Right Nights – Uncommon Common Sense – Encore by Aubie Baltin

5:30 to 7 pm – By Popular Demand at Bear Lakes

Hear a Pin Drop as  DR. AUBIE BALTIN, Publisher/Editor, “UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE” connects the dots between Communism and Progressivism.

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RCPB Luncheon – Take Back Our Country

“Take Back our Country”

Lunch – Bear Lakes Country Club

AMBASSADOR AL HOFFMAN

West Point graduate, Fighter Pilot, Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder of WCI Communities, Nat’l Republican Leader, Nat’l Finance Chair for Presidents Bush 41 & 43; State Finance Chair for Jeb’s successful elections; Appointed Ambassador of Portugal by Pres. GW Bush

Lessons learned from the Democrats- How to get past being the minority party-How to get rid of the elitist tag and portray Republicans as common folk–

11:30am Meet & Greet 12:00 Program Begins

Tax Day Tea Party Pictures

These are from Joy and Delia
To see videos of the entire event (from Boris Balaban) Click HERE.

CD 19 Election – A Look at the Numbers

In Tuesday’s election for Congressional District 19, Democrat Ted Deutch was the winner, receiving 62% of the votes cast. Voter turnout, an indication of voter interest (or lack thereof) was an anemic 15.2% of registered voters (10% in Broward and 17.4% in Palm Beach). The turnout in the 2008 election by contrast, was 73% in Broward and 72% in Palm Beach.

How did the vote compare?

Let’s look at the “liberal” vote versus the “conservative” vote in each election:

	Liberal	Conservative
2010	Deutch: 62.1%	Lynch + McCormick: 37.9%
2008	Wexler + Graber: 72.8%	Lynch: 27.2%

So the “conservative” vote increased by 10% for those that turned out.

Were the dynamics of 2008 overwhelmed by the candidacy of Barrack Obama which provided for the high turnout numbers, and coattail effect on other Democrats down-ticket? Absolutely not- in 2004, the turnout was 67% and 75% in Broward and Palm Beach respectively very similar to 2010.

To see if that mattered in CD19 we can look at previous elections, but there was no conservative candidate in 2006 or 2004. In 2002, Wexler won against Republican Jack Merkl with 72.2% of the vote with a turnout of 45-50% in the 2 counties. From this I conclude that the increase in conservative votes in 2010 COULD be significant, but it is certainly not a trend that will bring us a victory any time soon (barring a scandal or some other unexpected event).

How did all the grass roots support for Ed Lynch help? We know that South Florida 912, DC Works for Us, and the South Florida Tea Party were all making calls and walking precincts independent of the campaign, and many members of those groups helped the campaign directly. Hard to say objectively, but it surely didn’t hurt. Many calls were to people who were Lynch supporters but didn’t know about the election. Of course on the other side, Organizing for America ran 17 local phone banks for Ted Deutch, last weekend alone.

South Florida 912 selected a subset of the precincts in northern Palm Beach and did “saturation calling”. When the county releases the precinct vote tallies tomorrow or Monday, I will compare them to 2008 and see if there is a statistical difference between the years and contrasted with other precincts in 2010. Stay tuned.

Joe Budd’s Analysis of the CD19 Election

Video provided by Boris Balaban:

REC (Republican Executive Committee) of PBC Meeting of April 14th

Chairman Sid Dinerstein called the meeting to order and the customary business items were reviewed.

Old Business:
The Resolution to Oppose the Ballot Initiative 07-15 and 07-16 was discussed and voted upon.

