ACTA's
MISSION STATEMENT
GOAL
ACTA'S goal is,
essentially, one of bringing New York State and local government, in all its forms, back
under the control of the New York Constitution and the citizens of the state. ACTA's goal
is based on these facts; we are tumbling headlong into debt, dependency and decay; much of
governmental activity is working more to the benefit of private aims and agendas than it
is to the public good; the people are largely uninformed about what is really going on;
the people do not understand their Constitution as what it is - a set of principles to govern the government; the government at all
levels has routinely been turning a blind eye toward the New York Constitution; our
troubles are mainly the fault of the people themselves because they have ignored the
warnings of the framers of the Constitution, calling for eternal vigilance; instead, the
people have put a blind trust in those in government; and finally, the people can only
rely on themselves to get out of the mess they are in.
OBJECTIVES
To achieve its goal, ACTA's objectives are threefold:
- to see to it that the citizens of the state are
informed about their constitutional rights, powers, privileges and immunities, and about
what is really going on in government,
- to confront governmental wrongdoing - unconstitutional
or illegal behavior - in court if necessary, pro-se, if necessary, wherever it is
discovered, from the Governor and the leadership of the Legislature down to the local
school board of education, and
- to establish a permanent statewide organization that can maintain vigilance over governmental behavior, support the basic needs of communication, research and legal proceedings, and perpetuate a system for evaluating government behavior and confronting governmental wrongdoing.