Candidate Round-up on October 5th

Currently expected to particpate are:

Congress District 18 Cong. Brian Mast	Congress District 20 Greg Musselwhite	House District 82 John Snyder	House District 85 Rep. Rick Roth
House District 87 Herb Sennett	House District 88 Danielle Madsen	House District 90 Lydia Maldonado	Sheriff Lauro Diaz
County Commission 3 Jon Maples	Port of PB Roderick Clarke	Soil & Water District Candace Rojas	Jupiter Inlet Commission Commissioner Jim Davis

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Gene Ho on September 8 at the Stadium Grill, Abacoa

Gene was President Trump’s personal photographer before and during the 2016 Presidential campaign whose book TRUMP-ography went to #21 in all books and #1 in Politics.

Gene is known to be a one-man MAGA Rally. His humorous anecdotes and high-energy vibe have made him a big hit as he crisscrosses the nation, entertaining and educating crowds while encouraging people to call forth on their courage to stand and support President Donald Trump!

Gene walked away from the Democrat Party and encourages other minorities, in particular Asian Americans and Latinos to rediscover their true conservative natures and walk away!

He recently appeared on the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Show, the Eric Metaxas Radio Hour, and the Huckabee Show among many others.

He was also recently featured in the Epoch Times due to his unflinching support of the Protestors in Hong Kong, one of only a handful of prominent Asian Americans to do so.

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Martino: “A republic . . . if you can keep it.”

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 conceived a United States Constitution that would govern our fledgling new nation as a limited representative republic and not as a pure democracy.  A republic is different from a democracy.  In a democracy, the majority can directly make laws, while in a republic, elected representatives make laws.  To a large degree, emotions rule pure democracies, while the rule of law governs in a republic. Basically, in a pure democracy, the majority has unlimited power to make decisions, sometimes, in a period of crisis driven passions creating chaotic results without regard for other individuals or minorities. Whereas in a republic, a written constitution limits the majority while providing safeguards for individuals and minorities. The Framers of the constitution loathed the chaotic tendencies of a majority controlled democracy which they feared would lead to anarchy and mob rule. In a republic periodic elections of representatives allow opportunities for a more peaceful and intellectual approach to the creation of legislation for the rule of law the Constitution of a Republic demands.

Fast-forwarding to 2020, we Americans are facing a myriad of crisis’s and system failures seemingly one on top of the other. Many of these crisis’s include, the Covid-19 killer virus that has severely impacted the health and economy of us all, acts of cruelty to each other, symptoms of racism on all sides, indiscriminant killing of innocent children in some of our cities, abuse of power by some in positions of authority, riots and looting, defacing and destruction of public and private property, an “autonomous zone” in major cities, disrespect for law and order, defunding and dismantling of police departments, a failing educational system, immigration issues, drugs and drug dealers everywhere and anywhere, a politically divided nation, and a Presidential election coming in November, just to name a few.

That’s a long and probably incomplete list of failures and crisis’s that is difficult to hide from. It’s a list of decay which did not happen over a month, or a year, or a decade. It’s a list that because of decades of neglect has not received the attention to the maintenance and leadership it required. Is this a Democrat or a Republican problem? Yes, it is. Is it a failure of the lack of leadership by our elected representatives on the Federal, State, and Local governmental levels? Yes, it is.

But in my opinion it is us, “We the people …” who bear the brunt of responsibility for the affronts to our Republic and Constitution that the above list highlights. As a people we Americans have in some respects selfishly cocooned and individualized our lives to such a degree that the promise and fulfillment of the American Dream for all of our citizens has slowly eroded. Today that Dream is being called into question while being attacked by mob rule with impunity. On all levels of government we have not adequately vetted and qualified our choices of representatives that we elect to the various political offices. To compound that error we re-elect these same representatives time and again even though they have not measured up to the Constitution, their promises, our expectations, or have addressed the list above with the necessary consistent leadership it requires. Perhaps, with our future votes we should heed the advice of Alexander Hamilton, who in Federalist 21 wrote, “The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.” When the people’s trust is breached, regular elections allow for the dismissal of these unresponsive, unproductive representatives and new ones appointed. But we must all exercise our right to vote.

At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in answer to a question asked of delegate Benjamin Franklin, “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Founding Father Dr. Benjamin Franklin replied, “A republic . . . if you can keep it.” How prescient are those words, some 233 years later! Today, more than ever, the challenge of his prophetic words, “A republic . . . if you can keep it”, still ring loudly in our ears as the ultimate American question.

How will we answer it?

 

Michael Martino is a 50+ year resident of Palm Beach Gardens. He is a recently retired owner of a 37 year-old small business, known as Family Flooring, a retail flooring store. He also was a Palm Beach Gardens City Councilman from 1972 to 1993. Mike served 12 terms as Mayor. Mike also was a two-term President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities from 1991 to 1993. He served on numerous Palm Beach County panels, such as, the County Traffic Performance Standards Ordinance Committee

Rally to Support Law Enforcement July 15

Trump Boat Parade!

New Feature – News Aggregation

Trump Sign Waving Resumes on US1

It was great to be back again!

We were 25 strong… social distancing and conducting a peaceful, safe re-elect President Trump Sign & Flag Waving rally along US1 @ Northlake Blvd on Friday May 29.

Thank you,
Joan

PBCTP Launching Youtube Channel

The Palm Beach County Tea Party is launching a youtube channel. With it, we expect to provide live streaming of meetings, archival footage of past meetings, rallys and other events. Watch the above video for Mel and Barbara’s introduction.

Then please CLICK HERE to go to the channel and click the SUBSCRIBE button in the upper right corner now!

A Message to our Members

To our members:

As you know, the Palm Beach County Tea Party has not had a meeting since Dennis Michael Lynch in March. The impact of the Corona Virus was being felt in Palm Beach County in mid March, and even though there were no official shutdowns at that time, we thought it best to postpone our April 6th Gene Ho meeting until later in the year, and the May meeting with K. Carl Smith. As it looks now, we will not have meetings in June or July, but hope to start back up in August with John DiLemme, followed by Gene Ho in September.

There is reason for some optimism however. Our county, along with most of the state is now in the “Phase 1” recovery category as set by the Federal Government and instituted by Governor DeSantis. Restaurants have reopened for inside dining with reduced capacity, as have retail stores and salons, and most of the county and state parks. Today the beaches are opening and restaurants can operate at 50% capacity.

The practice of “social distancing” by most residents, restrictions on access to assisted living centers and nursing homes, and the practice of common sense mitigation methods has made Florida an example of what a well run state can accomplish. While the virus continues to claim victims, rates of both hospitalization and death in PBC have been declining for some time and it now stands at 4524 cases and 275 deaths. For the state as a whole, the virus is only claiming about 10% of the available hospital beds and it is clear that we have “flattened the curve”.

During this difficult time, we hope you and yours are staying safe, keeping your distance, and managing to live life as near normal as is possible. It is not likely that we will be free of these challenges for some time to come, but with proper precautions and common sense, life goes on.

If there is anything we can do to assist you in any way during this period, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Stay safe!

The Palm Beach County Tea Party.

Trump – My Way

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