The resolution read as follows:

Whereas FairDistrictsFlorida.org has filed two proposed constitutional amendments by the Florida ballot initiative process – one dealing with Congressional Redistricting (Serial No. 07-15) and the other with Legislative Redistricting (Serial No. 07-16) – to amend the Florida Constitution; and

Whereas the Supreme Court of Florida has approved the language of these ballot petitions on January 29, 2009; and

Whereas each ballot initiative has obtained the required 676,811 valid petitions to qualify for the ballot in 2010; and

Whereas each of petitions has been approved for the ballot by the Florida Department of State; and

Whereas SEIU has donated $200,000 toward getting these ballot initiatives passed in 2010, and other labor unions, individuals and groups have donated more than $2.5 million to support these initiatives; and

Whereas these initiatives, if adopted, are vaguely worded directives that will cause court challenges to otherwise valid elections; and

Whereas these initiatives are not necessary to achieve properly apportioned Congressional or State Legislative Districts;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee has determined that it must oppose these initiatives and educate voters not to support them; and

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee Board of Directors provide copies of this Resolution to the Republican Party of Florida, urge the adoption of a similar resolution by the RPOF, and provide educational support in favor of its purposes.

The resolution was passed 89 to 6.

New Business:

ELECTION TO FILL REC VACANCIES:
For the first time as Chairman, Sid Dinerstein asked the committee not to elect an individual to the REC. Derek Black is the son of Don and Chloe Black. Don Black is the creator and current webmaster of the Stormfront website. According to Wikipedia, the website is considered the internet’s first major hate site, and remains one of the most popular. It is formatted from the Black’s home in WPB. Don Black was a member of the American Nazi Party in the 1970s. In 1978, Mr. Black became the Grand Wizard of the KKK. Chloe’s former husband, David Duke, was the previous Grand Wizzard of the Ku Klux Klan and is a mentor to Mr. Derrick Black. Because of Mr. Black’s youth, Chairman Dinerstein expressed hope that in time, Mr. Black will reject the teachings he has learned at home.
Derek Black told the Committee he would drop his law suit against the REC if elected. After the secret ballots were counted, Mr. Black was not approved for REC membership, 87 no, 19 yes and 4 no votes.

MARCO RUBIO:
Jeb Bush Jr, was the scheduled guest speaker to speak on behalf of Marco Rubio. He was unable to attend.
Bonnie Re reported there will be phone banking for Marco Rubio and to please volunteer.

LTC COL ALLEN WEST:
Sue Snodden reported Col. Allen West’s campaign submitted 9,000 petitions, double the number required, to qualify for the District 22 election. The grand opening of Col. West’s campaign headquarters will be Saturday, April 17, 9:30AM to 12:30PM at 140 N. Federal Hwy, Deerfield Beach, FL.
Marie Davis, will be hosting a meet and greet at here home for Allen West. $95-$175 for a paella dinner at the Davis’ home. Date to be confirmed.

BERNARD SANSARICQ:
Former President of Haiti’s Senate, is running against Alcee Hastings, Dist. 22 seat. District 22 is the poorest district covering 5 counties. Stay tune to volunteer for his campaign!

JOE BUDD:
Mr. Budd is planning to run, but hasn’t decided in which race. He is interested in hearing from you. Email him at joe@joebudd.com.

RPOF (Republican Party of Florida):
A private meeting of the Executive Board will be held this weekend. Speculation is finances, direction and a possible law suit from former Chairman Jim Greer will be discussed.
Since Senator JOHN THRASHER was elected Chair, $1.4 million has been raised. $1 million was also donated during ALLAN BENSE’s interim.

The meeting was adjourned.

Tax Day Tea Party invite video – West Palm Beach – 4/15

Florida’s Bold Move

The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that can significantly improve public education by changing the way teachers are compensated and tenured. By tying compensation to results (student learning) as is done in the private sector, it has attracted nationwide attention and admiration.

The Chicago Tribune Editorial described it thus:

The most significant piece of legislation eliminates tenure protection for teachers. Newly hired teachers would work on an annual contract that can be renewed each year. The bill also does away with lockstep annual raises. Teachers’ pay no longer would be bumped based simply on how long they’ve worked, and how many graduate degrees they’ve obtained. Instead, their pay would depend on the achievement of their students. The more improvement their students make in the classroom, the more money teachers take home. Already tenured teachers keep their job protection.

