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James Patrick is an economist, investigator and film director originally from Washington DC. He has authored several books and directed the international documentary shot in 9 countries on the covid saga, Planet Lockdown. It is available in 17 languages on PlanetLockdownFilm.com He is now focusing on the struggle faced by the Dutch cattle farmers against their own government that is seeking to force buy out half of their land, consisting of a third of the territory of Holland. James Patrick’s expertise is in shining light on the big picture of where we find ourselves today in a chaotic world gone mad. You can find his latest work on BigPicture.Watch, where he produces full interviews with dignitaries around the world, as well as short and long format documentary films. His work equips people with information to help the world stay free. We the People of Cape County welcomed him to speak at our weekly Tuesday Meeting 4/18/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

Paul Venable grew up in Columbus, Ohio as the eldest of five children, and learned early from his parents, that nothing works like work and has since made his living and retired in the field of Information Technology. He also learned from them an abiding faith in our Creator and love for our nation, the United States of America. They also taught him these timeless and priceless truths – that people are more important than things and what someone is on the inside is far more relevant than how one looks on the outside. Paul served as chairman of The Constitution Party of Idaho for seven years and is currently chairman of the Constitution Party of Missouri and has been a candidate for office, most recently, for the Missouri race for United States Senate. As a personal outreach, he and his wife, Susan have held and organized public and private forums to teach the principles of liberty and of the proper role of government through the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He has also actively lobbied local and legislative bodies in a private capacity on issues of tax relief, limited government, empowering the people and strengthening the family. Paul believes that We the People have Power in the Constitution, if we know it and are well disposed to use it. He considers himself a common Citizen of little consequence, but it has been the common, hardworking, moral, innovative and independent Citizens of our Republic, who have lifted our nation to heights unparalleled in the history of nations. That’s you, and that’s me. We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed him to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 03/28/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

Lisa Reitzel took office in January of 2013 after being in nursing for almost 20 years. She is Cape County’s Public Administrator taking care of our county’s most vulnerable. She received her nursing degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She is currently the Missouri Association of Public Administrators, MAPA, Treasurer serving on the Executive Board and At Large Director for Missouri Association of Counties, MAC. Lisa also serves on the MAC Policing/Justice/Mental Health Steering Committee helping deal with issues directly affecting our counties such as mental illness. She also serves on the NACo , National Association of Counties, Health Steering Committees which deals with the same issues at a Federal level and how they affect our states and counties. Lisa’s greatest pride and joy is her husband of almost 31 years, Mark and her daughter, Lydia, and granddaughter, Payton, whom she adores. She also attends First Baptist Church Delta in Delta, Mo. where she is co music director and helps with the bus ministry with her husband, Mark. We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed her to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 3/7/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

00:00 Introduction 09:47 Panel Discussion 13:31 Who manages school choice? 15:03 Psychological Evaluations 16:27 Federal Funds = Strings 17:36 Leveling the playing field for public schools. 18:12 The Dark Secret: The CDC in the schools. 25:29 Redefinding of terms. 28:01 Who is really in control of school choice? 29:13 Diversity of Thought 33:25 The Dark Secret: The CDC in the public schools, charters, and homeschools. 35:18 What does it cost to implement the federal requirements? 43:39 Teachers can't teach. 44:12 Missouri gets an F. 46:53 Amazon and Facebook in the schools. 51:19 The problem with the MAP test. 59:26 Reign in DESE 01:08:15 The danger of software in education. 01:09:16 If you are trying to escape the public schools through educational savings accounts, it's really all the same. This is a global effort to control education.. 01:09:43 Mental health and the CDC in education: Social Emotional Learning. 01:11:40 The law of exponentials. 01:14:27 How can citizens make a difference? 01:16:21 Has SB 85 changed beyond hope? 01:17:13 State Department of Ed controling parochial and homeschools. 01:18:26 Data mining of private and homeschoolers through school choice. 01:19:19 Finding good candidates and the organizations controling the legislators. 01:21:01 The education system is imploding and the superintendants know it. 01:23:30 How lobbyists control legislation. 01:25:04 Treating city and rural school districts differently. 01:27:22 Audience question: How do we assess? 01:30:58 Transhumanism: dependance on computers. 01:33:01 Grants from MU controlling education: Human research (data is the new currency). 01:40:15 Making it possible for families to truly control their children's education. 01:41:05 Governors' association controling state standards. 01:42:04 Data mining through Class Wallet (school choice and vouchers). 01:44:54 NGOs indoctrinating new school board members.

