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Carmichael, Nye, Thodey lead Tea Party & 9/12 charge against establishment Republicans
Republican candidates Bart Carmichael, Matt Nye and Clyde Thodey will find out tomorrow if the Tea Party and 9/12 movement’s anger and energy will translate into votes. Carmichael is running for the District 24 Senate seat currently held by incumbent Republican Thad Altman, Nye is running for the District... [Read more...]
City
Palm Bay Works 2009 rejected by voters
The $75.2 million Palm Bay Works 2009 bond referendum failed yesterday with 56.5 percent of voters voting against the project. Less than 13 percent of the city’s 60,617 registered voters turned out to cast their ballots. Some advocates of the referendum, like Palm Bay City Manager Lee Feldman, explained... [Read more...]
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Impact of Tea Party Movement felt by Republican Party
I’ve been a Republican my entire voting life. I believe in the principles my father taught me about government, taxes and what government should and, maybe more importantly, should not be doing. There was no doubt that when it came to the two major political parties in the USA that I made the correct selection... [Read more...]
State
FEC Complaint Filed Against Alan Grayson
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A central Florida voter is filing a federal elections complaint against Rep. Continued here: FEC Complaint Filed Against Alan Grayson Read More →
National
Paleomedia continues to misrepresent Tea Parties
After the Brevard County Tax Day Tea Party held at Wickham Park in April, 2010, a local columnist wrote an article wherein he stated that the Tea Party comment that our constitutional rights have been trampled was a case of reality mocking rhetoric. Oh really? As evidence he pointed out, rightfully, that he “watched... [Read more...]
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“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
- Barry Goldwater
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The nature of compromise…
“When men reduce their virtues to the approximate, then evil acquires the force of an absolute, when loyalty to an unyielding purpose is dropped by the virtuous, it’s picked up by scoundrels—and you get the indecent spectacle of a cringing, bargaining, traitorous good and a self-righteously uncompromising evil.”
-Ayn Rand
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City
Palm Bay Works 2009 rejected by voters
The $75.2 million Palm Bay Works 2009 bond referendum failed yesterday with 56.5 percent of voters voting against the project. Less than 13 percent of the city’s 60,617 registered voters turned out to cast their ballots.
Some advocates of the referendum, like Palm Bay City Manager Lee Feldman, explained that the program was based on the (Keynesian) premise that government spending on public works projects spurs economic activity, and believe that FDR and the New Deal are what got us out of the Great Depression.
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City of Palm Bay spends taxpayer money to promote higher taxes
I received the memo below from Palm Bay City Councilwoman Kristine Isnardi, the only Palm Bay City Council member to vote “no” on the Palm Bay Works Referendum.
It seems the City of Palm Bay wasn’t content to have the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce lead the charge in promoting the referendum. Nope, they actually spent taxpayer dollars and paid staff to put out signs to promote the referendum.
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County
Impact of Tea Party Movement felt by Republican Party
I’ve been a Republican my entire voting life. I believe in the principles my father taught me about government, taxes and what government should and, maybe more importantly, should not be doing. There was no doubt that when it came to the two major political parties in the USA that I made the correct selection for my core beliefs. Sadly, not everyone made that distinction when they selected their party affiliation and the Republican Party suffered as a result.
While the party itself still claimed those values and espoused their virtues, the candidates that the party began nominating in primaries were not so closely tied to them. Oh sure, they would talk conservatism on the campaign trail and tout family values and fiscal responsibility. Then they would get elected to office and we found ourselves wondering how government continued to grow apparently unchecked. Something was not quite right. [Read more...]
2010 Brevard Tea Party Independence Day Celebration & Candidate Hobknob Announced
The Brevard Tea Party Independence Day Celebration will be Saturday, July 3rd, from 1:30pm – 5:30pm at the Space Coast Stadium in Viera. Details are available at http://www.brevardteaparty.com.
Political activist Matt Nye and a group of volunteers have organized the Brevard Tea Party to celebrate the founding of the country and to protest big government and out of control spending. [Read more...]
State
FEC Complaint Filed Against Alan Grayson
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A central Florida voter is filing a federal elections complaint against Rep.
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FEC Complaint Filed Against Alan Grayson
Crist names LeMieux to Senate
GOP Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday named former aide George LeMieux to fill the seat of outgoing GOP Sen. Mel Martinez.
LeMieux, a longtime Republican insider in the state, has served as chairman of the Broward County Republican Party, deputy state attorney general and campaign manager for Crist’s 2006 run for governor. He ran unsuccessfully for the state House in 1998.
National
Paleomedia continues to misrepresent Tea Parties
After the Brevard County Tax Day Tea Party held at Wickham Park in April, 2010, a local columnist wrote an article wherein he stated that the Tea Party comment that our constitutional rights have been trampled was a case of reality mocking rhetoric. Oh really?
As evidence he pointed out, rightfully, that he “watched a peaceful crowd indulge their First Amendment rights to speak, assemble, hand out political literature, and petition their government for redress of grievances.” However, as many in the paleomedia often do, he misses – or ignores – the point of the bigger picture. [Read more...]
Tea Party Candidate To File Ethics Complaint Against Incumbent Grayson
See update below:The campaign chief for a Lake County-based Tea Party candidate challenging US Rep. Alan Grayson said that they plan to file an ethics complaint against the firebrand freshman.
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Orlando Sentinel – Tea Party Cand. To File Ethics Complaint vs …
