United Property Owners is merging with One Nation of Oklahoma

United Property Owners is merging with another national group, One Nation of Oklahoma

One Nation, Inc., the Oklahoma-based business and agriculture coalition that has stirred nationwide attention by raising public awareness over what it calls "flawed federal Indian policies" will merge with our twenty-year-old grassroots organization based in Redmond, Washington. The new group will focus its energies on seeking equality of opportunity, an equal voice in government, and equality under the law for ALL U.S. citizens by championing individual rights, the consent of the governed, private property rights, and a level free enterprise playing field.

Effective on January 1, 2005, One Nation United, a new 501(c) 4 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, will emerge from the combination of One Nation, Inc. and United Property Owners, a group with more than 100,000 members based in Washington State since its inception in the 1980s. The new organization is made up of thousands of individuals, families, and companies in energy, agriculture, retailing, and manufacturing as well as local governments, elected officials, law enforcement, and community groups. The organization will continue to be led by Barb Lindsay of Thousand Oaks, CA., the only Executive Director in UPO's history, who will serve as National Director and Spokesperson.

The merger of these organizations will combine the tremendous business-industry support behind One Nation with the proven effective grassroots reach of United Property Owners. Most of these issues require a federal government focus and a nationwide reach. As a large and growing coalition, we’ll continue to act as your eyes, ears, and voice in Washington, DC, working to defend the civil liberties of all concerned citizens, taxpayers and business owners.

The mission of the new One Nation United organization will continue to be to positively impact local, state, and federal government policies relating to protection of private property rights, tax fairness, and environmental regulatory certainty. We are committed to returning America to the basic principles laid down by our Founding Fathers by championing individual rights over group rights and special privilege. We've begun recruiting a larger national governing board and look forward to continuing this important work in the years ahead.