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FLORIDA IS NOT FOR SALE AT ANY COST










Read the Florida Family Policy VG and you decide.  Florida Family Policy Council Presidential VG


The Florida Sheriffs Association Oppose Gambling in any Form

They believe that gambling will result in criminal activity, and create an opportunity of illegal operation of illegal activity including money laundering. 

Gambling also results in socital problems including gambling addiction, divorce, job loss, and suicide. 

Further gambling becomes a poor tax for the citizens of Florida. 

Ask yourself, is the legacy that we want to leave for our children?

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio introduces
"Religious Freedom Restoration Act", otherwise known as RFRA.
Catholics have come out in objection of a new mandate recently introduced by HHS Department requiring coverage of contraception and steriliztion for all private employer health plans.  The bill is fashioned in such a way to draw bi-partisan support from all parties.

Currently there are 130 Co-sponsors.   Is your legislator on the list of co-sponsors?
Read the Article:  Rubio Introduces RFRA

Government cannot force Religious organizations to abandon sincerely held religious beliefs.  This is an overreach by government.   Currently there is no bill number assigned. 

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Miami Dade County has placed 2 Home Rule Charter Amendments onthe January 31st Presidential Election Preference Election Ballot.

ALL REGISTERED VOTERS county-wide can cast ballots on these 2 issues)

Ballot Question 1

Petition Process changes - Vote was - YES in Favor
Shall the Charter be amended to increase from 60 to 120 days the time allowed to circulate initiatory petitions, and to provide that elections to amend the Charter, either through initiatory petitions or by Board action, be held in conjunction with the next scheduled General Election rather than within 60 to 120 days, as currently required

The longer that you extend the peition gathering process the more room there is for fraud to occur.  Secondly, you do not want to wait for a general election to oust an elected official such as occurred with former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez.

Ballot Question 2
The Vote was NO - 54% Voted to keep current salary structure.
Shall the Charter be amended to provide that, as of January 31, 2012, County Commissioners shall:

• Devote full-time service to the office of County Commissioner and hold no other employment

• No longer receive the $6,000 annual salary established in 1957, but receive instead the salary provided by state formula, adjusted annually (currently approximately $92,097)

• Serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms in office

Answer NO
Why should we give an increase to our commissioners when Miami Dade has a 10.0% unemployment, rate, higher than the National Ememployment rate of 8.7%, not including those who have stopped looking for work.

Each of our Miami-Dade County Commissioners already receives almost $1 million for their annual budgets which they use as they please with few restrictions and no questions asked — plus annual retirement contribution, unlimited free gas,  an $800 monthly car allowance  at a cost to  taxpayers of   $1,119,261 each year  They will get great pensions and benefits for the rest of their lives…all paid by taxpayers.

Miami-Dade County commission has a bad habit of mismanaging taxpayers money and this is just one more example.  They want to  guarantee themselves 12 consecutive years in service as  commissioners. The key word here is “consecutive.”

It's no wonder, the voters have lost confidence in their electorate

After all the mismanagement and abuses Miami-Dade Commissioners want to increase their salaries and guarantee themselves 12 consecutive years as commissioners.  After the first 12 years, and a short resting period not specified, these commissioners can run for re-election to secure themselves another 12 years in power and perpetuate in office. We need transparency and we are missing some of it in this amendment.

Ask yourself, is this how Miami-Dade will get out of the deep unemployment hole that we are in?
 

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Early Voting has already begun.  Last Date to Vote Early is Saturday, January 28th.

Already Floridians are starting to vote in the Presidential Preference Elections.  The county with the majority of Early Votes cast is Hillsborough and a close second, Collier County.

Miami-Dade County has not begun to reflect early voting results. 

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Important Links:

Florida Candidates 2012

Florida Constitutional Amendment 2012

Florida Early Voting Locations and Dates 2012

Miami Dade County Sample Ballot 2012

Early Voting Polling Locations

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Absentee Ballot Update: 
129,737 Ballots sent out.  Ballots turned in to date 31,215 mailed in.
Fill out form below and deliver to elections department.
Absentee Ballot Form

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Family Research Council Presidential Voter Guide
Presidential Voter Guide

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