The Florida Presidential Preference Primary is *over*. This past Tuesday, many of us cast our ballots for our choice of candidate.

So… now what?

We have NINE months until “Election Day” Tuesday, November 6th. One of two things will be evident the morning AFTER…

1- Barack Obama will be re-elected President – to lead the United States for 4 more years…

2- …or NOT.

We need a plan. We need fresh ideas. Familiar faces, new faces… and a bite to eat while we think aloud.

I have talked with Dave DiCrescenzo and Craig Henne from 1340-AM WPBR about an informal, “easy in, easy out” round table discussion we can have to brainstorm for the 2012 election. Local, County, State, Federal…

MEET US this Monday night, at 7:oopm

Pizza for Patriots Monday Feb. 6th at NYPD pizza 127 N.Federal Hyw. Lake Worth Florida 7pm . Join Doug David and Craig Henne  of Southflorida912.org 561 585-6973. Join us to learn more about the 912 org.

Friday evening, I sat through a well-attended event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity – featuring Juan Williams and Dick Morris, discussing the deplorable state of education in the United States.  Joyce Kaufman, of WFLX, kicked off the evening describing her deep interest in the subject, both academically (she has a PhD in Education), and personally (she did everything she could to ensure that her children got the best public education in S. Florida – and both of her kids attended magnet schools and went to top universities).  She then introduced the Florida Director for Americans for Prosperity, Slade O’Brien who was the host of the event.

Williams and Morris both spoke for about 10 minutes each, and then fielded questions submitted both by the audience and those watching the event via webcast.  What both Juan and Dick stressed is that:

• Parents want what’s best for their children.
• School Choice is a topic that spans the political spectrum – and is not a right vs left, or Republican vs Democrat, or majority versus minority issue. 
• Education levels the playing field.  The wealthy have always had the option of sending their children to superior academic institutions.  Choice allows parents the ability to determine where their kids get educated as opposed to letting where they happen to live determine the child’s options or outcome.
•  Bad schools should be allowed to close.
• The School Choice movement needs to grow; parents need to be engaged and the vise-grip that the teachers’ unions have on both municipal and higher level government and elected officials will necessarily be loosened by choice.
• The reason American Colleges are amongst the best in the world, while their elementary and secondary schools rank low, is Competition!

The “A Tale of Two Missions with Juan Williams” movie describes the aforementioned situation in Chicago.  I watched it yesterday and encourage you to do so as well.  For more information go to National School Choice Week.

A Tale of Two Missions with Juan Williams (abridged)
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