Senatorial Candidate Forum – December 12
Jim Sackett, WPTV NewsChannel 5 news anchor, will be our special guest moderator at our Senatorial Candidate Forum on Monday, December 12th.
We have invited all of the primary candidates for the Florida US Senate seat and now have confirmations from: Mike McCallister, Ron McNeil, Deon Long, Craig Miller and Marielena Stuart..
The forum will be held in the large ballroom at Binks Golf Club. Doors will open at 5:30pm. The $15 dinner buffet will start at 6pm and the Forum will begin at 7pm.
Date: December 12, 2011
Time: Meet and Greet, 5:30, Buffet 6:00pm, Meeting 7:00pm
Location: Binks Forest Country Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington
Directions to Binks Country Club
We will have limited seating so please click on the button below to RSVP by Wednesday, December 8th.
Wellingon Chapter discusses Term Limits
Gina Rascati, Wellington Chapter Leader, began our November meeting by reporting on the State Tea Party Convention in Daytona Beach. Pam Wohlschlegel, president of Palm Beach County Tea Party and state co-ordinator for Tea Party Patriots, announced the senatorial forum for our December meeting.
Philip Blumel, our keynote speaker, was acknowledged as the leader of the effort to set term limits for the Palm Beach County Commission. He is also the national director of US Term Limits and discussed the importance of term limits and how voters overwhelmingly approve term limits whenever it’s on the ballot. The lawmakers are the ones that oppose it. But, Philip ascerted that there are way more of “us” than “them”.
Announcements: Pam mentioned two events for this week – Tuesday, 11/15, Anita MonCrief – Acorn Whistleblower/Brandon Darby – FBI Informant; and a Herman Cain Rally on Wednesday 11/16. Terry Brady – co-founder, mentioned the upcoming Fashion Show Luncheon. Mike Lamayer, candidate for Fl. Senate District 25 was also present.
Blumel’s mother won the 50/50 raffle-$60.00. Binks Forest provided a scrumptious buffet (salad, rolls, green beans, carrots, barbecue ribs, mashed potatoes, beef sirloin and chocolate cake for desert. We ended the meeting well nourished and informed.
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Wellington Chapter Meeting, November 14
Join us for a night of patriotism and enlightenment at the November Wellington Chapter meeting.
Our guest speaker will be the president of U.S. Term Limits, Philip Blumel. Mr. Blumel managed the campaign to enact term limits for the Palm Beach County Commission. Voters approved the law with 70% of the vote and it went into effect in 2010. He is now involved in a national campaign to enact term limits. Come to the meeting and get involved.
Date: November 14, 2011
Time: Meet and Greet, 5:30, Buffet 6:00pm, Meeting 7:00pm
Location: Binks Forest Country Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington
Doors open at 5:30 pm, dinner buffet for $15 (all inclusive) from 6:00 to 7:00.
Click on the button below to RSVP or call Wellington Co-ordinator Gina Rascati at 561-952-5298 for details.
Wellington Chapter Meeting, Monday October 10th
Join us for an informative meeting. Our guest speaker will be the Honorable Anne Gannon, Palm Beach County Tax Collector.
She will address the up and coming charter review by the county and plans to eliminate the elected constitutional officers and replace them with county commission appointees. As always, Binks Forest Country Club will be providing a three course buffet, $15.00 all inclusive, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Can’t make dinner? Just come for the meeting which is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. , located at 400 Binks Forest Drive in Wellington.
DATE: Monday, October 10th, 2011
TIME: Doors open at 5:30 PM, Buffet at 6:00 PM ($15, Cash Bar); Meeting at 7:00 PM
PLACE: Binks Forest Golf Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington, FL 33414
It is important to give Binks an accurate number of attendees. Please click here to RSVP
Directions to Binks Forest Golf Club
Wellington Chapter Meeting Inspires New Member
The following was written by Janeen Capizola. The pictures at the end are from Ed Wolff.
I am Janeen and I am a Tea Party Patriot. I didn’t need to admit it, I needed to understand it. So no one is happier than I that I attended my first meeting of the Wellington Chapter of the Palm Beach County Tea Party Patriots Tuesday evening to hear TP Patriots Cofounder and National Coordinator, Mark Meckler, and State Coordinator, Dawn Wildman, speak about the Tea Party.
