Resignation from We the People Congress, Inc.
Devvy Kidd
March 4, 2004
On February
24, 2004, I resigned as Executive Director of Bob
Schulz’ We the People Congress, Inc. As I resigned there is no
financial
compensation package. Despite the immediate financial burden of a lost
paycheck and the expensive move back to California
from Maryland,
I
had to do what my conscious dictates.
I resigned for philosophical reasons. Please do not send me e-mail
asking
for all the “juicy” details. I am aware that my departure came as a
surprise
to many and there have been requests that I define what ‘philosophical
reasons’ are in this case. Because these situations do happen in the
business
world, the affected individuals seek to keep the situation from
deteriorating
even further. There is one major issue I feel compelled in the
strongest
of terms to state my position about:
I fully
support the effort to educate Americans on the right to petition, its
important
history and the obligation of government to respond. This is very
important.
However, in my opinion, the WTP Foundation for Constitutional
Education’s
“Right to Petition” lawsuit is the most colossal waste of money I have
seen since I quit working for the Department of Defense.
There
are several other avenues, including a fairly common court filing,
which
would achieve better results for a few hundred bucks, the usual
briefs and a few court appearances. The expenditure of $285,000 on a
lawsuit
that still is not filed and will go no where,
is not something I could support and was one of the reasons I simply
could
not stay on as Ex Dir for WTP Congress, a corporation affiliated with
WTP
Foundation.
No
one should allow my resignation to affect their support of Bob or his
organizations.
People are free to join any organization they want to support and
associate
with whomever they please.
What
next? I hope to leave for Sacramento
by the first of April. I will continue my writing, doing radio shows
and
will go back on the lecture circuit. If you'd like to book me for your
event in 2004, please contact my agent.
A
few people who knew I resigned suggested I do talk radio. I doubt
there's
much likelihood of that since it appears most "conservative" am
stations
only want to hire blonde GOP mouthpieces like Laura Ingram to promote
their
socialist agenda. If a decent offer came along, I would certainly
consider
it.
That's
it for now. God bless our Republic.
