South Florida 912 and Palm Beach County Tea Party Host PPP Event
Do you know for whom you’re going to vote for in the GOP Primary? Do you know why? How much do you really know about your candidate?
Find out at our Presidential Preference Primary Event – a joint project between South Florida 912 and Palm Beach County Tea Party.
When: Tuesday January 10th 6:00 p.m Meet and Greet, 6:30-8:30 Program
Where: First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, 1101 South Flagler Drive
Moderator Brian Mudd
Our volunteers have researched the candidates’ policies. The campaigns have responded to questions about their candidates’ core values: such as Leadership, Character, Worldview, Quality of Solutions, and Governing Style, so we can get beneath the surface. There will be high-profile candidate surrogates at the forum to explain the answers and to answer your questions
The format will allow ample time to explore both core values and policy positions.
First take our survey – based on your current knowledge of the candidates. Then hear from the campaign surrogates as they present their candidates’ views, moderated by Brian Mudd, Program Director for WJNO and WBZT and co-host of the Palm Beaches Morning Rush, on Tuesday, January 10th at 6pm at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach at 1101 S Flagler. Pick up a copy of our short Voters’ Guide at our event and then check out the complete guide on our websites. Survey results will be presented at the end of the meeting.
Still feel the same about your candidate? Have a new one? In either case, help out the candidate of your choice during the final 3 weeks of the campaign leading to the GOP Presidential Primary on 1/31.
The event is free, donations are welcome. Bring your friends.
If you need additonal information, contact info@southflorida912.org
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Getting Mobilized for 2012 – SFL912 meeting for November
November 6, 2012 is just around the corner. Really – it will be here before we know it and there is a lot of hard work needed to get to the changes we want to see in that election.
Date/Place: Thursday, November 10th at the Lantana Rd Branch of the Palm Beach County Library **
Time: 6:15-6:30 – Meet & Greet; 6:30-8:30 meeting
The theme of our meeting will be the Election Cycle.
First, we will begin with a video about Truethevote.org (http://truethevote.org), a Texas-based grassroots group focused on rooting out and preventing election fraud. Citizen involvement at all stages of the election cycle is key to doing so.
Our keynote speaker will be the Supervisor of Elections, Susan Bucher. Ms. Bucher will give us an update on the upcoming election calendar, changes in voter registration rules, early voting and any other pertinent changes. We also would like her to describe the importance of being a poll-worker – since that is a key way to be part of the process and ensure the legitimacy of the voters and the vote.
Mark Hoch, Political Director of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, will speak about another way one can validate the vote and that is by serving as a poll-watcher.
We will have our value of the month, and of course, announcements by any candidates/candidate reps who wish to speak briefly at the end of our meeting.
Bring your questions, think about what motivated and mobilized you over the last couple of years and why you got involved in the first place and then get ready. To quote our governor “Let’s Get to Work!”
** This program is not sponsored/endorsed by the Palm Beach County Library
September 912 Meeting is the County Budget Meeting, 9/13/11
This is a call to action for next week’s county budget hearing, Tuesday evening, 9/13/11 at 6:00pm. The meeting is in the county government center, 301 North Olive in West Palm Beach. Come early as the meeting is expected to be crowded.
As you prepare for the meeting, here are some resources that may be useful:
- September Talking Points
- Sample email and 3 minute remarks
- The 2012 TAB Proposal – September Update
- September Budget Hearings – Some Background
Also check the “News Articles” tab on the TAB website for the latest budget stories from the Palm Beach Post, Sun Sentinel, and others.
Those on the “receiving” side of the budget will be out in force. Those of us on the “paying” side must also have their voices heard. If you can’t attend, send an email. Addresses for the commissioners and administrator can be found on right side of the TAB website, or you can email all at once at: BCC-AllCommissioners@pbcgov.org.
For some specific details about this meeting, see the 9/9 TAB email.
Revisiting September 11th, 2001
As we enter this solemn weekend, please be sure to take a moment to revisit your feelings, your memories, the photographs and news from that fateful day, September 11th 2001. Share the stories with your children. Tell them where you were, and how you felt that day. Tell them about the brave and the fallen. We must remember and learn. My daughter was born that year. It is hard for me to imagine that she has no recollection about that day. We must share with our children. Talk, cry and remember.
