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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A vote is sacred

Editorial
Anna Liisa Covell





Today is election day - the day citizens finally get to voice their own opinion at the polls.

No more polling data for Floridians. This is where the rubber meets the road.  Who do you want as your Republican nominee for November elections?

For months, media has jammed unwanted opinions in our faces - opinions about their choice for the best Republican candidate for president. No wonder no one trusts honest journalists.  They are a rare breed in today's world of media glitz.

Don't let any polling data fool you into changing your vote...a vote is sacred to the America way of life.

Just remember in the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, "An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod."

Friday, January 27, 2012

Keep this in mind when you vote next week



Brooksville, Fla. - Local county chairman gives food for thought as we approach election day.

Blaise Ingoglia, local chairman of Hernando County Republican Executive Committee makes sound points on economy as the Florida Presidential Preference Primary approaches next week.

Ingoglia states the best investment in our country is to be poor.  He contends low income citizens receive benefits equaling 10 dollars for every one dollar paid in taxes.  

Statistics indicate 144 million people, or 47 percent of the population, pay little or no taxes in our country under President Barrack Obama's administration. The number of low income people has increased 28 percent since President Ronald Reagan was in office. 


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Nugent announces new USO Center



REP NUGENT:  “The USO Tampa project speaks volumes about the level of 
commitment in Florida to our troops and their families.”


(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Following the announcement of final approval for a USO Center at Tampa International Airport, Rep. Rich Nugent (FL-05) released the following statement:
“Congratulations are in order for the team behind the USO Center project at Tampa International Airport.  As the staff at USO Headquarters put it, ‘Many have applied, but this is the first Chartered USO Center approved in the nation in over 20 years.’
“The USO Tampa Bay Board of Directors deserves a lot of credit for putting together a workable plan for the new center and seeing it through.  Hundreds of thousands of military personnel and their families will be served by this new center and as a father of three soldiers, I know how much means to our troops.
“Make no mistake about it, this is an all-volunteer, all-donation based project and their success so far speaks volumes about the level of commitment in Florida to our troops and their families. 
“It means a lot to our troops that this group of volunteers set out to try and get a new center approved, but to have the care and dedication needed to actually pull it off, that means the world.”  

Monday, January 16, 2012

Purple heart ceremony

Announcement


Seventh Annual Purple Heart Ceremony 

The combat wounded Patriots of Aaron A. Weaver Chapter 776 Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) cordially invite all veterans and the public to attend the Seventh Annual Purple Heart Ceremony at the Florida National Guard Armory, Crystal River, 11 a.m., Saturday, February 18. 

The ceremony will commemorate the proud legacy of the Purple Heart and pay tribute to Florida’s fallen heroes of the Global War on Terror and America’s wounded warriors.  The ceremony will also feature the MOPH Department of Florida Afghanistan/Iraq War Memorial Portrait Mural. The mural honors over 300 Floridians who have fallen during the Afghanistan/Iraq campaigns and is the first memorial to bear both the engraved names and color portraits of those who fell.  Vocalists Paul and Jackie Stevio will provide patriotic music. 

For more information, visit the Chapter 776 web site at
www.citruspurpleheart.org

Thursday, January 12, 2012

No chain of command exists for leadership change

Brooksville, Fla. - The local civil rights organization is working under the assumption they have no chain of command to replace their outgoing president.

The president of NAACP/Chapter 5092 was met with disheartening news from their national office as he geared up to run for Hernando County Commission, district 5. The national office of  NAACP called to say they wanted his resignation due to a prior precedent set within their organization.  When the local president officially becomes qualified as a candidate he will have to step down.

Executive directors for the civil rights organization will decide the method of replacement for the outgoing president in a closed-door meeting later this month. A majority vote by their general membership is necessary to approve the executive directors' decision.

According to Suzanne Touchton, secretary for NAACP/Chapter 5092, the group is working on the assumption they have no vice presidents to assume the leadership position with the pending resignation of their president, Paul Douglas.  "Under normal circumstances we would have three vice presidents at our local chapter for replacement through succession," Touchton said.

Paul Douglas indicated he misspoke when he prematurely announced he would resign his position as president of local chapter of the NAACP in December.  "I just couldn't walk away from the organization after our only vice president, Ron Swanson told me he wouldn't take the position as president," Douglas said.

Paul Boston, community activist, made his intentions clear at their December meeting.  He announced he wanted to run for president of the organization when Douglas officially turns in his resignation. It is Boston's understanding an election would need to take place within 30 days to replace the outgoing president.  

"It is just something I remember," Boston said.  "But you might ask the secretary in charge of elections."

According the Touchton, their bylaws don't have provisions for officer replacement without a proper chain of command in place.  She said the bylaws only cover how bi-annual elections are conducted which is why the executive director will set up procedures at their closed-door meeting later this month.

Douglas intends to nominate Andrew Williams as a vice president for continuity within their organization.   Williams is the husband of Annie Williams, supervisor of elections.  He is also a past-president of the local NAACP.

"I want proper authority in place," Douglas said, before he turns in his resignation to the organization.