Democratic-Republican Organization Center for Public Policy

Health and Wellness Advisory Council

Council of Health Care Professionals, including Health Care Providers, Support Staff, Administrators, Nutritionists/Dieticians, Physical Fitness Instructors, and Insurance Providers.

Meet to discuss methods by which Health and Wellness may be improved within the communities they serve.

Coordinate with the efforts of similar organizations (non-partisan) within the Community – such as the YMCA

Coordinate with Charitable Organizations, such as AHA, NKF, and MS Society

Council on Youth Athletics – Coordinated with the YMCA and BSA/GSA

Promotion of Youth Sports in individual communities

Volunteers in officiating, coaching, and individual instruction

BSA Two-Deep Leadership Rules Apply as a model

Council on Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Interest Groups, Farmland Owners, Industry

This board is to propose/recommend best practices in maintaining our environment within the industrial workplace, but also with respect to our State parklands and wildlands.

Wetlands

Forest

Shoreline

Brownfields

Community

Farmland Preservation – NJ Farm Bureau Alliance

Council on Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Benefits – including dental, vision, and mental health

Veterans Education Benefits and job placement

Veterans Recognition

Council for Arts and Humanities

Arts and Humanities Education in Primary and Secondary Schools

Museum Internships/docent training

Liaises with Historical Societies to preserve our heritage

Council on Public Education

Core of Educators and Parents who wish to insure that public education is a right, not a privilege.

Tax Issues

Remediation of Environmental Issues in Schools

Technology in the Schools

Seeking Excellence programs – Identify, recognize, and reward

The Veracity Project - Council on Ballot Integrity

Formed specifically to insure that each County does what the law requires. Election Monitors, Voter Registration Drives. Review of Registration Rolls to insure “one man, one vote”.

Promote replacement of Sequoia Machines, which provide no valid method of verification

Council for Fish and Wildlife Management

Coordinate with the various Sporting Associations around the State, and with State Agencies, to promote protection and preservation of our environment through sound regulatory policies.

Council on Science, Engineering, and Mathematics in Education

This is a very special sub-group of the Council on Public Education. We are flagging badly in our competitive position in the world arena in many areas of research. The purpose of this sub-group is to promote Science, Math, and Engineering Education in cooperation with Public Schools and private industry. Tutoring networks to be established.

Council for Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy Providers and Stakeholders are given an opportunity to demonstrate their potential in the energy economy of the future. Focus on successful Wind, Solar, and Geothermal installations. Discussion as to alternatives to up-fitting existing utility plants in a safe and effective manner.

Remediation of existing issues, such as Oyster Creek, also to be discussed.

Horn and Musket - Second Amendment Rights, Firearms Safety Education, and Firearms Regulation

Purely a Constitutional Issue – the Second Amendment is clearly worded. States, however, may regulate the ownership and sale of firearms as they see fit. Cooperation with Range Owners/Operators, Purveyors, and Manufacturers, as well as interest groups such as the NRA, promoting LEGAL ownership and regulation, and TOUGHER punishments for ILLEGAL ownership.

Council on Domestic Violence

Networked with Faith-Based Organizations. Mentoring, education, and placement under HEW guidelines.

Council on Foreign Relations

Global Realpolitik issues are to be examined without the media bias found in the MSM – sourcing will be from overseas advocates.

Economic Recovery Council

Job Placement – solicit employers to post their available positions on our web-site, along with appropriate contact information – and that they remove filled positions in a timely manner.

Property Tax Review Community by Community

Auditing of Township Budgets to seek out waste and graft. Evidence of Pay to Play made public . Players and their beneficiaries actively campaigned against. “Go along to get along” stops now.

Workforce education

Public Schools Education and Administration Advisory Board

Specific duties are to create and promote a pre-k through HS curriculum based on the three R’s – where teachers are provided the freedom to teach the material, rather than teach to the test.

Effort to maintain students on grade level will be assisted by the opportunity within a school for students in middle school to move up or down – ability groups are used in BSA “Safe Swim Defense” – Our schools should be no different. “Sink or Swim” cannot and will not be the policy of our Schools.

Pension Reform Council

Three major Roles/Goals

1) Restoration of Pension funds pillaged by past administrations as a line-item in each year’s annual budget (NJ)

2) Removal of pensions for appointees in the future, and reduction to 10 year average of ONE position of service for pension amounts on appointees already retired. Don’t like it? Neither did Enron’s retirees. NJ PENSION PIGS program, identifying bad actors

3) Pension administration turned over to the individual UNIONS as represented. Elect good leaders, folks, and don’t tolerate pay-to-play with your pension dollars. YOU must take an active role in your pension.

SANDY RECOVERY resource advisory committee

Coordinate existing organizations with builders, lenders, insurers, and community officers to streamline the efforts – an abysmal failure, so far. Litigate against those who pillaged Sandy Funds. Demand prosecution criminally, and sue civilly.

Legal Immigration Reform Advisory Council

Clarify pathways to citizenship into simple, easily understood (and easily followed) processes. Constant Tracking of progress.