Rockford has a high crime rate. Why wouldn’t you want to use PROVEN methods to reduce crime, i.e., turning OFF lights? Guess who else is afraid of the dark? CRIMINALS!

Don’t help them see you and what you have they can rob off of you. Let your eyes work as nature intended at night; to see movements. Glare/light diminishes that, and stats prove we are safer when darker.

Stop letting your emotions rule, and follow the facts: Darker = safer.

We the people of _______ (County, Township, City) are resolved as a council representing the community, do hereby lodge our formal complaint and displeasure with our Federal Government for taking an inordinate amount of our money via Taxes and wasting that money on various Federal Programs and expenses that have seriously impaired our ability as a (County, Township, City) to pay for local basic services needed to maintain the public safety and promote the common good of our community.

As an elected body representing the people of _______(County, Township, City), it is the purpose of this non-binding resolution to register our condemnation of the Federal Government’s unrestrained spending. It is our hope that in passing this resolution our Federal representatives will listen to the American people when we say that we are taxed enough and the Federal Government’s problem is one of out of control spending.

Our tax burden as individuals and businesses continually escalates in order to finance programs not appropriate under the Constitution’s original intent. While it is certainly a noble venture to give philanthropically, it is not an enumerated power for the Federal government to function as a philanthropic organization. The heavy burden of Federal taxation has limited our ability to give to the charities of our choice, to invest, to save, or to spend. The enormous Federal tax bill imposed on the residents of this community limits the available tax dollars for our local government.

The dwindling funds available at our local level has caused us to trim our budgets putting even the most basic of services in jeopardy. Yet Federal officials continue spending at unprecedented levels, taxes are increased, new taxes levied, debt continues to accumulate, and deficits climb to record highs. We do recognize the Federal government has its appropriate role, it does have its Constitutional obligations, but it also has limits.

History shows us that the current tax and spend philosophy and accompanying policies are a failure. History also shows that cutting taxes and Government spending works towards the goal of stimulating economic growth which is the only proven means of increasing revenue for the government.

We call upon Congress and the President to stop the economically destructive practices that are damaging this community and the futures of generations still to come. It is time for Congress and the President to only do those things obligated to them by the Constitution, which is the surest way to achieve the necessary cuts to bring the Federal budget into balance.

This non-binding resolution simply states what we feel as an elected body about the waste, fraud and abuse by the Federal Government in regard to our tax dollars. We do hereby respectfully request as a body that the Federal Government immediately begin downsizing and cutting Federal taxes to allow us as a local government entity the ability to collect an adequate amount of taxes while we also tighten our budgets in order to pay for basic services and public safety needs without placing undue hardships on our residents.

Respectfully and Sincerely

__________________(city, county, township)

Remember this at election time.