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June RLCCEF meeting draws 90 attendees; Tenth Amendement Resolution in bill drafting
More than 90 people attended last night’s Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida June Meeting featuring guest speaker Will Pitts, State Chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida. “This is more than twice the attendance we had last month, and proof positive that Americans will no... [Read more...]
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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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June RLCCEF meeting draws 90 attendees; Tenth Amendement Resolution in bill drafting
More than 90 people attended last night’s Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida June Meeting featuring guest speaker Will Pitts, State Chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida. “This is more than twice the attendance we had last month, and proof positive that Americans will no... [Read more...]
State
The K Street gang invades Tallahassee
Campaign like Lions, Vote like Sheep One day our local Legislators will look back at the 2009 legislative sessions and realize when offered good advice to take it. Although this may come as a shock, the world does not revolve around Tallahassee. All the rabbits have been pulled from the hat in the state budget.... [Read more...]
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Judicial ‘Activism’ Isn’t the Issue
Liberals and conservatives both show too much deference to Congress. By Jeff Rowes The Wall Street Journal The growing dispute between conservatives and liberals over the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor obscures a more troubling point of agreement: The government should almost always win. Many conservatives... [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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County
June RLCCEF meeting draws 90 attendees; Tenth Amendement Resolution in bill drafting
More than 90 people attended last night’s Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida June Meeting featuring guest speaker Will Pitts, State Chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida.
“This is more than twice the attendance we had last month, and proof positive that Americans will no longer sit idly by while our Constitution is trampled by short sighted politicians and special interest groups,” said Matt Nye, Chair of the RLCCEF. “Every single person at that meeting has a sincere desire to effect positive change, and that is exactly what we are going to do.”
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Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu owner speaks out
My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.
We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.
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State
The K Street gang invades Tallahassee
Campaign like Lions, Vote like Sheep
One day our local Legislators will look back at the 2009 legislative sessions and realize when offered good advice to take it. Although this may come as a shock, the world does not revolve around Tallahassee.
All the rabbits have been pulled from the hat in the state budget. None are left. Next year - the election year - you will have to make the severe cuts. Re-read Machiavelli, do the worst - first. Cut in 2009 so that a break-even 2010 looks good. Assuming the state were even in a break even position next year.
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National
Judicial ‘Activism’ Isn’t the Issue
Liberals and conservatives both show too much deference to Congress.
By Jeff Rowes
The Wall Street Journal
The growing dispute between conservatives and liberals over the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor obscures a more troubling point of agreement: The government should almost always
win.
Many conservatives who think of themselves as proponents of limited government would be surprised to discover that conservative judges begin their constitutional analyses in almost every context by placing a thumb firmly on the government side of the scale. It’s called “judicial deference.” Many liberals, who take pride in being “empathetic,” would be surprised to learn that liberal judges also subscribe to judicial deference.
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