ON THE BALLOT: THE TEA PARTY VOTES ON AMENDMENTS AND JUDGES

[FCTP]

CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF ABOUT CANDIDATES AND AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT.pdf

On October 5, 2010, the First Coast Tea Party held a Ballot Town Hall to discuss the Amendments and Judges appearing on the November 2 ballot in Duval County. The Supervisor of Elections, Jerry Holland, emceed a panel of legal experts and another panel of citizens who had performed their research on all Amendments and Judges. This event was limited in size and 114 people attended. The attendees listened to the presentations and voted on each amendment and judge. Those votes are noted below. These votes reflect the overall consensus of the attendees at the 10/5/10 FCTP Ballot Town Hall. To contact First Coast Tea Party, please go to www.fctpcommunity.org or contact us at [phone].

Information you should know:

 It takes 60% of the votes cast to pass the amendments and to 50% of the votes cast to retain a Judge.

 The language of a citizen amendment is limited to 75 words; amendments placed by the legislature are not limited in length

 To fully understand who is asking for this amendment helps you understand the "agenda" behind it. It is important to know who put the amendment on the ballot and check out the organization, individuals, etc. and their motives.

 Follow the motives and follow the money. What will this amendment cost the people and who will benefit from the amendment?

 Amendments to the Constitution will change the Constitution. In California they have passed so many amendments that the Constitution is almost a joke. And let’s take a look at California and ask ourselves, "Do we want to be them?"

 There are two organizations that have done a very good job in explaining the Amendments. One is the Collins Center at http://www.collinscenter.org/page/FL_Amend_Home and the other is James Madison Institute at http://www.jamesmadison.org/. Both have documents you can download and print out or forward to others and share the knowledge. The James Madison document will help explain some of the reasons why a Yes or No vote were made. We suggest you check out their sites and become engaged in their work. Both have some great tools and will make you a better, informed citizen activist.

 The Judges are more difficult to "judge." There was a lot of discussion about the fact some judges simply judge based on laws that relate to "auto accidents, civil disputes, etc." and you may not be able to determine if they are Constitutionally-driven. Where there was information about their "conservative" or "liberal" leanings, we had a conversation about them. The votes regarding the judges were made after a long discussion and from the eyes of many attorneys who must stand in front of them. Those votes are reflected in this document.

 We encourage you to share this document with everyone you know. We ask that you encourage everyone you know to vote on November 2nd. It is important that we secure Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for all.

[Kate Svagdis]

Very important as these are 2 of the justices that voted against allowing the people of Florida to vote on the health care resolution in November, but we do get to vote on whether they get to keep their jobs! Please share this information with friends and family.

VOTE NO to Retain Florida Justices Perry and Labarga

Supreme Court Justice
Candidate Status Primary General
Canady, Charles T. (NOP) Qualified
Labarga, Jorge (NOP) Qualified VOTE NO
Perry, James E. C. (NOP) Qualified VOTE NO
Polston, Ricky L. (NOP) Qualified
Source: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/candidate/CanList.asp
Folks,
I am sure most of you have heard by now the Florida Supreme Court ruled the people of the sovereign state of Florida should not have a chance to vote on healthcare freedom.
They have taken Amendment 9, the Florida Healthcare Freedom Act, off the November ballot.
Thankfully, we have a way to send a message to the Justices on the Court. ON THAT VERY SAME BALLOT!
In November two of the Justices who voted AGAINST healthcare
Freedom will be on the ballot. They are not running against anyone.
It is just a yes or no question- but we want to make sure that these
two people do NOT make their way back to the bench. This has never
been done before, these guys are always retained with sixty per cent or better- BUT NOT THIS TIME!
The two offenders are PERRY and LABARGA. We want to vote to NOT
RETAIN these two freedom-haters.
There will be more information about this in the coming weeks. A grassroots effort is underway right now to educate the people about these two Justices and their ANTI-FREEDOM VOTE and their vote AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF OUR SOVEREIGN STATE OF FLORIDA.
Remember those names:
PERRY and LABARGA and DO NOT retain them.
Start spreading the word to tea party and 9-12 groups, your friends, and social networks.
This is an important! Healthcare freedom could go to the Court again and we want to make sure the Supreme Court doesn’t take our voice away a second time.
We will be talking about this on the show, (Tea Party Patriots Live! http://www.worl660.com/ ) in the next few weeks. I will also be sending out more email about this in the near future.
Start spreading the word!
In Liberty,
Phil Russo
[e-mail]

[Kate Svagdis]

Bioyal-isn't Labarga NO!

