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America the Beautiful Advocates….You’ve been spotted!

American Legion Post 25 and Faith Lutheran Church both from Cottonwood, Arizona, picked up and filled 23 – 33 gallon bags with litter on two miles of Highway 260 between Cottonwood and Camp Verde, Arizona.

They are restoring the beauty to America the Beautiful and making our community proud.

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville Arizona
American Legion Post 135
VFW Post 6739

http://www.azcentral.com/news/arizona/articles/20130904arizona-i-17-road-signs-doubled-up.html?nclick_check=1

Thanks Sean Holstege Arizona Republic

If you want to research the wasteful spending associated with ADOTs Adopt-A-Highway signs relative to multiple sizes, designs, colors and message give me a call.

Through our-my involvement with the ADOT Adopt-A-Highway Program we have seen many examples of wasteful spending and poor work habits of ADOT workers and subcontractors that are costing the taxpayers thousands if not millions of dollars.

This link will give you some idea of our ADOT experiences to include what I would define as contract negligence and possible contract fraud if you consider being paid-in-full for a incomplete project fraud.

SedonaEyE.com ….. FVUSA History
https://sedonaeye.com/?s=folksville+usa

FOX 10 Interview
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20628627/2013/01/18/cleaning-up-highways-is-cornville-mans-mission

Patricia Powers-Zermeno is the ADOT Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator. It’s ironic that the very agency (ADOT) responsible for managing a besautification program (Adopt-A-Highway Program) is also responsible for trash among all highways, our Arizona Veterans Highway. John Halikowski is the Director of ADOT.

We constantly keep Governor Brewer and others posted on our FVUSA effort and the ADOT issues but they seem less than willing to “Partner” in a effort to resolve these issues.

I’m Cc’ing Laurie Roberts with the Arizona Republic with the hope that both of you will consider the following Press Release in the Arizona Republic.

ADOT has now paved the way for a widening of 7.7 miles of Highway 260 between Camp Verde and Cottonwood which is $8.6 million dollars per mile …. reasonable project and cost?????

The Arizona Republic might want to consider doing a story on the trash on our Arizona Veterans Highway (I-17) taking photos of the trash in the median and shoulders.

The further North from Phoenix you go the worse it gets since ADOT only seems interested in clean medians in the Phoenix area. The Fox 10 interview will show what should be every taxpayers concern.

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville AZ-USA
Vietnam Veteran (928) 202-1186

I’m with you on your comments.

Definitions of “Hero” he·ro /ˈ hi(ə )rô/ noun
noun: hero   plural noun: heroes   noun: hero sandwich   plural noun: hero sandwiches

1. a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
“a war hero”
synonyms: brave person, brave man/woman, man/woman of courage, man/woman of the hour, lionheart, warrior, knight More
champion, victor, conqueror “the heroes of the American Civl War”
• star, superstar, megastar, idol, celebrity, luminary ideal, paragon, shining example, demigod favorite, darling
informal celeb “a football hero”

antonyms: coward, loser, unknown, nobody • the chief male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities, and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize.

synonyms: (male) protagonist, principal (male) character, principal (male) role, main character, title character, starring role, star part More (male) lead, lead actor, leading man “the hero of the film”

antonyms: villain, supporting character, supporting role • (in mythology and folklore) a person of superhuman qualities and often

My thoughts are …..

There is a shortage of good folks that put words and actions together …. we should be very grateful to the people that do, they may or may not be heroes.

The word “Hero” should be used when appropriate.

I don’t believe you teach people to be heroes however you can teach people to be “Role Models and Leaders” and one day, they may be a hero.

For me, heroes emerge when they spontaneously respond to a situation that puts them at risk for the benefit of another.

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville AZ – USA
Vietnam veteran

If Jack Dickerson is your real name, I like your willingness to stand behind your words. “& that doesn’t make me a bad republican.” Not sure why you added this statement? I’m convinced that there are good people in every political party and the politicians “pit” us against each other to benefit their selfish needs.

Thanks for being a “Good man”.

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville AZ-USA
Vietnam veteran

Don’t worry about where to begin and end just add the facts that others need to know.

I really feel pain when I see Senator McCain walk around ….. I can only imagine what it was like to be a prisoner for five years …. if that number is correct.

As a veteran, I would shake Senator McCain’s hand and say, “I’m proud of you for making it through your ordeal in Vietnam” but the hardest thing I could do is to shake the hand of Sen. McCain as the politician – but I would do it.

Just think about being locked up in the comfort of your bedroom for five years, then think about it being in the Hanoi Hilton.

Still don’t like him as a politician!

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville AZ-USA
Vietnam Army veteran

Because this is such a big decision, we asked every MoveOn member to weigh in on whether MoveOn should support or oppose the congressional authorization to use military force in Syria.

The results are in, and they are unequivocal:

73% said MoveOn should oppose the congressional Authorization to Use Military Force in Syria.

History has shown again and again that even a “limited” military engagement can quickly become a slippery slope to seemingly endless war. But stopping this war is within reach.

Consistent polling shows that the majority of Americans are opposed to this military intervention, and more than 147 members of Congress are on record as firmly opposed to or leaning against it.2 But mainstream media outlets and many elected officials are trying hard to make us think that strikes are inevitable.

So we need to unleash the power of our more than 8 million member community right away to make it clear to Congress that we oppose military action in Syria. Congress will vote on the authorization to use military force as soon as next week, and members of Congress are making up their minds right now, so we need to act fact.

Can you call your Senators and Representative right now and tell them to ‘Vote No’ on the use of military force in Syria? Here are the numbers to call:

Senator Jeff Flake
Phone: (202) 224-4521

Senator John McCain
Phone: (202) 224-2235

Representative Ann Kirkpatrick
Phone: (202) 225-3361

MoveOn members across the country have been sharing thousands of reasons for voting to oppose the authorization for the use of military force. Here are a few comments that capture some common themes we’re hearing:

“There is no evidence that the use of force by the US will prevent any further attacks in Syria and it may lead to yet another quagmire in the Middle East.” -Neema B., San Diego, CA

“Although I am adamantly opposed to chemical warfare, military strikes used as a ‘lesson’ to change this behavior could kill many innocent people as well—children among them.”—Fran S., Houston, TX

”It is very unclear what military force would accomplish other than to insert more violence. It seems this authorization is more political than strategic and will not result in a positive outcome. Enough violence!”—Amir R., South Natick, MA

In the early 2000s, MoveOn members helped lead the charge in opposing the misguided U.S. war on Iraq. Now, just over a decade later, the nation again finds itself positioned to enter a war half-way around the world with a country posing no direct threat to our safety or security and with unknowable consequences for years to come.

President Obama is proposing a military strike that raises the specter of another Iraq War—and we’re still dealing with the costs of that war today. It’s critical that every one of MoveOn’s 8 million members pick up their phones today to let Congress know plain and simple: We oppose a military intervention in Syria.

Can you call your members of Congress right now? When you do, be sure to tell them why it’s so important for you that they vote ‘No’ on an Authorization to Use Military Force in Syria.

Thanks for all you do.

–Anna, Mark, Susannah, Linda, and the rest of the team

President Obama says U.S. will take military action against Syria, pending Congress’s approval,” The Washington Post, August 31, 2013

http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=293097&id=74381-23380940-tRNMF7x&t=4

2. “Whip Count: Tracking Congressional Support for War With Syria,” Firedoglake, September 4, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=293124&id=74381-23380940-tRNMF7x&t=5

3. “The American People Really Don’t Want To Bomb Syria (POLLS),” The Huffington Post, September 3, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=293121&id=74381-23380940-tRNMF7x&t=6