Starla Brown at January Lunch
Our first meeting of the new year featured Starla Brown, Grassroots Director, Americans for Prosperity Florida. If you haven't been involved with AFP lately, it was interesting to learn of the variety of their projects, over and above the core mission of getting out the vote. Of particular interest to Starla is free speech on campus. Having just completed an event on this topic at FAU, they are supporting HB909 this session which would... [Read More...]
Starla Brown Featured at January Lunch
Our guest speakers in January are Starla Brown and Maryann Connors from Americans for Prosperity, Florida. AFP Grassroots Director Starla Brown Please join us at the Airport Holiday Inn on Wednesday January 24th. Starla and Maryann will bring us up to date on some of the AFP-Florida projects with which they are involved. Starla Brown, Grassroots Director for Americans for Prosperity Florida, has volunteered and worked to promote... [Read More...]
Dimensional Harmony Highlights December Lunch
Our Christmas lunch was enhanced by the sweet tones of Dimensional Harmony from Boynton Beach High School and their leader Sterling Frederick. The a cappella chorus did a range of traditional Christmas songs, as well as some of their pop favorites, with some excellent solo performances. We also heard from PBCGOP Chairman Michael Barnett with some end of the year remarks as he swore in the club officers for the next year, and Tami Donnally, who... [Read More...]
Congressman Brian Mast Visits our November Veteran’s Event
In our annual salute to veterans, of which there are quite a few among the club members, Army Veteran and Congressman Brian Mast recapped his first year in the House representing CD18. Brian was introduced by Sid Dinerstein, who pointed out that although Brian's seat has been targeted by the national Democrats mainly because of the narrow (R+4) district demographics, with popular State Attorney Dave Aronberg likely sitting it out the seat is... [Read More...]
Dimensional Harmony Will Sing at Lunch on 12/6
Don't miss it. Hear the beautiful voices of the award winning Dimensional Harmony chorale as well as remarks from the Vice Chairman of RPOF and Chairman of the PBCGOP Michael Barnett. Please come out and support the club at this final meeting of 2017. Join us at the Holiday Inn, Airport on Wednesday, December 6th for Holiday Music from Boynton Beach High School’s phenomenal “Dimensional Harmony, as they dance, sing and harmonize their... [Read More...]
Property Rights Discussed at October Lunch
At the October lunch, Daniel Peterson, Director of the Center for Property Rights at the James Madison Institute in Orlando gave us his view of the legacy of property rights in the US, and the forces that threaten them today. Contrasting the situation that existed in the Soviet Union, where all property was owned by the state and most people lived in apartments, he described our system dating back to the Puritan colony in New England were they... [Read More...]
Congressman Brian Mast will Highlight our November 18th Lunch
Our guest speaker in November is District 18 Congressman Brian Mast. Note: This meeting is on SATURDAY, not Wednesday. Congressman Brian Mast Please join us at the Airport Holiday Inn on Saturday November 18th. As this is our annual Salute to Veterans meeting, veterans eat free! Bring your friends. Prior to his election to Congress, Brian followed in his father’s footsteps by serving in the U.S. Army for more than 12 years,... [Read More...]
Daniel Peterson, James Madison Institute for October Lunch
Our guest speaker in October is the Director of the Center for Property Rights at the James Madison Institute in Orlando. Daniel Peterson The Orlando-based Coalition for Property Rights established in 2001, is incorporated under JMI as the Institute’s new Center for Property Rights. Daniel Peterson, the Coalition’s former executive director, is the director of this Center and continues to reside in Orlando. As the director for the Center... [Read More...]
Professor James Todd at September Meeting
The Supreme Court has an outsized influence on American life, and the lifetime appointment of justices means an ideological inbalance in the court can resonate for years. The President's replacement of Antonin Scalia with Neil Gorsuch maintains the balance for now, but future vacancies will be fraught with peril. Our guest speaker in September is an expert in this area and did his dissertation on the evolution of Supreme Court power in America.... [Read More...]
August Lunch Featured County Commissioner Steven Abrams
August speaker Commissioner Steven Abrams gave us a county update, and some musings on the events of the day today at the Airport Holiday Inn. As a term-limited Commissioner with 15 months remaining, he described the difficulty in seeking higher office for any Republican in Palm Beach County. After a successful challenge by the League of Women Voters after the 2012 redistricting, in which coastal and inland districts (aligned with unique and... [Read More...]