Kenneth Haskin, M. P. A., ICMA-CM, PhD Career Summary A proven professional with over 25 years of progressive responsible experience in public management as a senior level administrator. Major strengths found in strategic planning, organizational management, collective problem solving, CIP/Infrastructure planning and economic development, consensus building, community relations, financial/budgeting management, and communications. Dr. Haskin has held numerous positions on local, state, national and international boards. He is a member of the International City/County Management Association, and he is one of only 1200 Credentialed Managers in the United States and Canada. Dr. Haskin is a native of Arkansas, and received his Bachelor's degree in Management from Henderson State University where he played 4 years of College football and was All Conference 3 years in a row and Div. 2 All American his last year of eligibility. He obtained his Master's degree in Public Administration from Webster University. Dr. Haskin now holds a PhD in Organization Administration from ST. Mary's University. He recently accepted the honor of having his Doctoral Thesis, "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People", published in The Integrated Catholic Life Magazine. We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed him to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 2/14/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

Bob Adams was elected in 2012 and currently serves as the Cape Girardeau County Assessor. He has been a licensed real estate appraiser for over 30 years and the owner of Adams appraisal service. Bob has appraised nearly 40,000 properties of multiple classification and sizes. He is a certified member of the Appraisal Institute , a Jackson Missouri City Council Member from 1977-1983, Membership in the Jackson Rotary Club and Jackson Evening Optimist Club. Bob has also been a lifelong Boy Scouts of America volunteer serving on multiple local, district and council roles. We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed him to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 2/7/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

**Meet our local candidates for the April 4th, 2023 General Municipal Election** Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees Dr. Richard Swartz: (573) 579-4103 r.jswartz@live.com Dr. William Lewis: (270) 312-6352 lewiswa02@gmail.com Cape Girardeau Public School Board Kim Swartz: (573) 579-5837 2gracelyn@charter.net Jackson Public School Board Dr. Darcy Lilley: (618) 660-5953 drdarcylilley@gmail.com

Gail Griswold attended the meeting via zoom. Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties and were unable to capture most of her presentation. If you get the opportunity to listen to her speak please do. She is a well researched and passionate for our children. Her bio is listed below. Gail Griswold is an entrepreneur, mom, and active in her local community. She first enters the public square when she questioned an unconstitutional state statute on lodging taxes that goes to trial end of November. Gail ran for school board in 2021 after seeing all the issues the schools were having in 2020. She won her seat in April 2021 and was voted in as President of the Board of Education. Along with 3 other like minded board members, the school immediately removed all COVID mandates including masking, testing, and secondary quarantining and became a beacon for schools across Missouri. In summer 2021, when the board was approached with the America Rescue Plan ESSER 3 funding, her board was one of only 2 schools in Missouri not to apply for the funding and turned down $8 million dollars for various concerns with the funding. Gail has been sounding the alarm for true local control of education in Missouri. She spoke out extensively against the recent Missouri Education Omnibus Bill and ESAs in Missouri that have put more restrictions on Homeschoolers and gave the state more control. She cautions for the expansion of government and giving the state board of education (state department of education in some states) more power and funding. Gail favors pure educational freedom and not expanding the over reach of the state board of education like we see in many school choice states like Arizona. Gail is working to reduce the burden of the state mandates for school accreditation and free the teachers from the burdensome daily tasks so that they can truly educate. Gail is a strong proponent for smaller class sizes, little to no technology based learning, and trivium classical approach to learning. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlene is a small business owner, wife, and mother of 10. She started her children’s educational journey in the homeschooling world and has never looked back. In 2017, Charlene started a homeschool group for her community focused on field trips, career exploration, and Biblical studies. She was also the homeschool liaison for the FCA Bucks Varsity Football team. In 2020, Charlene became involved in politics when her daughter was fired for refusing a county enforced vaccine mandate. In an effort to claim a religious exemption, it was found the county was acting unconstitutionally by not providing that option. Not only did she win that battle, but the mandate was lifted for the entire county. In 2022, she started a homeschool Co-Op in the small town of Roach. They currently have around 50 students enrolled and offer a wide variety of classes, field trips, and extracurricular activities. At the beginning of 2023, Charlene organized and led the first meeting for the newly formed LOZ Homeschool Athletics Program. This is the new home of The Dragons. They will be offering basketball, volleyball, and flag football for the ‘23-’24 season. Charlene has a heart and passion for homeschooling, loving her kids, and equiping and encouraging parents in the training and instruction of their children. We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed them to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 1/17/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

