Jordan Cunningham for Assembly

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Jordan Cunningham for Assembly 2018

PO Box 627
Templeton, CA 93465

FPPC ID# 1393016

Phone: (805)391-7474
Email: info@jordancunningham.org
Web: http://jordancunningham.org

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Jordan Cunningham is a friend, former fellow prosecutor, San Luis Obispo County native, and family man who will represent the 35th Assembly District with high energy and commitment to our communities’ needs. I fully support Jordan Cunningham to be our next Assemblymember from the 35th District. As a former Deputy District Attorney, Jordan understands the complexities of public safety that impact our communities. Jordan is uniquely qualified to help craft important common sense legislation…

Dan DowSLO District Attorney

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1 week ago

Friends,

You may have heard about the Assembly bill that would have eliminated either Washington or Lincoln’s birthdays as state holidays, instead substituting in “May Day,” or International Workers’ Day.

Much has been said about this bill, which I need not repeat here. Suffice to say, we were successful in killing this bill on the Assembly Floor. This is a good thing.

Upon reflection, however, this deserves more commentary. Without George Washington, there would be no United States of America. As a General he guided the Revolutionary Army to a historically improbable victory — outmanned and outgunned — over the British Army. At that time in history, the British Army was the greatest fighting force in the world.

As our first President, Washington initiated ratifying the Constitution to enact the Bill of Rights, the greatest declaration of individual liberty in the history of Western existence. He also refused to serve more than two terms in office, thereby establishing the United States as a true democracy and not a pseudo-monarchy. This decision was perhaps among the most impactful decisions ever made by a person in power.

Roughly four score years later, Abraham Lincoln was elected President — amidst great conflict and tremendous national upheaval. He guided our nation through the bloodiest conflict in its history. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation — which gave freedom to millions of oppressed people and ended one of the great evils in our history.

With the benefit of hindsight, these decisions by Washington and Lincoln can seem to be easy calls. In their historical contexts, however, these decisions were not such easy calls. They took courage, fortitude, and keen insight into both human nature and the evidence at hand.

Our children should be taught about these two great leaders, from an early age. Washington and Lincoln should be studied in school, and their leadership and decision making should be emulated. They each deserve to have a holiday, so as to remember and honor what they did for humankind and for our country. Without them, after all, we might not have a country. Millions would have suffered much longer under conditions of oppression, in our nation alone. Not to mention those around the world that the United States has liberated from fascism and communism.

A quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it.” -George Santanaya.

May we always remember George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Please SHARE if you agree. ...

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