A Pleasant Afternoon at Celebrate America
A beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Wellington amphitheater brought together a great lineup of speakers, organizations and tea party enthusiasts to celebrate how far we’ve come since the dark days of 2009. The celebration of the good things that makes us Americans, our support for the President, and an admonishment to “hold accountable” those politicians that go to Washington and become part of the swamp, was a theme that was well received.
Moderated by WFTL radio host Joyce Kaufman, the speakers included elected officials and candidates, and national leaders of activist organizations, all members in good standing of the tea party ethos.
Mark Meckler (Convention of States) told us that we are a self-governing people with a Washington that does not trust us to do so. He reported that 12 of the 34 states needed have now ratified the Article 5 Convention of states proposal.
Joe Budd, GOP Committeeman to the RPOF for Palm Beach County, reported that PBC delivered the fourth highest vote total in Florida for President Trump, who he compared to Sampson (who really got the last laugh on draining the swamp).
Mike McCalister, candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, gave us one of his stemwinder speeches on America.
Billie and Karen Vaughn, Gold Star parents, said that politicians should be changed regularly, just like diapers. They are looking forward to going to Jerusalem for the ribbon cutting on the new embassy.
Reverend CL Bryant, a Freedomworks senior fellow who tells us the tea party is alive and well has this message to the Washington Republicans – “Support this President or GO HOME!”
Conservative commentator Gina Louden told us how important Florida is in national elections and how we need to be Trump’s “home-town advantage” in the midterms.
Driena Sixto, regional director for Turning Point USA spoke of the great success they have had organizing college students for conservative principles.
And finally, CD18 Congressman Brian Mast spoke of the wide benefits of tax reform and how President Trump will return America to its greatness.
Celebrate America! Video
Paul Spain and Laurel Bennett at Boca on May 1
Paul Spain
candidate for Congressional District 22 (Ted Deutch’s District), who has a primary race against Nicolas Kimaz, and
Laurel Bennett
candidate for Florida House District 86 who is headed for a rematch with incumbent Matt Willhite
Boca Community Center
150 Crawford Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
(561) 393-7807
MAP
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Us at Wellington on May 2
All of us.
Our guest speakers for May 2nd’s Wellington Chapter of the Palm Beach County Tea Party will be all of us! It has been quite a while since everyone has had a chance to voice their opinion, tell their story or just speak off the cuff. The meeting will start off with our Chapter leader, Marion Frank, followed by Mercedes Garcia and Delia Menocal relaying their important stories of how communism came right through their front doors in Cuba, how they escaped and what has become of Cuba. Their story is so important, especially today when our youth are being miseducated about socialism and communism. The floor will then be open for everyone to speak. Come and get it off your chest!
Wellington Community Center
12150 Forest Hill Boulevard
(561) 753-2484
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Colonel Mike McCalister at Abacoa on May 7
Colonel Mike McCalister
Candidate for Agriculture Commissioner
Mike McCalister holds a B.S. in Agriculture from Southeast Missouri State University, Ph.D. in Management from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a graduate of The Command & General Staff College, the Army War College Defense Strategy Curriculum, and The Air War College; and he has completed the Harvard University Program on Senior Executive Leadership.
McCalister served in the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, and on Active Duty for a total of 33 years, between 1971 and 2005, and is also a university instructor.
He ran for Senate in 2012 and for Governor in 2010, so this is his third try at state-wide office.
Abacoa Golf Club
105 Barbados Drive
Jupiter, Fl 33458
TIME: 5:30 PM Buffet – $20.00
6:30 PM Meeting.
Please RSVP below.
Charlie Daniels: My Beautiful America
Celebrate America! on Tax Day
Vote NO on PBG Questions 1-4 Sign Waving Friday
Vote NO on PBG Ballot Questions !!
On March 13, there will be a Palm Beach Gardens Election with four ballot questions related to the city charter. There are no candidates on the ballot this year.
These questions, if passed, will have the effect of seriously weakening the term limits that we so dearly won in 2014.
You may have heard there is controversy about misleading wording on some of the questions, and a city resident has filed a lawsuit to challenge the language as dishonest. If the lawsuit is successful, voters will be told that the results will not count. It is too late to change the questions and absentee ballots have already been mailed.
It is difficult to tell from the ballot language what a yes or no vote really means, but here is our synopsis:
A YES on question 1 replaces much of the charter language to “clean it up” and bring it into line with state law. It also drops the requirement for city manager annual review, lets him (or her) live outside the city, throws out the votes for a candidate when they drop out of a race late, removes the requirement for charter reviews and many other things that go beyond “fixup”. Because there are so many substantive changes under the false guide of “fixup”, we urge you to VOTE NO ON 1.
A YES on question 2 extends council term limits from the current 2 terms of 3 years (6 total – adopted in 2014) to 3 terms of 3 years (9 total). Since this changes the rules for the current council (who would not be there if not for term limits), a very self-serving move, we urge you to VOTE NO ON 2.
A YES on question 3 allows council members to run again after their term limits are reached if they wait three years. Since this would have the effect of throwing out the 4th District Court of Appeals judgement in the Woods case, which ruled that term limited councilmen cannot run again, we urge you to VOTE NO ON 3.
A YES on question 4 drops the requirement for “majority wins” (50% + 1) in council elections. In a race with 3 or more candidates, the candidate with the most votes wins – even if it is only a small percentage of the votes cast. Since this “Incumbent Protection Act” makes it easier for incumbents with name recognition to split the opposition vote by encouraging a larger field to counter challengers, we urge you to VOTE NO ON 4.
For the actual ballot language see: SAMPLE BALLOT
With no candidates on the ballot it is expected to be a low turnout – perhaps 1000 voters or so. Keep in mind that when term limits were adopted in November 2014 – 20,000 people voted and over 16,000 voted for 2 terms of 3 years. If you think it is unfair for a handful of people to overturn the will of 16,000, then GET OUT AND VOTE ON MARCH 13.
For more information, see: PBGWatch.com
TPP Call – 2/11/18
1. Constitution Minute- Chris Wright
Talked about a liberal (Ryan Cooper) proposal to dump the Constitution. In essence, garbage ideas.
2. D.C. Report-Pascoe
– Very quickly mentioned recent house/senate activities. Net result; two year funding bill passed and President signed. (See item III).
– Two new confirmations by the senate
– DACA is not resolved; being debated
– McCabe removed from FBI
3.- TPP Update-JBM
– TPP ad released; opinion Rosenstein is less than competent and misuses political power.
– Urged use of Twitter accounts to stop amnesty and several other obama initiated programs.
– Importance of Chip Roy’s election in November to help maintain house control.
– The new budget; massive spending increases.
4. November Election, Pascoe: A detailed discussion on the probable results. His conclusion is that the Republicans will not lose their majority to the democrats. The reason: the Republicans were able to gerrymander a large number of state districts after they won control of these states in the last election.
