From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 07:58:22 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:58:22 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] YouTube - Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? Message-ID: <07f501ca54a1$4d673e00$e835ba00$@com> Yes John it's two thirds, as I wrote earlier: in the United States the next step is to present the treaty to the U.S. Senate for advice and consent. The senate doesn't actually ratify the treaty, but puts in its two cents' worth and then votes whether or not to consent to the treaty's provisions. A two-thirds majority is required for the Senate to give its consent -- ----------------------------------------------------- Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I believe a "Treaty" needs either 60 votes or two-thirds. It could depend on the kind of treaty it is, one being where the U.S. government is going to concede sovereignty over something. If I'm correct, then it will NEVER pass. The GOP members will block vote against it and there's more than enough Demos where you'll find some to oppose it. John From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 07:58:41 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:58:41 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] Full Text Recent Attorney General Opinion RE: Public Library Message-ID: <07f601ca54a1$54bb9d90$fe32d8b0$@com> Has anyone provided this A.G. opinion to either the Parish President or the Council? JY ----------------------------------------------------- St Bernard Parish Library Board - State of Louisiana Attorney General Opinion 08 0057 OCT 15 2009. We conclude that the subject tax proceeds may not be used for permanently maintaining office space for the St Bernard Parish Department Public Works. Alternatively, if the Parish intends to continue using this library property of for the Department of Public Works, the Parish must request that the voters rededicate the proceeds of the tax so as to include the Parish's current intended use..... Full Text State of Louisiana Attorney General Opinion 08 0057 OCT 15 2009 http://www.scribd.com/doc/21518021/St-Bernard-Parish-Library-Board-State-of- Louisiana-Attorney-General-Opinion-08-0057-OCT-15-2009 --- SJK ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 07:59:05 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:59:05 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] Be judicious in St. Bernard Parish rental fight: an editorial Message-ID: <07f701ca54a1$62a30880$27e91980$@com> I wonder if the attorneys representing the parish at the Federal level have done any research to see if any other communities have been successful in having an election such as the one that was proposed. JY From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 19:18:09 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:18:09 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] Full Text Recent Attorney General Opinion RE: Public Library Message-ID: <08fd01ca5500$40625eb0$c1271c10$@com> hindsight is 20/20 hey, these may be good decisions, but they should have been made with public hearings and evidently with another referendum. even public notice of the building mitigation committee meetings and meeting minutes would have been appreciated. certainly the council and administration were well aware of the Library Board of Control's objections ! seems like now we may be allowed to vote on these decisions, especially given that the water board is situated inside our public library building at St Bernard Hwy and Palmisano and the school board has already gone with the plan to share the 9th grade library with 'our' public library Thank God the Library is a separate entity, even in the Home Rule Charter. SJK -----Original Message----- Has anyone provided this A.G. opinion to either the Parish President or the Council? JY From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 19:18:30 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:18:30 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] Be judicious in St. Bernard Parish rental fight: an editorial Message-ID: <08fe01ca5500$4ce44630$e6acd290$@com> JY- perhaps if this were a vote on a master landuse plan or comprehensive zoning codes, but in my opinion, isolating apartments (6 units or more) in this referendum and the timing of the vote easily appears to be for all the wrong reasons just my opinion, the referendum is a bad way to make landuse decisions, for all the wrong reasons SJK -----Original Message----- I wonder if the attorneys representing the parish at the Federal level have done any research to see if any other communities have been successful in having an election such as the one that was proposed. JY From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 19:27:38 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:27:38 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] Don't worry about the fed government rationing care Message-ID: <090301ca5501$93ae6a90$bb0b3fb0$@com> Worry about what your state might do: http://tinyurl.com/yh7jjru Oh and Obama has acted calling the swine flu a "national emergency". http://tinyurl.com/yjlzjfr From Westley at da-parish.com Sat Oct 24 19:28:16 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:28:16 -0500 Subject: [StBernard] YouTube - Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? Message-ID: <090401ca5501$aa22b510$fe681f30$@com> What's confusing me on this is I can recall some treaties that were passed by the Senate with a simple majority, if in fact they were really a "treaty" or if that was the easier terminology being used. I presumed the two-thirds requirement has something to do with the nature of the treaty, as when we concede authority. It's been a while since I've read up on my treaty academics, but I do recall that a treaty has the highest supremacy of law, even higher than that of the U.S. Constitution. Supposedly, if the U.S. government agrees to a treaty, even a constitutinal amendment cannot later overturn it. But go ask the indians if that's true - or if that's even necessary. John -----Original Message----- Yes John it's two thirds, as I wrote earlier: in the United States the next step is to present the treaty to the U.S. Senate for advice and consent. The senate doesn't actually ratify the treaty, but puts in its two cents' worth and then votes whether or not to consent to the treaty's provisions. A two-thirds majority is required for the Senate to give its consent