I look back and when I was talking to my son I realized that in some ways the terrorists won. We have become a nation over the last 10 years that is careful how we speak; concerned about flags in front of banks or a flag lapel pin on a work shirt; worried that we will offend some one. Who? We have given up freedoms at the airport. We allow ourselves to be censored and monitored in ways that before 2001 we did not dream of, we only read about it in books. This weekend we must remember who we were on 9/10 and then who we became on 9/12. Lets all stand together in memoriam for those who died: the first responders, the moms, dads, friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, sons, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Let’s stand and grab onto each other uniting in this tragedy: strong in our love of God, our love for our Country, and our love for each other. Be the 9/12 person every day. Our group is based on the 9 Principles and 12 Values that stems out of the friendship, camaraderie and desire to help each other as we did on September 12, 2001. Review the prior Values of the Month posts as well as September’s Value – Friendship.
Stand for your beliefs. Stand for our Country. Stand for our Constitution. Stand for each other.
God Bless you all,
Shannon and Doug Armstrong
Founders, South Florida 912
Volunteers Needed
The South Florida 912 is seeking volunteers to join our grassroots action team.
During the elections next year, this team will use a variety of tools to educate the public on the candidates and their positions. Methods will include making phone calls, walking neighborhoods, attending candidate rallies, and generally spreading the word about candidates who espouse our core principles and values.
In August and September, we are starting a pilot project to hone our skills, debug our tools, and work to prevent another increase in our county tax rates. Participants who complete an assignment on this project will receive formal recognition as a South Florida 912 Grassroots Activist, and be included in future team activities and events.
Projects will be starting the first week in August, so sign-up now! Given the August heat, most activities will involve making local calls from the air-conditioned comfort of your home, and attending several public meetings. If you can join us, please send a note to action@southflorida912.org and someone will contact you shortly.
Thank you,
The South Florida 912 Action Team
August SFL 912 Meeting – To Dream (Act) or Not!
The next meeting of South Florida 912 will be on Tuesday, August 9th at:
Lantana Rd. Branch of the PBC Library
4020 Lantana Road
Lake Worth, FL 33462
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Time: Meet and greet 6:30pm-7pm
Meeting: 7pm – 8:45pm
The Dream Act- what do you know about it? Do you have an opinion? We are fortunate to have two long-time South Florida 912 members who hold opposing positions on the proposed Act: Austin Parris has been a vocal advocate on behalf of passage of the Dream Act. Speaking in opposition will be Francisco Rodriguez.
The DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) is an American legislative proposal first introduced in the Senate on August 1, 2001, and most recently on May 11, 2011, when the bill was re-introduced in the US Senate.
You can read the rest of the wiki article here.
Meanwhile, a few states have passed some form of Dream Act legislation. The latest is California – where Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed several versions, but Gov. Brown just signed a partial implementation last week. And President Obama, speaking to La Raza just a few days ago, once again brought up his avid support for it.
Our members have very strong opinions on this, so expect a lively debate on this once again timely subject!
Also on the agenda:
- Our Value of the Month
- Candidate announcements
- Sherry Lee on a Call for Candidates
- Mel Grossman will talk about America Supports Israel 8/24
- Fred Scheibl will be recruiting for an activist training project that will hone our skills and influence some local issues at the same time
We hope to see you there!
Happy 235th America!! Help us blow out the candles on July 3rd at Original Pancake House & Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens.
Who: The South Florida 9.12 Project, and all other freedom-loving Americans within the sound of my voice (or at least within view of my typing)
What: Fellowship breakfast and patriotic Sunday services
When: July 3rd, 2011 at 10am
Where: The Original Pancake House, 4364 Northlake Blvd, in Palm Beach Gardens (just west of I-95)
Why: If you have to ask that, click here and be gone with you! 
How: Take I-95 to Northlake Boulevard west, about 3/4 mile on the south side of the street. One if by land, two if by sea.
If you missed it last year, here’s your chance to be a part of an incredibly moving patriotic service celebrating our country’s birth, as delivered by our own local member of the Black Robe Brigade, Pastor Tom Mullins.
A special request from the organizers this year; bring children — they don’t even have to be yours!!! Bring the neighbor’s kids if you can, or your daughter’s friend from soccer! Let them hear our history from an unfiltered source, let them hear the music we sing in the joy of our freedom, and let them see YOUR love for our country. Kids may not do what you say, but they see what you do. Charles Barkley may not be a role model, but you can be!! The service we’ll attend starts at 12:12pm — just a short drive west from the Pancake House.
So we can all sit together at both the Pancake House AND the church, please RSVP below with how many folks you will bring. Look forward to seeing you there.
