It doesn't matter what the majority of Americans think! It matters what the majority of people who show up on election day think!

 Since the beginning TURN has dotted the i's and crossed the t's.

We have believed in leading by example from the start. We incorporated the day after our first meeting. Why? We intended to impact public policy and get into the fray. 

One of the main reasons for TURN coming into existence, was the insistence that the i's were dotted and the t's were crossed. We thought it was hypocritical to hold our elected officials to account and not be doing everything according to the law when it came to how we ran our group(s).

Name Change

TURN will remain to be the name of our educational nonprofit corporation that organizes and sponsor group meetings. It is our group names that will be changing. Two of the groups associated with us have been known as the Punxsutawney Campaign for Liberty and the Du Bois Campaign for Liberty. 

The Campaign for Liberty has an excellent grass roots activist program that we encourage all people to utilize. I am a local coordinator for the Campaign for Liberty.

The reasons are three fold :

1. It is being rumored that Ron Paul may be running for President in 2012. If so, the Campaign for Liberty is a arm of the Dr. Paul campaign. We do not tell people who they should vote for; we outline constitutional principles.
2. We brought in three non-endorsed candidates during the primary and in the Lt. Governors race helped defeat the party endorsed candidate.  No one from the Campaign for Liberty attended any of our events or showed up to help work the polls or get out the vote drive.
3. People don't know what the Campaign for Liberty is.

We will be filing either one or two names with the Department of State within the next month. Why the rush? First, we are proactive. Second, we need to do it before we order more In Our County cards.

We will file a press release when we institute the name change. TURN will remain to be the underlying educational nonprofit behind these organizations as a resource.

TURN was also approved by Pay Pal as able to receive donations through their organization, now that our nonprofit status has been verified. It pays to be legitimate and on paper.

Taxpayers from around the county traveled to Treasure Lake Ski Lodge to discuss mandates with the Clearfield County Commissioners on Tuesday evening.

TURN PA! invited the Clearfield County Commissioners to address the group on the topic of funded and unfunded federal and state mandates and their impact on the Clearfield County budget.

Commissioner Joan Mc Millen addressed the group first and asked the question, “When is a tax not a tax?” Mc Millen’s presentation covered a broad overview of unfunded mandates completing her presentation with the answer to the question, “When it is a mandate”.

Commissioner John Sobel discussed how Clearfield County partners with other counties to combine services to avoid duplicate costs where possible.  Sobel also gave several examples of how different county agencies have done an excellent job of cost containment.

TURN PA! meets on the third Tuesday of the month at Treasure Lake Ski Lodge at 6:30 PM.  For more information on upcoming meetings visit www.turnpa.com or email info@turnpa.com

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