Accountability Utah has devoted this section
to helping citizens realize and unleash their own power.
Topics:
1. The Mindset of Effective Political
Involvement
2. Knowing Your Enemy
3. Knowing Yourself
4. Going After Government Officials &
Records
5. Roberts Rules of Order
6. Issue Training
1. The Mindset of
Effective Political Involvement
How Citizens Enable Political
Corruption:
What are the political weaknesses that obstruct individuals
and society from the pursuit of prosperity, happiness, and
peace? And how can citizens take charge again?
Warfighting: The U.S. Marine Corps Book of Strategy:
A primer for conducting political warfare. A short, but
powerful read.
Civil
Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau: What is the duty
of man in resisting evil and injustice?
The Art of War,
by Sun Tzu: A must read for understanding political
warfare.
2. Knowing Your Enemy
Rule by Monarchy: How the House Speaker
Manipulates Your Representative:
Many answers
lie in the subtle rules designed to prevent real
accountability.
Official-Speak
Guide: What does your elected official really mean
when he reacts to your attempts to hold him accountable?
Learn how to interpret and understand common tactics utilized
by elected officials to neutralize legitimate Citizen
activism.
The Achilles Heel of Conservatives: Read a strategic
analysis compiled from the perspective of an enemy of freedom.
Got Accountability? Try Some
Legislative Rules Reforms: Learn how a few elitist
dictators hold the legislature captive. Better yet,
learn a few reforms that can break their iron grip on our
freedoms.
See our
Other Resources page for many organizations that fight
against freedom.
3.Knowing Yourself
The Personal Gut Check:
What kind of questions should a citizens ask prior, during,
and after their political involvement?
The Voting Gut Check:
What kind of questions would a true statesman ask prior to
voting on proposed legislation?
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4. Going After Government Officials &
Records
How to Request a Government
Record:
Have you ever wanted a government record, but did not know
how to get it? Read our "Seven Steps to Highly Effective GRAMAs."
Making a
Malfeasance Accusation: Utah has no recall law to remove elected
officials. But all is not lost. You can seek to have them
thrown out for malfeasance.
The Importance
of a Time Line in Government Abuse Cases: Most
people feel intimidated at the prospect of writing things down
on paper, and even less inclined when state agencies are
coming after them. Fortunately, you don't have to be a
college graduate in English grammar to write a time line.
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5. Roberts Rules of Order
Don't get stomped on. Learn how to assert yourself in
meetings:
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6. Issue
Training
Parental Rights
Now! Action Packets: Apply what you have learned to
the battle to restore
due process for parents and families in Utah.
See
also our
Issues & Alerts page for many more issues.
