ACTION ALERT: North Central Florida 9.12 Project

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Update on our Tea Party Meetings

Gary Berntsen, from Concerned Veterans for America was our speaker at the February meeting. Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) advocates for policies that preserve the freedom and liberty we fought and sacrificed to defend. Their goal is to reach out to veterans and get them involved in the things happening in our country. We hope to set up phone banks in the near future that will reach out to local veterans. If you would like to be part of this endeavor, please email Lane at party.gator@yahoo.com. If you would like more information about this organization, go to: CVA.

Our March meeting date has to be changed to the second Tuesday (March 11th) because of scheduling with the Taylor Building. Please go ahead and mark your calendars for that date!

Are you suffering from "Brain Overload"

Pam Hess, our editor for the local portion of American Patriot News, wrote a great article for the last newspaper. You can read it at this link: "Brain Overload" It is so important that we get more involved in all levels of government! Local governments are constantly making decisions that affect us very directly; the State Legislature will go into session in early March, and we all know what the Feds are capable of!! If you have any information on issues that our membership needs to know about, please send to me at shiggins@windstream or to Pam at FLPatriot@gmx.com if you would like it considered for the American Patriot News. Please look for the newspaper every two weeks. We have it in many locations in Lake City, Live Oak, Ft. White and Branford. Many, many thanks to all the people who work hard to get this out and the ones who support it financially!!

Changes in Suwannee County - Is this a good thing?

Although the issue was NOT on the agenda, nor was it added as an additional item, the Suwannee County Commission voted 5-0 on Tuesday, February 18th to begin phasing in non-emergency transport between hospitals and nursing homes/hospitals. This had been broached last August in a budget workshop; that plan would have been to take the whole operation over at one time. There was at least a $500,000 start-up and the money was not available at that time; so the issue was not discussed publicly again until Tuesday night. This involves taking jobs away from the private sector and raises many questions:

Why was this not an agenda item? What was the hurry to vote on it that night instead of bringing it back at a later commission meeting?

We have spent millions of dollars at the Catalyst Site in order to entice private industry to this county and then we turn around and do something like this? How do we justify taking jobs away from the private sector while actively spending money to bring jobs in?

They have decided that they are going to make a pile of money on this endeavor; but....what happens if they don't? Will the taxpayers have to foot the bills?

Our problem in all areas of government today is that it is doing too many things that it shouldn't be doing! I am extremely disappointed in our County Commission for making such a big decision in a way that invites a lot of suspicion on how this came about! If you are concerned about this too, please contact your commissioner and discuss it with him. This is a good lesson on how we all should be paying more attention to what all branches of our governments are doing!

The Suwannee Democrat will be doing an article on this issue in the near future. Please stay up on this issue and others that the Commission is considering. This is an election year and it may be time for some changes to be made!

Second Amendment Preservation Act Update

This message is going exclusively to the Florida Tenth Amendment Center followers and activists. The importance of this message cannot be understated. Please encourage every Floridian you know to take action…

Starting today we have invested in our Liberty Lobbyist, John Hallman of Liberty First, so he can deliver an essential package of information to each Florida Senator’s office. The message of this package is simple, “The Second Amendment Preservation Act, the most significant state legislation protecting the Second Amendment in the history of Florida.”

A Senate sponsor is needed immediately so we can use resources to push this legislation all the way to the governor’s desk. Can you help?

Let your Senator know to expect John Hallman’s package:
1. NEW: Let your Senator know that John Hallman will be visiting them with information on
the Florida Second Amendment Preservation Act at http://FLTAC.org/action/LFN-FLSAPA
2. Tell your Senator to sponsor the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act at http://FLTAC.org/2aActNow
3. Using our tools at the link above, make a quick phone call to your State Senator asking them to Sponsor & File the Companion Bill for HB 733.
4. Share with your friends, family and anyone that must support the Second Amendment.

Senator Charles Dean's contact information:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s5

Florida Tenth Amendment Center: http://florida.tenthamendmentcenter.com/

Common Core Update

The State Board of Education held a meeting in Orlando on Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Many anti-Common Core activists went to voice their concerns with the implementation of Common Core. I am including several links to articles regarding this meeting along with an update on the nation-wide endeavor. At the present time both the Commissioner of Education and the Board of Education are appointed positions; there is a move to try to change this back to them being elected positions.

The Florida Stop Common Core Coalition Statement:

http://www.flstopcccoalition.org/news/2014-02/full-fsccc-press-statment-state-board-education-hearing-18-14.htm

Truth in American Education:

http://truthinamericaneducation.com/uncategorized/states-fighting-back-map-update-2/

Stop Common Core in Florida:

http://stopcommoncoreflorida.com

We need to continue to let our state Senator and State Representative know our wishes on this issue. Senator Dean's contact info is in the article above; Representative Porter's is:

Porter

In this issue

Update on our Tea Party Meetings
Are you suffering from "Brain Overload"
Changes in Suwannee County - Is this a good thing?
Second Amendment Preservation Act Update
Common Core Update

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Who Is The North Central Florida Tea Party?

The North Central Florida Tea Party is a group of citizens who are concerned about where our nation is heading. We are a grassroots, nonpartisan group opposed to wasteful deficit spending and infringement of our natural rights. We do have a well-defined and uniform slate of principles on which we center our advocacy and support for political candidates. These principles include, first and foremost, advocating for Essential Liberty, the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and the promotion of free-enterprise, national defense, and traditional American values. Our goals are to educate ourselves on the issues facing us today, act on what we learn, and motivate other like-minded people to become involved. Find a way to become part of the solution instead of just complaining about the problems! For more information go to: www.ncftparty.org; check the website out for information about our group, information on the issues, and contact information. Visit the blog - read the articles and leave your comments. We need your input to make our website a better place to visit! Click on "Become a Friend" to receive Facebook updates. If you find something in this newsletter that you think should be shared, please pass it on to your friends and relatives. Invite someone to come to the meeting with you! Working together we can bring this country back to its Constitutional roots.

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody

This is a story about four people, named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did. Somebody got angry about this, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Never sit back and think that someone else will act. Now, is the time. There is just too much on the line....

“It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
― Samuel Adams

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
― Samuel Adams

“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
― Samuel Adams

“The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men.”
― Samuel Adams