The Future of Glendale

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The Future of Glendale

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance
Thomas Jefferson
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VANGUARDIANS

• Vanguard Guardians Vanguardians
• Leading Preserving

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VANGUARDIANS

• This is your dream community
• Would you like to keep it that way?
• From Apathy to Advocacy

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VANGUARDIANS

• Why here?
• Because this City has no notion of
  accountability, of responsibility
• Gregg Hurwitz, author

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VANGUARDIANSWatching out for Glendale
Giving money and power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys
P.J.ORourke
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VANGUARDIANS

• The 4 Stages
• First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
  then they fight you,
• then you win
• Mahatma Gandhi

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VANGUARDIANS

• The possibility of an Accountable, Responsible
  and Responsive Government through grass roots
  involvement, engagement and advocacy.

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VANGUARDIANS

• The vision is to live in a City where all
  people, regardless of geography, background or
  economic status, can enjoy accountability,
  integrity, effectiveness and responsiveness from
  our elected officials and each of the city's
  departments.

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VANGUARDIANS

• Why Vanguardians is needed
• Once in office Council tends to forget that it is
  the voters who elected them
• Elected officials need to be reminded that we are
  informed voters
• Public Officials need to know they are
  accountable to the public

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ARE YOU TREATED LIKE THIS?

An opinion should be the result of thought not a
substitute for it. Frazz
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VANGUARDIANS

• The mission is to
• 1 Provide, without bias, the timely
  dissemination of information and knowledge of
  government activities to the community and
  elected officials

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VANGUARDIANS

• The mission is to
• 2 Build, train and empower a knowledgeable,
  aware and involved city-wide group to monitor the
  integrity, performance and responsiveness of
  elected officials and each of the city's
  departments

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VANGUARDIANS

• The mission is to
• 3 Encourage, by example, a community free to
  exchange facts and opinions on public issues by
  facilitating open debate and discussion on the
  issues
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VANGUARDIANS

• The mission is to 
• 4 Demand accountability, effectiveness and
  responsiveness from our government without which
  there is a system out of control and ripe for
  corruption

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VANGUARDIANS

• The mission is to
• 5 Make government acutely aware there is a
  community watching, monitoring and measuring
  their activities

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VANGUARDIANS

• It is our duty to watch over the actions and
  activities of government and to insist that, in
  words as well as in deeds, the interests of our
  constituency are served.
• Honorable Diane E. Watson
• Member of Congress

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VANGUARDIANS

• The strength of the Constitution lies entirely
  in the determination of each citizen to defend
  it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound
  to do his share in this defense are the
  constitutional rights secure.
  Albert Einstein

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VANGUARDIANS

• Government is a trust, and the officers of the
  government are trustees and both the trust and
  the trustees are created for the benefit of the
  people. - Henry
  Clay

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VANGUARDIANS

• Which is worse
• Failing to Vote or
• Failing to be an Informed Voter?
• Why do reason, logic and truth seem to play a
  diminished role in the way America now makes
  important decisions?
• Al Gore

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VANGUARDIANS

• Issues
• Accountability
• Enforcing Existing Laws CUP/Variance
• Reducing Fear of Government
• Traffic, Mobility Parking
• Campaign Finance Reform
• Representing the public fairly
• Open Transparent Government
• Transportation
• ADA Compliance
• Youth involvement

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VANGUARDIANS

• The security of the group
• You are not alone
• You are a part of our community

Integrity starts with the individual
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VANGUARDIANS

• Benefits  
• Is our Advocate for Accountability 
• Keeping you in the loop  
• Dissemination of Critical issues
• Knowing where and how our money is being spent
• Enjoying a prospering community leaving it that
  way for our children and grandchildren
• A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can
  always depend on the support of Paul
• George Bernard Shaw
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VANGUARDIANS

• Will
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• Host debates, discussions and trainings, forums
  on candidates and issues
• Disseminate information via Email, and Website
• Engage Government and Community leaders and
  groups
• Promote Community Outreach

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DONT LET THIS BE YOU

Get your facts first and then you can distort
them as much as you please. Mark Twain
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VANGUARDIANS The Beacon for Accountability

Lobbyists If you cant eat their meals, drink
their liquor, sleep with their women and then
vote against them, you have no business being a
politician. Jesse Unruh
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VANGUARDIANS

• Make the pledge
• Advocacy
• Publicity
• Money

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VANGUARDIANS
No job is so simple that it cant be done wrong
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VANGUARDIANS

• Barry Allen, Executive Director
• Vanguardians
• POB 11202
• Glendale, CA 91226
• 818 243 1502
• Vanguard1_at_charter.net