Tuesday night (Aug. 3rd) at 7pm on channel 8 will be broadcast live from the Florida Gateway College for Comcast customers. Dist. 11 Q&A will happen at 7 with other races to follow afterwords.
You can read about this event here: Lake City Journal

I will try to obtain a copy of the broadcast and place it on my site if you miss the event. I have been told that Charles Underwood has refused to be at this debate (he is the 4th republican running) Our Q&A will only last 30 min so most likely there will only be 2 or 3 questions for us to answer.

Circuit Judge James Shelfer in a ruling from the bench, “Someone voting on the amendment reading those introductory statements would have a false understanding of what they were voting on.”

Which means amendment 9 to Nullify Federal Requirement that Individuals Carry Insurance has been removed from the ballot in November. To put it more simply: Obama care will happen in Florida and your too stupid to understand what you are voting on.

To read the pro’s and con’s on the issue you can go here: Amendment 9
To me this is one more move to dictatorship and a monarchy government. To force anybody to buy a service or go to jail is unconstitutional.

You can read the news report here: St. Pete Times

If you haven’t figured it out yet I am against taking public funds and giving it to politicians for their personal campaigns. Which is a constitutional amendment in Florida that help candidates in case a wealthy candidate comes a long and out spends them.

The problem I have is: It’s redistribution of the public funds. The way I see it, if the people are for you, you really don’t need big funding regardless of what your opponent spends. Why? Because word of mouth of a good person will travel.

The other issue I have is how can anybody say they are “for the people” or “I will shrink government” then use state funding to enhance their personal career. Reminder, they are applying for a job.

A Bay News 9 reporter asked McCollum,

“Speaking of pulling in the belt, you’re going to take public financing money, right?”

McCollum responded, “We are.”

Reporter: “So you’re asking local governments to go ahead and maybe cut teacher pay, cut police officers if they don’t have the revenue, and yet you’re going to take millions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund your campaign?”

McCollum replied, “Am I going to to take some taxpayer matching funds? Yes, I am, because I have an opponent now who’s a multi-multimillionaire.”

Source: Sunshine News Network

So to all of the republicans out there running for governor who has taken the people’s money for their personal campaign. Let me remind you of the fact that you have taken an oath to: Read the rest of this entry »