ACTIVE

I am grateful for the trust ACTIVE has placed in me to become California State President and it is my intent to be worthy of that trust.

Dean, our recently retired State President has had to step down from his leadership position for health reasons. Dean, you were awesome to work with and I feel proud to have partnered with you to have an ACTIVE presence at the Sacramento Rally — the rally that served as the kick-off for the Tea Party Express and brought national recognition to California’s plight of over-taxation and over-regulation.

We have a tremendous amount of work to do in California. Many people have written our state off as beyond hope. Not me. I’m a firm believer in “As California goes, so goes the nation”. For better or worse, California has always been a leader in advancing movements. And what I have witnessed to date is an awakening that has released pent up anger and frustration toward the governing status quo. We have said “Enough!” We realize our sin of complacency and have vowed “No More!”

With the awakening I see in California, comes a realization for a call to action. People are hungry for it. They are looking for leadership. I feel ACTIVE is positioned to grow and to advance a movement toward grass roots activism. We will lose this war if we continue to be on the defense. It is time to be on the offense — to push hard and not back down. There can be no water carrying for a political party. The only standard will be the Constitution. As such, the state goals I will advance for California are:

1. Educate the educable!
2. Identify state seats that are up in 2010 and advance those candidates that are worthy of our Constitution.
3. Use ACTIVE as a platform to create a coalition of conservative groups in California.
4. Work with California gun rights organizations and politicians to repeal anti-gun legislation.
5. Other goals as identified by California’s Regional Leadership team.

These are daunting goals, but we are at serious risk of losing the country we love if we do anything less.

Onward,

Kim Joos
California State President, ACTIVE
The American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front