Usama Dakdok was born in Egypt and grew up in a Christian home. While in government schools in Egypt, he learned about Islam just as every other student does in a Muslim country. Usama also studied for a university degree in Egypt which included the study of Sharia, Islamic Law. He came to America in1992. With all of his knowledge about Islam, he felt he could reach out to Muslim people in America with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thus he began The Straight Way of Grace Ministry. For over a decade Usama has traveled the country with a message, “Revealing the Truth about Islam,” not only to equip the church to minister to Muslims but also to warn Americans, especially the Church, about the deceptive methods being used by Muslims to lead so many Americans into the cult of Islam. Usama earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and a Master’s Degree in Missiology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of two important works. Because Arabic is his native language, he discovered that the commonly used English translations of the Qur’an were full of misrepresentations that minimized its violent teachings as written in the Arabic text. Therefore, his first project,The Generous Qur’an,is an accurate English translation with study notes and material to help Christians share the Gospel with Muslims. Second,Exposing the Truth about the Qur’an, the Revelation of Erroris a two volume expose’ of the Qur’an and Muslim scholars. Usama can be heard M-F at 12:30 CST on the broadcast network VCY America and online atwww.vcyamerica.org (http://www.vcyamerica.org/). He also broadcasts live online every Saturday from 9 pm-11 pm CST with “Revealing the Truth about Islam” on Blogtalk Radio’s “Radio Jihad.” Usama is featured onwww.ABNSat.org (http://www.abnsat.org/)and Trinity Channel Network Television sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide with Muslims in English and Arabic. Please look around the website. There are many resources available to Muslims to help them come to know the true Lord, Jesus Christ. If you are a Christian, you may want to learn more about the religion of Islam and how you might effectively reach out to Muslims with the word of our Savior. We believe that every American needs to learn the truth about Islam and how it is destroying the entire Muslim world and quickly infiltrating the West. Please contact us if you would like us to personally visit your church or organization and share “Revealing the Truth about Islam” with an emphasis on the hope that is found only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed him to speak at our weekly Tuesday meeting 1/03/23 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.

In this interview from KWTO FM93.3 Springfield, Missouri, Carla Grewe and Former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, Tim Jones discuss House Rules and how they affect legislation and the voice of the citizens.

MO House leadership is pandering for more power by attempting to institute House Rules changes that give them unilateral authority over nearly every aspect of the legislative process. It's time to give the power back to the PEOPLE of Missouri! Visit: thepeoplehouserules.com and spread the word!

Paul Venable was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio as the eldest of five children to Paul Venable and Marian (Beaton) Venable. He graduated from Columbus East High School in 1972 and attended the University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University. Through personal effort and self-teaching, he developed a career in Information Technology and retired amassing over thirty years experience in the field. Paul became a member of the Constitution Party in 2004 and started teaching Constitution classes in Idaho shortly afterward. He served as Chairman of The Constitution Party of Idaho from 2006 to 2013, during which time he was a candidate for the Idaho House (2008) and Lieutenant Governor (2011). As a personal outreach during those years, Paul and his wife, Susan, held and organized public and private forums to teach the principles of liberty and of the proper role of government through the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He has also actively lobbied his state legislature in a private capacity for himself and his neighboring citizens on issues of tax relief, limited government, empowering the people and strengthening the family. After moving to Missouri in 2018, Paul was elected as Chairman of the Constitution Party of Missouri and was a candidate for Missouri Secretary of State in 2020. He is currently seeking election to the United States Senate. He has often referred to himself as a "Common Citizen of little consequence." In his view, the message is more important than the messenger and he sees nothing special about himself above his fellow Citizens. And what is that message? That, through the Constitution, the Power over government is truly within the hands of We the People. Paul and Sue, have raised five children, enjoy a growing posterity and celebrated their 38th Anniversary last month. https://youwinmissouri.com/ We the People of Cape Girardeau County welcomed him to our weekly Tuesday meeting 11/1/22 at 5:00 PM at Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson, MO.