The legislature’s move has teachers unions up in arms. Andy Ford, the president of the Florida Education Association, told Education Week that his group would work to shake up the make-up of the legislature. “We’re looking toward the November elections, where we’d repeal and reform the legislation, if we can change some seats in the Senate and the House,” Ford said.

Despite enormous pressure, legislators have sent a message that they’re committed to breathtaking reform. Their boldness is refreshing, a template we hope Illinois emulates.

Read the entire article HERE.

Unfortunately, Governor Crist has not yet decided if he will sign or veto this landmark legislation. He may be doing a political calculation about the support he could get from the teacher’s unions if he decides to drop out of the Republican Senate primary and run as an Independent (which he of course said he would not do). Why else would he even hesitate to embrace this change?
Please call the Governor at (850) 488-7146 or send email ( charlie.crist@myflorida.com ) and ask him to SIGN THE BILL.

Watch Allen West and Marco Rubio on Hannity Foxnews on Tues 4/13

Hannity is on his book tour – Conservative Victory Tour. He’ll be at the Villages in Orlando, (Book signing at The Villages, 7:30-9:30pm EST) with Special Guests: Marco Rubio, Allen West, Lou Holtz, Tucker Carlson, Ricky Medlocke. Marco and Allen will also be on the Hannity show at 9pm on Foxnews channel (44).

Southern Republican Leadership Conference –

Bette Anne and I are honored to be here representing the Palm Beaches. We have seen several friends and made new ones. We wanted more access – than our small entrance fee provided -so we agreed to volunteer. We have had access to the “Green Room” as well as prime seating in the general sessions.

The energy and love of America is overwhelming here. If you’ve been to a rally or tea party event – you know what we’re talking about by energy.

Last night, we heard from Liz Cheney who spoke about National Security and Newt gave us some great nuggets as the “Party of YES”!

This morning will probably be one of my personal highlights for the program. While passing out Breakout schedules – I over heard four people talking and they were from the area in Mississippi where Bobby and I have a home. I had to interrupt and introduce myself. During our 30 minute conversation, on of the ladies asked me, ‘Is Allen West for real”? She was asking if he was genuine. BAS and I assured her he was all that and more. She was so glad to hear that. After reading a fundraising peice word for word – and watching some YouTube videos… she decided he was worth some of her money.

The country is awake. The tea party movement is all the rage and conversation here. We are being encouraged to continue to have peaceful protest and rallys. Andrew Breitbart followed Sarah Palin – who had to reiterate that she is NOT promoting violence. But Andrew continues to shake up the conversation and told us about his trip to Searchlight NV – and how all the HATE and VIOLENCE came from the LEFT. He urged us to keep the VIDEO cameras ON all the time… and remain peaceful.

This is a quick and unedited POST. BAS and I will gladly work on this later. We are off to the Sean Hanniety Book signing (we are working the event) and then to his live show. Our feet hurt, we arent eating meals – rather granola bars and goldfish but we’re having a good time. Look for us on TV tonight.

Saturday’s Energy level was HIGH.   The morning opened with Mike Pence, followed by a taped address by Gov. Pawlenty.  It was Rick Santorums opening and live Q&A that lived up the audience… and you could feel the consensus in the room with topics such as the “PARTY” picking candidates, Constitional Conventions and the future of the Party.  He was bold in his replies and direct.  Being a non-politician, I liked his directness.

Herman Cain was probably one of my favorite speakers.  He was FIRED UP… and can motivate a crowd.  I hope we’ll be hearing more from him as RCPB invited him to come to South Florida.  His story was exciting and I will work some links into the article.

Haley Barbour, Ron Paul and Michael Steele closed the convention – beleive it or not – with a common message – we have to unite.  We can not be divided as a party.  The Tea Party Movements need to continue.  The movement was praised by every speaker… and we are encouraged to keep the momentum.

The passion is the same, throughout the country.  Constitution, We The People, Grass Roots and a UNIFED Party.  Read more

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