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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND TEN (10) COPIES OF THIS
REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT
MADE BY: Larry Heppler/Comm. Oehler
MEETING DATE: November 9, 2009
OFFICE:
TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: Consider, discuss and take appropriate action to approve a Resolution
supporting the Constitution of the United States of America.
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NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Larry Heppler/Comm. Oehler
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Meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards your request being
addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners'
Court.
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
WHEREAS, American history is marked by countless acts of selfless human sacrifice and service
to others in the fight for individual liberty and justice for app people; and
WHEREAS, The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of
America are the most treasured and revered documents of the United Sates of America and must be
preserved and protected by all present and future generations of Freedom Loving Americans; and
WHEREAS, The leadership in Washington, DC must never consider or adopt any law or
regulation which could change, adulterate or subordinate the fundamental precepts and principles
found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, Currently under consideration by the United States Congress is legislation the would
through regulation, taxation or restriction alter the fundamental rights fond in the First and Second
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, The First and Second Amendments to the Constitution are the tools given to the
American people to use in order to protect themselves from an abusive and oppressive government;
and
WHEREAS, It has now become necessary for Freedom Loving Americans along with their local
and state leaders to passionately and patriotically request that our Federal Government refrain from
any effort to reduce or regulate our rights which are defended by the Constitution of the United
States of America;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Commissioners Court of Kerr County, Texas,
wholeheartedly embraces the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and unequivocally
supports the Constitution of the United States of America; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kerr County Commissioners Court emphatically and most
specifically supports the First and Second Amendments and urge all federally elected officials to
refrain from any effort to reduce or regulate any rights expressed or written in:
The Constitution of the United States.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR KERR
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON this the 9th day of November, 2009.
PAT TINLEY,
Kerr County Judge
H.A. "BUSTER" BALDWIN,
Commissioner, Precinct 1
JONATHAN LETZ,
Commissioner, Precinct 3
WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner, Precinct 2
BRUCE OEHLER,
Commissioner, Precinct 4