Video: Man Refuses Police Entry into Home Mark Meckler September 8, 2014 Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, News Who has a right to come into your home whenever they want? Can the police search your home at the slightest suspicion? The man in this video knows his rights under the law and isn't afraid to exercise...
Self-Governing Citizen Places Board Members under Arrest Mark Meckler July 28, 2014 Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, News It’s a story of self-governance at its finest. The Park District Board of Clark County, Illinois, refused to allow 30 community members to express concerns at their May 2014 meeting, so one man put them...
Tactical Urbanism: City-Dwellers Not Waiting for Government to Get Act Together Mark Meckler May 5, 2014 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News How many times have you tried to find parking in the city, only to end up standing there, scratching your head at the confusing sign that explains when the space is available? Is it Monday between 8 and 9,...
Standoff at Nevada Ranch: America Is Ready to Resist Mark Meckler April 15, 2014 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, U.S. Constitution Protesters at Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada faced off with federal agents this past weekend, sending the message that overreaching government power can be resisted. You've seen the news: A video showing...
Spreading the Message on the Radio Mark Meckler August 7, 2013 Citizens Spotlight “How much?” Glenn M. Pav couldn’t believe his ears when the representative from a large broadcast syndicate quoted him the price for a sixty second radio commercial. Pav had never been politically...
Breaking Free from Liberal Stereotypes; Getting Things Done Mark Meckler July 11, 2013 Citizens Spotlight It was a typically sunny March morning in Glendale, California, the third largest community in greater Los Angeles at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley. People showed up early, coffee in hand, and...
Standing Up to Big Government and the IRS for ALL of our Rights Mark Meckler May 31, 2013 Citizens Spotlight In 1980, a dark cloud hung over America. Under President Jimmy Carter’s leadership, the U.S. boycotted the Summer Olympics, the Iranian hostage crisis had lasted for over 400 days, and gas prices...
Too Young to be Intimidated? Mark Meckler April 17, 2013 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight Gavin Rollins looked out into the audience and saw few familiar faces. The city council chamber was packed with people listening attentively as his opponent presented his ideas for city government. “I...
Bluegrass and Grassroots in Tennessee Mark Meckler March 3, 2013 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight 2 Comments It was July 2012 - a hot month in Tennessee for both weather and politics – and the members of Tennessee Center for Self Governance were facing their toughest challenge ever. Only seven months old at the...
The Nor Cal Tea Party Bud Cornwell September 19, 2012 Citizens Spotlight The Beginning... Nor Cal Tea Party was originally Colfax Tea Party at the beginning of the Tea Party movement; begun by an ordinary couple who wanted to take back their country, like so many others. Colfax Tea...