GEORGE WASHINGTON STATED

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty teeth.



First Inaugural Address of George Washington...April 30, 1789

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Abraham Lincoln said:

"In this age, and in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it nothing can suceed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions."

James Madison Declared

The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the PEOPLE altogether in their reasonings on this subject; and to have viewed these different establishments not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other. These gentlemen must be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ULTIMATE AUTHORITY, wherever the derivative may be found, RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE ALONE. (Federalist Papers, No. 46, p.294; emphasis added.)

Friday, June 6, 2008

Gus Philpott: Man of Insight

Over the years I have read what Gus Philpott has written and sometimes I have agreed with his viewpoints and sometimes not. I don't recall ever meeting him in person, if I did and forgot please accept my apology Mr. Philpott. I will say this about him: he appears to be fair and balanced and tends to stick to the facts and does not appear to have a personal agenda that he pushes.

On Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Gus Philpott on his blog wrote about "The Saga of Sgt. Gorski". This caught my attention because Sgt. Gorski, is known to me as Steve, my oldest son. Mr. Philpott pretty much got the story (Saga) 100% correct. Read it and you will understand what the Chief of Police Robert W. Lowen Jr. and the hired city attorney, Ann Brophy has put the Sergeant through for over a year now.

I believe the Chief allegedly launched a series of events, perhaps with the consent of authorities above his pay grade to get rid of a senior patrol sergeant with a work related spinal injury because the Sergeant believed he worked for the people of Woodstock and did not want to be a "team player" of the Chief. So lets get rid of a higher paid officer and a possible workman's compensation problem and a non-chief-team player in one felt swoop; lets get him fired under unproven accusations by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Unfortunately for the Chief and the city attorney the Board saw through this charade and found in favor of Sgt. Gorski 3 to 0. The story however continues because the Chief can't accept the decision of his superiors on the Board and did not follow their orders and wants this to continue for another 6 months to weaken the spirit and financial ability of the Sgt. to continue the legal battle with the city with deep tax payer dollars funding the entire fiasco.

I believe the Board did the correct thing and did not rubber stamp what the Police Chief wanted and so the Saga of Sgt. Gorski continues until someone with guts and legal authority over him says to him....STOP and even maybe goodbye! Maybe it will be a judge or a mayor or a city manager who takes the action...someone needs to act.

2 comments:

McGuff said...

Welcome to Blogger! I have had mine a little over a year now and I enjoy it! I hope Steve's case gets resolved in less than 6 months.

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