My story goes like this: I stood in a very long line on a cold, dark morning to early vote in the 2008 General Election. Hundreds of people were out voting for Obama and I was seething, thinking, “Dear Lord, they know what they do.” That’s when I began yelling on Facebook. I figured I had two years to simply get one apathetic voter to care and pay attention before they ever went out to vote again. On April 15, 2009 in downtown West Palm Beach, in the pouring rain, I stood passing out American flag stickers I purchased on my own for the Anti-Tax (Tea Party) Rally. When I saw the crowd, I never felt more at home in my life. Like-minded thinkers, fighting the same fight as I. Back to my comfy couch and Facebook where I immediately “Liked” the Tea Party Patriots and continued to yell through the 2010 elections up until today. Recently, I got off my couch and joined the Palm Beach County REC, a bunch of Republican Clubs and thought, “well, of course, I “identify” with the Tea Party, so I’ll join them, too.” After all, for the past two years, I’ve been trying to explain that the Tea Party is a “movement,” not a political party; that the Tea Party is NOT a “wing,” “branch,” or “arm” of the Republican Party; that the Tea Party is a force to be reckoned with and don’t underestimate the power of the people. But that is pretty much all I knew about the Tea Party Patriots. I know now that I don’t “identify” with the Tea Party, I AM a Tea Party Patriot!
Dawn Wildman spoke first and she was a hoot! She immediately started with, “the Tea Party is not about Democrat vs. Republican,” it’s not about liberal vs. conservatives, it’s about “looking at the values” of our elected leaders and candidates who run for office. The Tea Party is about finding people with “common interests and principles” and not about a particular political philosophy. And so you see, it is because the Tea Party can’t be LABELED that SCARES the heck out of those who resort to calling us terrorists and telling us to go straight to hell. She spent some time talking about how the movement is sweeping Europe. She said every region in Italy now has a Tea Party chapter and that hit home for me as an American of Italian decent. She told us, and we laughed out loud, to stop screaming at our TV’s and get involved. And I plan to do just that! Thanks Dawn, message received.
Mark Meckler spoke next and this man was born to lead. He explained the history of the Tea Party, starting with the famous February 19, 2009 Rick Santelli rant on CNBC where he called for another Tea Party on the 4th of July. That rant set the Twitter world abuzz and Mark, Dawn and 20 others, all strangers to each other, said, “why wait?” and they got to work promoting on Facebook. All over the country, Tea Parties were held one week later, February 27, 2009. Mark says he was stunned to see hundreds of citizens “standing against the government” at these rallies. After such a huge turnout and overwhelmingly positive reaction to the first Tea Party rallies, Mark called Dawn and others around the country to plan some Tax Day rallies figuring, “well, everyone’s angry on tax day!” Again, here were regular people simply posting on Facebook promoting these rallies and it wasn’t long before there were 850 planned tea parties posted on their site. Well, Fox News, and only Fox News, picked up the buzz and began covering what was being planned for April 15, 2009 across the land. Once that happened, Mark said the “lid just blew off!” He started receiving approximately 1000 emails an hour, more rallies were planned, and this was happening as Mark again said, “with no official ‘organization,’ no money, no one with any particular skills, and no marketing.” He says it took awhile to get some estimates and numbers, but they know now that 1.2 million people attended rallies across America on April 15, 2009. Wow! After that enormous success, the big question became “what now?” They named the group the Tea Party Patriots. And when asked by the media, (my words) “oh how clever of you to use the word ‘Patriot’ in your name, after all everyone is a Patriot, right?” Mark’s response was, “well, actually we just thought ‘Tea Party Patriots’ sounded cool.” I found it particularly striking that Mark and the others specifically chose to use the term “fiscal responsibility” over the more commonly used, familiar, “fiscal conservative” because they did not want to be seen embracing any political philosophy.
Fast-forward to September 12, 2009 where 1.7 million people marched on D.C. and even cleaned up after themselves! Another bit of information I had never heard and thought was super cool when Dawn mentioned it: the Smithsonian asked for a tee-shirt and sign from that day because they knew history was being made! Mark went on: As the Tea Party Patriots continued to grow, we all saw what was accomplished in November 2010: “the largest turnover in the House of Representatives since 1938.” I loved how Mark told of the Freshman Member Orientation where he and Jenny Beth pretty much “demanded” the freshman members attend. Mark said two things were said to the new members: 1)”We are here for you. We helped get you here from all over the country. We expect you to vote your conscious. And if you do, you have an army of people to back you up.” 2)”And if you don’t, we will send you all back to where you came from.”
