The Morning After: What now?

[FCTP]

Today is April 16th and what now, I wondered as I walked towards the kitchen to begin the morning routine.  The Times Union was already open and these headlines caught my attention. 

 

BROWN WINS OVER BIG GOP BACKER - the leader of the Jacksonville Civic Council - has personally endorsed Alvin Brown and is giving him $150,000.  As I write this, I am still confused by this headline and more so by Mr. Rummell's decision.  Mr. Rummell is endorsing a liberal who is also backed by the Obama machine from DC.   Alvin Brown looks like a nice guy and I am sure he is.  What we must worry about are his policy ideas and how he will spend our money.  You can read an interview with Mr. Brown here where he talks about Obama and how important Jacksonville will be for the Democrats in 2012.  http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news...   I guess we are beginning to see who the RINOs are in Jacksonville.  RINOs are unprincipled people who are out to get something for themselves at the expense of the taxpayers.  Mr. Rummell is an unprincipled person who is looking for a Mayor who will help him achieve his own personal agenda and not what is best for the city.  We need to let Mr. Rummell know that his agenda will bankrupt this city and we need to help Mike Hogan win next month.  Contact the campaign at:  http://hoganformayor.com/mike-hogan-home.php  Make sure you vote and tell your friends and neighbors to do so too or Obama and his machine will be behind the scenes running our city.  May 17th is the day and Mike Hogan is our guy. 

 

 

GOVERNOR SPEAKS OUT AT TEA PARTY RALLY - The article was fine until ... the statement: "an estimated 600 at the third annual Tax Day Tea Party Rally" -- and another statement "about 40 protestors".  Now that's what we call "Unprincipled Journalism."  Adding words such as "estimated" and "about" allows them to write whatever they want after those words.  The numbers for the rally - as the Landing stated was at least 2,000 atattendees" and we saw maybe 10 protestors heckling the Governor.  The TU embellished the numbers of hecklers and diminished the numbers of attendees!  Shameful journalism.  Up next will certainly be the endorsement of Alvin Brown for Mayor.  Just you wait and see.

 

We have no idea who Mr. Brown really is.  The First Coast Tea Party reached out to him time and time again and he refused to meet with us.  He refused to participate in our Mayoral process or even fill out the questionnaire we sent to all candidates. 

 

If he refuses to meet with tea party members during his campaign -- he certainly will not take our concerns under consideration when he is Mayor. 

 

I started this blog asking "What now?" and I think the answer is clear.  What now means -- getting to work to ensure Jacksonville will have a strong, principled leader as their Mayor and helping him get elected.  We need to throw our support behind Mike for Mayor and behind those we endorsed on our website at http://www.fctpcommunity.org/page/2011-candidate-questionnaires

 

Are you ready?  Will you do what you can?  It's time to volunteer your talents and put money towards mailings and commercials and anything you can do to help would be appreciated.

 

Let's get to work and hire some principled leaders for our city.  We'll worry about the media later - we have work to do!

 

 

[Christy]

Patriots.  U r the target of O and his Chicago pals, u r a swing State and yes prepare.  If u don't hve. portable loud speaker system u need to buy them.  If the Chicago way is so good why is Chicago one of the highest crime rate cities, Rom is there now too and the streets r even more dangerous.  Organize Poll Watchers and hve. handy the HotLine phone numbers and use them.  U now hve. the top of the list evil which includes Debbie Wasserman Schultz, I am sure u know about her and it is not pretty.  I heard it said that O allowed the TSA to open a flight school run by an illegal alien down there, true?  O's crime team is on the hunt for true Patriots.  If u r a working taxpayer or retired "How is that Hope and Change" working for u, my motto.  I'll keep the hope and you keep the change, We are America and if u want to stay free vot Repub.

