Taxpayers Promoting Constitution
The Calaveras County Taxpayers
Association (CCTA) is launching an outreach effort to promote constitutional
principles through distribution of a booklet, The US Constitution and Fascinating Facts About
It, to public officials and other leaders in Calaveras
County.
The group's President, Al Segalla, said "The first batch
of booklets will be presented to county supervisors at the board
meeting on Tuesday, February 25. More copies will be presented
to other officials, educators and leaders in the near future.
A Constitution contest with prizes for students is being considered. CCTA
previously sponsored a student contest for posters and essays and the proud winners
were presented awards from Congressman, Tom McClintock."
Bob Mulvany, CCTA Project
Chair, said "These booklets are unique and have had over two million
copies distributed worldwide. The booklet contains so much more than
the founding document, including Fascinating Facts About the Founding
Fathers, The Declaration Of Independence, The Articles of Confederation,
The Supreme Court and 20 Land Mark Cases In Supreme Court History to name just
a few."
The U.S. Constitution is one of the
most influential legal documents in existence. Since its creation, some two
hundred years ago, over one hundred countries around the world have used it as
a model for their own.
Oak Hill Publishing Company,
publisher of the booklets has created an extensive website, ConstitutionFacts.com
Why such effort and expense? Segalla
said: "If we would preserve our constitutional form of government, we may
be able to offer future generations an environment of freedom and
prosperity that has been so good for mankind."
For more information, go to CalaverasTaxpayers.org, or
call 785-1491.