What has been remarkable to me, a Patriot watching from the sidelines, is instead of fizzling out or dying as many movements usually do after an election, the Tea Party Patriots has continued to grow. Mark says there are now over 3,600 chapters, with approximately 22-23 million members, across the country and every single one is organized differently depending on what the need in a particular town, city or county is. An interesting statistic Mark gave, and he said they simply go from their Facebook page demographics, about half the members are under the age of 45 and half the members are over 45, with the under 45 crowd being active on Facebook and the over 45 crowd being active in meetings.
Let me end by saying I have thoroughly enjoyed my two recent Tea Party events, the Labor Day BBQ and the Wellington meeting. Every member has been so unbelievably welcoming to me, a newcomer. All of you have an enthusiasm and a passion for the 3 core values fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets, that make us all Patriots. When I attend a Tea Party meeting, it doesn’t matter what political party I belong to, what my thoughts on social issues are, what my religion is, and not only doesn’t it matter, no one cares since we are all Americans who want the same things for America! I am so happy the Tea Party is there for me and it is going to be my pleasure working with all of you as we prepare for November 2012.
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September 13th Wellington Meeting
Join us for the next meeting of the Palm Beach County Tea Party’s Wellington Chapter, with keynote speakers Mark Meckler and Dawn Wildman, National Coordinators, Tea Party Patriots. Mark and Dawn will share with us their insights on the national tea party movement and what we can do here in Palm Beach County to make a difference in 2012. Question and Answer session to follow their speeches.
DATE: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
TIME: Doors open at 5:30 PM, Buffet at 6:00 PM ($15, Cash Bar); Meeting at 7:00 PM
PLACE: Binks Forest Golf Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington, FL 33414
It is important to give Binks an accurate number of attendees. Please click here to RSVP with name and number of buffet and/or meeting attendees: RSVP
Directions to Binks Forest Golf Club
Colonel Mike McCalister Highlights Wellington Chapter Meeting
Expecting 50 people, over 80 attended the meeting at Bink’s Forest Country Club. We opened with a song….the Star Spangled Banner by Maria Bennett. Gina Rascati, Central County Co-Ordinator stressed the need to organize in order to effect success in 2012 by delivering 27 electoral votes from Florida.
Col. McCalister gave a passionate presentation invoking several ovations from the crowd. Gina Rascati wrapped up the meeting by emphasizing the three tenets of the PBCTP: fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets. Adding that no matter what one calls themself, whether Democrat, Republican, Independent or Other if they ascribe to these principles then they are Tea Partiers.
Pictures by Boris Balaban and Delia Menocal.
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Upcoming August Chapter Meetings
Monday, August 8th, Col. (Ret) Mike McCallister will talk with our Boca Raton Chapter. While he is in the area, Col.(Ret) McCallister will also be the keynote speaker at the first Wellington Chapter meeting on Tuesday, August 9th. Meanwhile, Congressman Allen West will launch the first meeting of the Palm Beach County Tea Party, Jupiter/PBG Chapter on Monday, August 15th. Joyce Kaufman will also be our Guest Speaker. (note that the Jupiter/PBG meeting was rescheduled from August 1st)
All of our chapter meetings will follow the same format: Doors open at 5:30 pm, Buffet served at 6:00 pm, and the speaker meeting starts promptly at 7:00 pm. Please click on these links for the specifics for each upcoming meeting.
Aug 8th Boca Raton Monthly Meeting
Aug 9th Wellington Monthly Meeting
Aug 15th Jupiter/PBG Monthly Meeting
Lastly, mark you calendar for the Palm Beach County Tea Party BBQ on Labor Day, September 5th. Our keynote speaker will be Congressman Tom Rooney. Click here for details: BBQ
Aug 9th Wellington Monthly Meeting
MEETING NOTICE – Wellington Chapter
Join us for the August 9th meeting of the Palm Beach County Tea Party’s Wellington Chapter, with keynote speaker Mike McCallister.
DATE: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
TIME: Doors open at 5:30 PM, Buffet at 6:00 PM ($15, Cash Bar); Meeting at 7:00 PM
PLACE: Binks Forest Golf Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington, FL 33414
Keynote Speaker: Ret. Col. Mike McCallister, candidate for US Senate. Question and Answer session to follow his talk.
Click here to RSVP with name and number of buffet attendees: RSVP
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