(Ed. Note – see comments below – David Barton of Wall Builders will not be at the service as previously listed)
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Call to Action – County Budget Workshop
The initial county budget for 2012 has been published in preparation for the budget workshop on Monday, June 13 at 6:00pm in the BCC chambers on the 6th floor of the county building at 301 North Olive. The Sheriff does his presentation at 6:45pm, followed by public comment at 7:30pm.
We need your help! – Come to the meeting and tell the commissioners not to raise our taxes.
On its face, the budget maintains the same tax rates as last year (4.75 county-wide millage), but the County Administrator is asking the Board of County Commissioners to raise that rate to 4.992, “to reinstate some of the less desireable budget cuts”. This is orchestrated – the submitted budget is designed to bring the vocal interest groups to the meeting to protest cuts to PBSO, Palm Tran, the pools and lifeguards, etc. Like last year, the commissioners won’t be able to say no the Palm Tran Connection riders who will come to the meeting in their wheelchairs. We need to insist that if they reverse these cuts, they take the money from elsewhere so the budget stays neutral at 4.75 mills.
TAB expects participation from all the coalition partners, but in the past it has been 912′ers that has provided the most vocal and numerous opposition to county tax increases. Time to gear up and do it again.
To help, we have prepared a sample 2 minute public comment, and a sample email to the commission (CLICK HERE). Feel free to use and modify.
Also, for background information, check out these resources:
From the TAB website:
and from the local media:
- Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw: I can’t cut more
- Palm Beach County administrator: “Most difficult budget year ever”
- Palm Beach County budget cuts target parks, sheriff to avoid tax increase
Once again, please come to the meeting or at least send an email to the commissioners. Email addresses for all commissioners are listed on the right sidebar of the TAB website at http:/pbctab.org
SFL 912 May Mtg – Ethics and Fighting Corruption in PBC!
Alan Johnson
The May meeting of South Florida 912 will have Ethics as its theme and we have two exciting keynote speakers – looking at very different ways to fight corruption. First, Alan Johnson, Esq., Executive Director of the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics will take us through an overview of the Commission on Ethics and the synergy between the Inspector General, the Commission on Ethics and the State Attorney, as well as the complaint process.
Chaz Stevens
Then we’ll hear from Chaz Stevens, a former Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Commissioner, author, blogger and ‘citizen corruption fighter’ who has taken investigations of public officials to heretofore unseen levels. His latest casualty: Deerfield Beach City Commissioner Sylvia Poitier, who after being charged last week with 5 counts of falsifying public records, turned herself over to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. His book is called “Making the Difference — 88 Winning Tips for Taking On and Taking Back your local government.”
Also new for our meeting in Wellington, will be a $10 buffet dinner served by the Gypsy Horse Pub and Restaurant at 5:30 pm in the Center Court area. So come early for dinner, meet with fellow 912ers, bring your questions and join us for a provocative evening!
Where: Original Wellington Mall – Center Court, 12794 W Forest Hill Blvd , Wellington
When: Tuesday, May 10th at 5:30 pm (dinner buffet), 7pm – meeting
UPDATED BUFFET INFORMATION: KIDS UNDER 14 FREE, TEENAGERS $5, ADULTS $10 – CASH
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April 12th Meeting South Florida 912 7pm Original Pancake House
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
7:00 PM
The Original Pancake House
4364 Northlake Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL
( note kids eat free!!! Under 12 with a paying adult 
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This will be an exciting night for all of us to come together, connect with each other and prepare ourselves for 2012.
Agenda for the night:
Welcome: South Florida 912
Prayer – Starla
Pledge – Jason Shields
Intro – South Florida 912 – Ed
Value of the month: Thrift – Ed
Tab update – Fred Scheibl
Philip Blumel – President, U.S. Term Limits – Very relevant topic with time for questions and answers
Break:
Faith Hope and Charity – presented by Doug A. and Dave D. and a special guest.
Getting to the basics of being a 912er, what makes us different and moving on and getting active from there.
This will be an exciting presentation for everyone to hear and participate in.
Announcements:
May meeting: – Original Wellington Mall – Alan S. Johnson, Esq. – Executive Director Ethics Commission Palm Beach County
June meeting: -Lantana Branch Library – South County 912 coordinating with South Florida 912
July meeting: Original Pancake House and Christ Fellowship Church Fourth of July weekend celebration.
Closing – 50/50 drawing
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