CoLA ACTION ALERT: HB 1287

THEY ARE NOT PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS! IT's NOT OK to allow enhancement of law enforcement and Commonwealth's Attorneys' budgets with revenues from seizure of property from innocent citizens! HB1287, "No asset forfeiture without conviction" Sent to Senate Finance to die! Seriously? The Finance Committee is to make up a fiscal reason to kill the bill? Constituents are going to be told that law enforcement budgets can't be balanced without the profits from seized assets of innocent citizens? What is the message coming through from our General Assembly? Our elected representatives are not protecting our Rights. Killed - VA constitution amendment to give Virginians the missing protections of the 4th amendment. (Killed without a single vote taken) Passed - "Secret Government 'Fishing Expedition' Searches". HB1946 / SB919 (137 yes - 1 no) Now the Senate is trying to kill HB1287 - "No asset forfeiture without conviction". Should 'policing for revenue' be allowed? (So far, 6 House Republicans voted "that's OK with them" - Bloxom, Marshall, D.W., Miller, Scott, Webert, Yancey) There is NO explanation or excuse that can justify seizures of property from innocent citizens! Constituents are horrified that assets can be seized, the owner never convicted of a crime (sometimes never even charged) and they must go to court to get their property back! Doubly horrified to learn that revenues generated by seizures from innocent citizens go to law enforcement and prosecutors! Constituents are fed up with illegal, unconstitutional acts of Government at all levels! Please call the Senate Finance committee - On committee docket for Tues 9 AM. Ask them to close any gap in police and Commonwealth's Attorneys' budgets and pass HB1287. Stosch (Co-Chair), 804-698-7512 Colgan (Co-Chair), 804-698-7529 Howell, 804-698-7532 Saslaw, 804-698-7535 Norment, 804-698-7503 Hanger, 804-698-7524 Watkins,804-698-7510 Lucas, 804-698-7518 Newman,804-698-7523 Ruff, 804-698-7515 Wagner, 804-698-7507 McDougle, 804-698-7504 Vogel, 804-698-7527 Carrico, 804-698-7540 Alexander, 804-698-7505 Please call the budget conferees - Ask them to commit publically that they will close the gap in law enforcement and Commonwealth's Attorneys' budgets and ANY REVENUES FROM CIVIL FORFEITURE MUST GO INTO GENERAL FUNDS! NO MORE POLICING FOR REVENUE! Delegates: Jones, 804-698-1076 Cox, 804-698-1066 Landes, 804-698-1025 O'Bannon, 804-698-1073 Greason, 804-698-1032 Joannou, 804-698-1079 Senators: Colgan, 804-698-7529 Stosch, 804-698-7512 Watkins, 804-698-7510 Howell, 804-698-7532 Saslaw, 804-698-7535 Norment, 804-698-7503 Please call the Governor and Lt Governor - The administration is against HB1287 too. Please call the Governor 804-786-2211 ... and the Lt Governor 804-786-2078 ... ask them why it's OK for innocent citizens property to be used to enhance law enforcement and Commonwealth's Attorneys' budgets? Call your Commonwealth's Attorney - Because they see no election consequences for themselves, some Commonwealth's Attorneys are trying to kill HB1287 (Their names are starting to surface) Call your Commonwealth's Attorney and ask for his position on Asset Forfeiture without conviction! Please get it in writing and let us know their position! Find your Commonwealth's Attorney here: http://www.cas.state.va.us/cgi-bin/attorneySearch.cgi Please Facebook, Twitter and forward. Civil Asset Forfeiture without conviction must stop! Thanks The CoLA Team VA Tea Party Patriots Federation Bill text HB1287 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1287H1+hil For the policy wonks [Secret subpoenas] General warrants coming for your computer records http://fauquierfreecitizen.com/theyre-coming-computer-records/ Visit Chester, VA at: http://chesterpatriots.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network   To control which emails you receive on Chester, VA, click here