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Kerry Named Enemy of Property Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 14, 2003
CONTACT:
Chuck Cushman
(360) 687-3087

League of Private Property Voters Names John Kerry and John Edwards Enemies of Property Rights

(BATTLE GROUND, WA) – The League of Private Property Voters (LPPV) today released an analysis of the votes of Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and John Edwards (D-SC) from the Private Property Congressional Vote Index from 1999 through 2003.
Every Senator and Representative who scores at least 80% receives a "Champion" of Private Property Right’s certificate. Every Member who gets 20% or less is rated an "Enemy" of Private Property Rights. Full size examples of actual "Champion" and "Enemy" certificates are printed in each Vote Index.
Senator Kerry achieved a score of “zero” on private property and resource issues all five years. Senator Edwards score was 14% for 2001, 20% for 2002 and “zero” for 2003 the only years he was in the Senate.
Senator Kerry was given the prestigious positioning in the scorecard by having his “Enemy of Property Rights” certificate printed full size inside.
Senator Kerry voted multiple times to stop death tax repeal and against ranchers with grazing permits. He supported stopping Klamath River irrigation, for political speech restrictions, against oil and gas exploration in national monuments, for international court powers, against forest fire protection funding, against the Healthy Forest Act, for a farmland land grab, for a tax break for land trusts, and co-sponsored the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), the largest land grab bill in history.
A greater search of Senator Kerry’s record shows that in the late 90’s he opposed working toward energy independence by opposing drilling in ANWR on the coastal plain of Alaska, opposed the Private Property Rights Implementation Act, opposed RS 2477 Rights-of-way, and opposed sales of excess Federal land.
Senator Edwards opposed repealing the death tax several times, supported environmental pork projects, and a tax break for land trusts. He supported political speech restrictions, opposed oil and gas exploration in national monuments, supported giving an international court powers over US Soldiers and others, and against fire protection funding.
For comparison purposes, President George Bush supported drilling at ANWR on coastal plain of Alaska, supported the Healthy Forest Initiative, supported repealing the death tax, supported exploration for oil and gas in national monuments, was against giving US Sovereignty to international courts, and supported forest fire protection funding.
The League of Private Property Voters is a national non-partisan coalition of over 600 co-sponsoring organizations including the American Land Rights Association, Alliance for America, People for the USA, Blue Ribbon Coalition, American Policy Center, numerous Farm Bureaus, mining, grazing, forestry and agriculture groups as well as most national, regional and local private property, multiple-use and taxpayer organizations.
The 2003 Private Property Congressional Vote Index is available in both printed form and on our highly regarded landrights.org website.
Go to http://www.landrights.org for the complete 2003 Private Property Congressional Vote Index including all the individual scores for every Senator and Representative....