREN doing active shooter drills as a part of school curriculum is NOT FREEDOM.  I have elementary and high school grandchildren, so this is personal for me.

Ben Cline, listen to the majority of your constituents (including gun owners) who want universal background checks, gun purchase waiting periods, mandatory firearm security measures (so teachers do not get shot by first graders).  

Ben Cline, you need to represent all of your constituents, not just your MAGA base.

Mrs. Carol H. Poulson
Staunton, Virginia

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