Viewpoint Papers

UN AGENDA 21 The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is an international organization that assists states, counties, towns, and cities to implement Agenda 21 programs. Association with ICLEI by a government body is often through a membership which requires paying a fee. Several cities in Indiana are listed on the ICLEI web site as members. More Details

COLLEGE TUITION AT STATE SUPPORTED UNIVERSITIES State supported universities in Indiana have different tuition charges for Indiana residents versus out-of-state residents. At Ball State University for example, tuition for Indiana residents is $7,912 and for out-of-state residents it is $21,892. To be considered an Indiana resident, one year of residency is required with the burden of proof on the student. Whether an Indiana resident or out-of-state person, citizenship is not considered. More Details

SHARIA LAW It is believed that Indiana will not be taking any legislative action regarding Sharia Law in the foreseeable future. Some states have tried to pass and implement anti-Sharia Law legislation. The courts have ruled the legislation to be unconstitutional. Indiana legislators are likely to believe that the courts will not uphold Indiana legislation regarding Sharia Law and no action in this area will result. More Details

SMART METERThe City of Auburn applied for and received funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the SmartGRID project. The total budget for the project is $4,150,160 with the Federal share being $2,075,080. The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) includes deployment of about 6,000 residential smart meters and 1,000 commercial/industrial smart meters. There is no federal or state mandate for Smart Meters. More Details

DeKalb County 9-12 Group

The DeKalb County 9-12 Group is a local grassroots, nonpartisan organization united to uphold and restore the principles and values upon which this great nation was founded. We are dedicated to informing and assisting the residents of DeKalb County and the State of Indiana to preserve the freedoms, rights and privileges as recorded by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution of the United States of America.

The members of DeKalb 9-12 hold the following beliefs, principles and values as the bedrock foundation for our lives, our families and our country

We seek the guidance of Almighty God in the struggle against those who pervert this nation from the path of freedom and liberty
The US Constitution is the law of the land for governance and government
Our rights and freedoms are bequeathed to us by God and not by government

2012 Primary

What should we be doing to prepare for the primaries in 2012? Come to our meetings. Get in your thoughts. The country needs your participation today for 2012.

Indiana State Legislature Resolution 1947

"Indiana needs no guardian and intends to have none. We Hoosiers -- like the people of our sister states -- were fooled for quite a spell with the magician's trick that a dollar taxed out of our pockets and sent to Washington will be bigger when it comes back to us. We have taken a good look at said dollar. We find that it lost weight in its journey to Washington and back. The political brokerage of the bureaucrats has been deducted. We have decided that there is no such thing as "federal" aid. We know that there is no wealth to tax that is not already within the boundaries of the forty-eight states.

So we propose henceforth to tax ourselves and take care of ourselves. We are fed up with subsidies, doles, and paternalism. We are no one's stepchild. We have grown up. We serve notice that we will resist Washington DC adopting us.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, the Senate concurring: That we respectfully petition and urge Indiana's congressmen and senators to vote to fetch our county courthouse and city halls back from Pennsylvania Avenue. We want government to come home. Resolved further, that we call upon the legislatures of our sister states and on good citizens everywhere who believe in the basic principles of Lincoln and Jefferson to join with us, and we with them to restore to the American Republic and our forty-eight states to the foundations built by our fathers."

Obviously the 21 First Century conservatives and Tea parties did not discover fire vis a vis the Feds. Indiana figured it out over sixty years ago. but then Indiana sort of lost its way along with the rest.

Who Is the DeKalb 9-12?

DeKalb 9-12 is a grassroots organization that grew from the national unity born the day after the tragedy of September 11, 2001. We are dedicated to informing and assisting the residents of DeKalb County and the State of Indiana to preserve the freedoms, rights and privileges as recorded by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution of the United States of America.

Get Involved

If you value your personal freedoms, believe in free enterprise and a constitutional republic then please join us in our quest to preserve American liberty. Attend your local school board meeting or the town council meeting. Click on the links above for contact information and schedules. Can't attend every meeting. Attend a 9-12 meeting to hear reports regarding each. Learn how to research issues of importance to you or to approach your representative with your concerns.

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Statement of Fact: The DeKalb 9-12 Group is not a political action group. The DeKalb 9-12 Group is a nonpartisan organization that has no official affiliation with any political party. The DeKalb 9-12 Group is partisan as far as the stated values and principles of the DeKalb 9-12 Group. One of the goals of the DeKalb 9-12 Group is to educate and inform voters. The efforts to educate and inform are an absolute act within our right to Freedom of Speech as provided by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. The DeKalb 912 Group does not endorse any candidate or tell the DeKalb 9-12 member or any other voter how to vote. One of our strongest beliefs is the right of each voter to vote his or her conscience. Any expressions of opinion through our web site or other venues is however our right to free speech. If any factual error is found on the web site we will correct on presentation of valid evidence. We seek the truth and believe the truth shall help us remain free.