[Dee Lucas]

Talking about our universities. I had applied for the Florida Prepaid College fund for my new born grandson. They want $45,000.00 for four year of prepaid college fund. Just last year when I bought it for my other grandchildren it was $15 to $18 depending on thier ages but the supplemental fee was optional. They are broke because of the past Prepaid College Funds and they did not do thier accounting properly.

So why do we send our children to college if they can not do Accounting ?

[JL Gawlik]

Steve, tell me WHY can't Universities and higher places of learning can not cut back like the rest of us? They literally get hundreds of thousands, many millions from alumni and corporate donors a year. Something has to be CUT from our city, state and federal budgets, nothing can be spared. We must ALL feel the pain, just as you should be questioning WHY don't 45% of Americans pay any taxes at all? We should ALL be invested, even if it is just $1. Standard & Poor just issued the United States a warning on their credit rating. Personally i am surprised it did not come years before this. even in the Clinton administration or earlier Bush Administration.

[JL Gawlik]

Tamara, if you are looking forward to 2012 the Senate seat, there is George LeMieux and Adam Hasner, i favor Hasner, he is such a staunch Constitutional conservative C.A.I.R. attacks him like they do Congressman Alan West, that is a great barometer in my opinion for a good recommendation for a solid representative of the people to send to Washington, he help kick off Rubio's campaign. LeMieux basically ran Crist's governor campaign.

 

We need to get people to vote in May, if the Democratic candidate gets in, our taxes are going up and we basically are going to have to deal with Obama politics on a local level, not good. I think many people are going to be surprise with the turn out for the Dems, there is a LOT of money pouring in and one local GOP supporter just gave $150,000.00.  I can only assume the Weavers will follow suit with a large generous contribution also as they both supported the RINO Audrey Moran, who was a progressive liberal or a Socialist Democratic Progressive Liberal (SDPL). This is going to be a very close race.

 

Thank you for sharing those pictures Eric.

[Eric Takeyama]

I'd like to share the images from Tax Day Rally. But I am unsure where it is appropriate. If not here then I apologize:

 

http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1228021&a...

[Christy]

we had great turnouts, some r sitting at their computers, .net, writting articles, emailing the truth.  We stood at the Post Offices, front and drive thru handing out Tea Party Magazines and flyers, will for elections too (candidate & prop. info 2011,2012).

[tamara stephenson]

speaking of upcoming election cycles, I hope that we can find someone, anyone, better than Mike Haridopolus.  The more I read about him and the less he responds to inquiries regarding his business relationships, the less I trust him.  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/lob...

[Debbie G]

Alvin Brown supporters and campaign workers have been working hard to register "new" voters for the May runoff.  We all need to walk our neighborhoods and talk to as many people as we can with regards to "get out the vote" for the May runoff.

[Gary Gray]

This is an Off Election Year. We cannot expect the Same Attention or Interest as During the Election Period. Just Like College and Pro Football is Currently in between Seasons; Only to Pick up Interest Again when Preseason Practice Begins. Building as the Season Progresses, cumulating in the Bowl Games and Playoffs.

The General Election is 19 Months from Now. We Haven't Picked Our Nominees. We are Not United in Our Commom Goals or the People we will Support.  Interest and Activity will Build as 2012 Approaches and we Start Having Primaries.

Our Work and Activity will begin soon enough.  It will be a "War" During 2012 to End the Democrat and Obama Reign.

[Robert Henderson]

Thanks Billie for all that you are doing to promote freedom by being an inspiration
to us all! We all need to stand-up and support those are trying to maintain our
republic and our liberties. Unfortunately, there is plenty of opposition! Here
are a few quotes from Thomas Jefferson that I believe represent the motivations
of the Tea Party:

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to
work and give to those who would not."

"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the
second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become
the legalized version of the first."

"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness
to himself from the exercise of power over others."

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from
wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of
them."

“Power is not alluring to pure minds”

"We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as long as we remain honest --
which will be as long as we can keep the attention of our people alive. If they
once become inattentive to public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of
individual exceptions.”