Welcome to We the People, Carroll County website!

Millions of Americans realized we fell asleep at the political wheel and have taken responsibility for doing so-hence the coming together of the Tea Party-we know the only way to change our direction is to change our politicians. However, you have to be an informed and educated voter.

It is our civic duty to take an active role in our country’s governance. Too many of us forgot, were too busy with life or just didn’t care-now our country is in a mess thanks to politicians taking advantage of our trust in them.

Here you will find a plethora of information regarding local, state and national politics and the effect on our everyday lives.

We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Legend’s Café in Westminster beginning at 6:30 PM. There are no dues or requirements for attendance.  Our meetings involve political discussions, speakers (political and non-political) and community outreach projects.

WTP exists to inform and educate anyone who has a desire to hear and learn about the political goings on in a nonpartisan approach. Every political party is represented in WTP-we believe we are Americans first and foremost and there’s no sunshine between the two major parties.

Join us at a meeting or keep up to date by regularly visiting this site-our webmaster updates almost on a daily basis.

We ask that you familiarize yourself with the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights-once you do you’ll quickly realize just how far out of spec most of our politicians truly are. Hillsdale College has a free 10-week online course called “Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution”  For their website, click here - www.rushforhillsdale.com

Many of us have been duped into thinking government has all the power-the Constitution and Bill of Rights give you and me-We the People-the power. Government is not the answer-the answers lie within each of us, the individual.

We hope you find our site user friendly, informative and useful. Please contact us with any questions. 

Mission Statement

The Mission of We the People, is to hold our elected servants in both state and federal governments accountable to the United States Constitution and the laws made pursuance thereof, and to that end, make every effort to educate Americans to their heritage, which is based on Judeo/Christian principles, and found in the Declaration of Independence, and the explanatory writings of the Founding Fathers and Framer's of the Constitution.

Principles

  • All activities of WTP must be in accord with its Mission Statement.
  • All discussions and debate within WTP must be free, unfettered, and respectful.
  • No WTP recommendation or action is binding on any member.
  • WTP will not endorse or contribute to a political candidate.
  • WTP will not sponsor any county activity in conjunction with any political organization.


Organizational Structure

We the People, an unincorporated association, is a collection of its individual members existing on behalf of and to further the interest of those members.  It does not exist to further itself as a corporate entity.


Membership

Any concerned citizen is welcome at any WTP activity.


Our Strategic Plan

  • To gather and disseminate information on issues, officials, and candidates.
  • Propose possible courses of action on the issues, i.e., attending a rally, meeting or hearing, making phone calls or writing emails.
  • Sponsor candidate forums.
  • Encourage membership growth using flyers, newsletters, and website www.wtpccmd.org.
  • Develop a social program to honor Veterans of the United States
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Common Core is Coming…

 

…to your school.  From the same folks who brought us The Race to the Top, No Child Left Behind, Whole Language Learning, Outcome Based  Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), and a host of other bright (but failed) ideas for teaching Johnny to read and Suzie to write.  History, the best test of all, shows us they haven’t worked, and the effort to throw out the tried-and-true, and install the latest-and-greatest (albeit untested) brings higher costs with diminishing returns.  Where we used to lead the world academically, the U.S. has fallen to 17th in science and 24th in math.  Today in Carroll, we’re paying well over $17,000+ per year per K-12 student; yet, while over 90% of “private” school and homeschooling graduates earn better grades and SATs, and go on to 4-year colleges, 72% of our local public school graduates who make it into community college need remedial reading, writing, and/or ‘rithmetic – just to catch up! 

 

There’s something seriously wrong with this picture – and Common Core isn’t the magic silver bullet.   But it’s what’s coming.  And the only way to prevent further academic damage to our children and their future is to know what Common Core is, where it comes from, what it does and doesn’t do, and whether it really prepares our children to compete in Tomorrow’s world. 

First off, Common Core hasn’t even been field-tested; it was buried in the 2009 stimulus package by the Obama/Reid/Pelosi trio, and “offered” to the States as part of that package.  Second, although it’s touted as approved by the “National Governors Association,” the NGA is not a government entity, but a private consortium -- with an impressive (if misleading) title.  Third, just as Al Gore used the  “leading scientists” phrase to imply that global warming (now re-labeled climate change) was “settled science,” so it is with Common Core.  Its advocates use “leading educators” to imply that the entire education community has endorsed it -- except they don’t tell us about the many real teachers who refused to sign off on their proposal or accept its premises.  (Quackery remains quackery.)
 

Until such time as Common Core has been thoroughly tested and proven to better than what’s worked so well for so many for so long, every parent and every taxpayer has every right to be skeptical.  Only if (and after) it proves to be better – for the student and his/her future -- should Common Core be considered as an adequate replacement.  Which isn’t likely – because Common Core, as it’s currently constructed, is fatally flawed: it’s more about lists and menus -- and woefully short on real literature, critical thinking, problem solving, and individual creativity. 

 

Might it be that Common Core is yet another government attempt to do to middle-class America what the “Great Society” architects did to the poor?  (Even Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a truly distinguished Democrat, predicted that one, back in 1965.)  Think about it: The family is not only a pillar of American society, but central to our freedom as a people.  Throughout history, governments have confiscated property, disarmed their citizens and subjects, destroyed the family, and tried to eradicate God – all to perpetuate power.  Why should we be exempt? 

Inform yourself; learn more about Common Core.  Go to www.stopcommoncore.com. 
Watch carefully; then act.  To protect yourself and your family – and their future.  You owe it to them. 

Bud Nason
Chair, We The People