[Ray Miller]

US Senator – Marco Rubio (REP)
US Rep. – Clifford Stearns (REP)
Governor – Rick Scott (REP) Rick has been savaged by Dems and Reps. Don't believe the lies.
Attorney General – Pam Bondi (REP)
Chief Financial Officer – Jeff Atwater (REP)
AG. Commissioner – Adam Putnam (REP)
Amendment 1 (Campaign Financing) – YES
Amendment 2 (Military Homestead) - YES
Amendment 4 (Land Use) - NO (This will really make my dad mad.)
Amendment 5 (Legislature Redistricting) - NO
Amendment 6 (Congressional Redistricting) - NO
Amendment 8 (Recall Class Size) – YES
Non-Binding (Balance Federal Budget) – YES

[David W. Pfaff]

Wow, excellent. At my first reading of the pdf, I was curious about the No votes on the re-districting amendments. Scanning back through the previous comments, my questions were answered. A recent article in the T-U indicated that the NAACP were for the amendments, Corrine Brown was against. I don't recall the article speaking to the computer models done by independent sources. Thanks again for a great resource to pass along, lots of folks have been asking questions.

[Theresa Pletcher]

Cool! Thank you Joanna!

[Joanna B McDermott]

From Theresa Pletcher's website listed below.....

Also, I wanted to check out opposition claims that Rick Scott was linked to a great Medicaid fraud scandal. So, I contacted a Prosecutor with the State Attorney's office. The reply to my request says:

"Mr. Scott was never a target of the investigation. I have read all the materials I can find on Rick Scott and the HCA investigations. I have not found any documents that suggest that Rick Scott was ever considered a target of an investigation. He was not charged with any crime, he was not interviewed about any wrong doing."

[Joanna B McDermott]

Vote no for retaining the Supreme Court Judges Perry and Labarga - they voted against the Obamacare Amendment and should NOT be retained. My opinion.

[Theresa Pletcher]

http://jaxchristian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic...

[Theresa Pletcher]

Hey Robert, why are you voting yes on Labarga?

[Bioya1]

I last voted for a Democrat, Jimmah Carter in 1976, when I was clueless. Since then I look for reasons to vote for a Democrat and see none. I researched the current slate; here is my take:

Nov. 2, 2010 Elections Choices:
1. US Senator – Marco Rubio (REP)
2. US Rep. – Ander Crenshaw (REP)
3. Governor – Rick Scott (REP) - holding my nose while I do it
4. Attorney General – Pam Bondi (REP)
5. Chief Financial Officer – Jeff Atwater (REP)
6. AG. Commissioner – Adam Putnam (REP)
7. State Senator – John Thrasher (REP)
8. State Rep. – Lake Ray (REP)
9. RETAIN FL Supreme Court – Charles Canady – YES
10. RETAIN FL Supreme Court - Jorge Labarga – YES
11. RETAIN FL Supreme Court - James Perry – NO
12. RETAIN FL Supreme Court – Ricky Polston – YES
13. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Nikki Clark – YES
14. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Paul Hawkes – YES
15. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Charles Kahn - NO
16. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Phil Padovano - YES
17. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Lori Rowe - NO
18. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Kent Wetherell - YES
19. RETAIN District Court of Appeals – Jim Wolfe – YES
20. Soil & Water – Philip Laibe
21. Soil & Water – Curtis Winkler
22. Soil & Water – Stuart Coffin
23. Amendment 1 (Campaign Financing) – YES
24. Amendment 2 (Military Homestead) - YES
25. Amendment 4 (Land Use) - NO
26. Amendment 5 (Legislature Redistricting) - NO
27. Amendment 6 (Congressional Redistricting) - NO
28. Amendment 8 (Recall Class Size) – YES
29. Non-Binding (Balance Federal Budget) – YES
30. City of JAX Charter Referendum (?)